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Hey all!

I just joined this forum after having bought a Henry .45-70 Big Boy about a week ago. One of my sons and I went to the range at Ft. Bliss and brought everything that we had, two different .45-70s, a 5.56 Tavor, and two 9mm autos — to say we had a ball would be an understatement.

I'm a reloader — for the expensive ammo anyway — so the .45-70s shot my reloads, 30 grains of SR4759 behind Nosler 300grain ballistic silvertips, a nice easy load on my 72 year old shoulder but still pushing at about 1500 fps. The Henry performed almost flawlessly, the lever-action feeling a bit sticky at times, but after 50 rounds it was better, just needing a break-in period. I'll say nothing about the accuracy, since I'm going to replace the sights this coming week, other than it definitely has potential. In my opinion, nothing beats a good peep sight, so I have a Williams FP on order and the appropriate Williams fire sight blade sight.

I have admired the brass Henrys for years and when I saw this one in a local store I couldn't resist — as well as a fine shooting gun it's also a work of art! Me and this rifle have a fun future ahead of us...

Welcome from Alberta Canada. Congrats on the new Henry. Enjoy the forum.

Congratulations and welcome from Pennsylvania!

Welcome from CT. I'm glad you joined our conversation and I know you're going to love that Henry.

Welcome aboard, glad you found us.

andrew678122 wrote:Hey all!

I just joined this forum after having bought a Henry .45-70 Big Boy about a week ago. One of my sons and I went to the range at Ft. Bliss and brought everything that we had, two different .45-70s, a 5.56 Tavor, and two 9mm autos — to say we had a ball would be an understatement.

I'm a reloader — for the expensive ammo anyway — so the .45-70s shot my reloads, 30 grains of SR4759 behind Nosler 300grain ballistic silvertips, a nice easy load on my 72 year old shoulder but still pushing at about 1500 fps. The Henry performed almost flawlessly, the lever-action feeling a bit sticky at times, but after 50 rounds it was better, just needing a break-in period. I'll say nothing about the accuracy, since I'm going to replace the sights this coming week, other than it definitely has potential. In my opinion, nothing beats a good peep sight, so I have a Williams FP on order and the appropriate Williams fire sight blade sight.

I have admired the brass Henrys for years and when I saw this one in a local store I couldn't resist — as well as a fine shooting gun it's also a work of art! Me and this rifle have a fun future ahead of us...

congrats and welcome to our community ..... please consider finding our How Many ? and adding your Henry rifles to the count of the number owned by our members

Welcome from Colorado. The 45-70 is a great round and alot of fun to shoot even with the plinkin loads. I as well have one. Al

Welcome to the forum from Grassy Creek North Carolina.

Hi Andrew .... welcome to the Forums from Runcorn, UK!

Congratulations on your new Henry. It sounds like you are going to have a whole lot of fun with it.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum!!

Hello from Ohio !!

Welcome from Wisconsin.

Welcome from Michigan!

And from Florida, too (just here for a cup of coffee).

Welcome to the forum from NY

Thanks for the welcome folks! I'm really enjoying the Henry .45-70 and am thinking about my next Henry, a .44 mag or .357 mag.

andrew678122

Welcome from Alamogordo N.M.

A hearty hello from North Carolina! Welcome!