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Good evening forum members, I recently bought a Henry 45-70 cch rifle,though I am not a stranger to firearms this is my first Henry from which I admired for some years finally I bought one,I love to hunt were I live in northeast Connecticut,I have a beautiful family that I will protect till the day I leave this earth, I'm a country man with values,I work hard everyday that in hopes to retire someday But for now I am reaching out to you for a little schooling on this rifle,like ammunition,likes ,dislikes,iron sights or scope you tell me I am humble

welcome to our forum, happy to have you join us .... our CCH 45-70 has proven to be an excellent rifle and has quickly become one of our favorites .... there are several threads dealing with reloading and much else about the 45-70 .... looking forward to exchanging info with you and to your range reports .... please go to our How Many ? thread at the link below and add your Henry to our community total


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Welcome to the forum from the lower CT River, Youngguns. You've found a great place to learn more about your Henry and share stories with like minded folks. I look forward to reading more from you, especially if you have an opportunity to hunt on private property with your Henry.

Welcome from Michigan! Congrats on your new Henry!

Welcome from the Show-Me-State.

Congrats on your first Henry. There are quite a few .45-70 owners on the Forum, and I'm certain you'll enjoy many future chats with them. Enjoy your new rifle.

Welcome and enjoy your new Henry!

Welcome aboard, we do have some active big boomer Henry owners. Make yourself at home.

Welcome - enjoy the new shoulder canon!

Welcome from Colorado. I as well have a CCH 45-70. I love the big boomers. I also reload for the 45-70 and many others. Enjoy that CCH. Al

Hi .... welcome to the Forum from Runcorn, UK!

Congratulations on your new Henry rifle. I'm sure you're going to love it.

Welcome to the Henry family...
I have been thinking of that very same rifle myself, to add to the two Henrys I already have... but it's been a while since i've seen a moose, elk, or T-rex here in central VA. LOL. Ah, just kiddin, if I bought one, it would be just because.... and for the Biga Boom.

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on getting your first Henry.

Since you asked for input on the .45-70, I will give my preferences (I have Henry's steel version .45-70)

1. I prefer iron sights but not crazy about the buckhorn sight. I bought a Skinner barrel mount sight and replaced my front sight with the same type sight but with a smaller brass bead.

2. I have only shot one box of factory ammo through mine. It was Remington 300 grain JHP and was flawless. I reload all my ammo except .22 rimfire.

3. I have loaded some hot rounds but prefer an upper end trapdoor load for everyday shooting. My present preferred load is a 405 grain coated hard cast bullet from MBC over 30.0 grains of H4198 powder.

4. When using a sling, I prefer the 1 1/4" sling from Montana Sling (Sinclair Manufacturing)

There are other .45-70 shooters here and some also reload. I am sure some will share their preferences shortly.

Welcome to the forum from Grassy Creek North Carolina.