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I'm retired from teaching high school, with a bit of law enforcement, fire fighting and a few other things thrown in for fun. I'm a recreational shooter these days, taking a lot of fun from casting and reloading. I shoot mostly handgun calibers but do own a few rifles, including two Big Boys (357 and 45 Colt) and a side-gate 38-55 on the way.

I also hike, do a lot of touring on my BMW motorcycles and head up a large local paddling group.

I found the forum while trying to get some intel on the new side-gates.

-walt

Welcome from Alberta.

Welcome to the forum from KC! You've got a couple of very popular calibers there, and the side-gate has many abuzz as well! Please keep us posted on how you find it to be!
Happy you're here!

welcome indeed .... delighted to have you join our forum .... thanks for adding your Henry rifles to our community's total and please revisit that thread when you receive your new 38-55 .... I'm looking forward to your coming range reports and use observations as you become familiar with your new rifle

Welcome from Nebraska! Those side gate guns are going to be hot.

Welcome from another Ca. shooter. I have your two BB rifles also; BB brass in .357 and BB steel in .45 Colt. Glad to have you here. Bet you'll really like that .38-55. Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the forum from CT, Walt. Glad you joined us. You're in good company.

Welcome Walt.
Another Prune Picker here.
Mostly rifles for me but I do have a few handguns.
Tim

Ojaileveraction wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 8:58 pm

Welcome Walt.
Another Prune Picker here.
Mostly rifles for me but I do have a few handguns.
Tim

Thanks. I grew up in Gilroy..lots prunes there back in the day

Welcome Walt! From Western North Carolina....enjoy the forum, as I know you will.

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Welcome from the TV Oregon!

wbunning wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 2:00 pm

...I found the forum while trying to get some intel on the new side-gates.

Welcome from the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC

Hello & Welcome, from the central part of West Tenn.
Can't wait to see and hear about that 38-55.
I have a bullet mould for one but no gun.

RP

wbunning wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 9:30 pm

Thanks. I grew up in Gilroy..lots prunes there back in the day

More garlic these days though... What part of Ca is home now? Welcome to the forum!

Redthies wrote: ↑

Sun May 19, 2019 11:39 am

wbunning wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 9:30 pm

Thanks. I grew up in Gilroy..lots prunes there back in the day

More garlic these days though... What part of Ca is home now? Welcome to the forum!

Yup.. I worked in a couple of the garlic processing plants as a youngster. Now I’m on the Central Coast, near Pismo.

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sun May 19, 2019 10:24 am

Hello & Welcome, from the central part of West Tenn.
Can't wait to see and hear about that 38-55.
I have a bullet mould for one but no gun.

RP

Thanks! Through family lines, I acquired a 100+ y/o Ideal Tool Co. #4 reloading tool in 38-55. It was in sad shape, but I was able to restore it to working condition. It does the whole job and has a single cavity mold that casts beautiful 250 grain bullets that it sizes to .379”. It’s a great tool. I have a Lee mold now as well, but won’t start casting until I get the new rifle and alug the barrel. I’m thinking that the Ideal .379 mold is going to be good to go. I powder coat everything now-a-days so I’ll have to see what the slug test says as far as sizing.

I have toyed with the idea of having one of the Marlin 30-30's rebored.
A good friend of mine had one done year before last, he and I were working on some loads.
Then work got in the way, then back in Feb. we lost him.

That's all the experience I have with the cal.
The mold I have is a double cavity, but two different calibers, I bought it for the heavy .41 cavity.
But thinking by buddy could try/use the other, oh well.
Maybe if they bring it out in a blued model, without all the excess checkering...But,
I ah," Really" don't need another set of dies.

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the new Henry.
Congrats again, and Welcome aboard.

RP

wbunning wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2019 5:26 pm

Now I’m on the Central Coast, near Pismo.

Nice. We spend a ton of time around Pismo. Love it there. Guiseppe’s is awesome.

Howdy from KY.

Welcome!