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Another round of shooting my Henry 44 Carbine and this time I paired him up with Smitty the S&W Model 69 .44 Mag revolver.
Turned out the odd combo worked really well today after the shooter got warmed up!

This time I was shooting same 240 MB cast bullets but with 18.5 gr. of Alliant 2400 powder fairly hot round in the Henry and he liked it too !
Nice group on the target from 35 yds standing and no key holes.

My S&W 69 once I got in the groove was shooting the milder 240 gr MB with 9 gr. Unique very well also. First several shots I was all over the place until settling down for a nice center group shooting one handed from 15 yds.

Then on to shootin' the steel and the dueling tree. https://youtu.be/SPsbtK42A08

Great weather and some great fun with the odd couple! No need for .432 sized cast bullets now that Henry is happy!

nothing odd about that couple in my book .... rather to me they look like a very nice couple

JEBar wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:25 pm

nothing odd about that couple in my book .... rather to me they look like a very nice couple

Well normally I would pair up the Henry with my SA revolvers which are blued but yeah the Smith will do nicely also.

Hmm. Seems like the Henry likes 2400. I wouldn't think powders could cause tumbling, but, knowing firearms.....
Good shooting forty.

Rifletom wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:44 pm

Hmm. Seems like the Henry likes 2400. I wouldn't think powders could cause tumbling, but, knowing firearms.....
Good shooting forty.

Got to get those up to around 1500 FPS which 2400 does well. That's about as far as I want to push a coated lead bullet. The bore was clean after shooting today.

Nice shooting! Liking that S&W!

Kissmybrass wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:30 pm

Nice shooting! Liking that S&W!

Yep it is a nice handy size and weight for carrying some serious power if you need to. I had to send back to S&W twice to get the cylinder gap and action issues corrected but it has been great since then.

Gonna say the bbs was Happy fer sure.
Nice shooting all around.


RP

Nice shooting forth. Local guy I know loves that M/69 and has quite a few. I’ve shot his and it’s a pleasure with his cast loads.

Too bad most of us on this site know exactly what you mean by the Odd Couple.

I was looking on Guns International last night and not a M-69 to be found and GB had a couple of the shorter 2 3/4 barrel versions. I've had this one since 2018. Man if S&W had made it in blue that would be sweet!