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Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 9:49 am
by fortyshooter
Well took a well needed break along with a great break in the weather to take my Henry 45 Colt carbine down to my Bullseye Saloon. Brought along my pair of 45 Colt backup buddies too...the EL MALO twins in case of trouble at the Saloon as it has been 2 months since last trip!
Love this older tube loading Henry with it's short 16.5 inch octagonal barrel...the nice looking CC finish and it just cycles like slick glass and shoots really well! Now it has been a while since I pulled a revolver trigger and for some reason I shot the steel better with my righthand vs. my left and I am a Lefty but that soon cleared up. Was GREAT medicine to get out there again and also walk the trail to the creek!.
Video of Saloon shootout
https://youtu.be/TzH1qguLsKI?si=7csgimC5ZfB0U0BV
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 5:48 pm
by Vaquero
Nice, glad you had some nice weather and took advantage of it. The ole 45 colts are a fun caliber for sure. Lookin good there buddy.
As matter of fact I took advantage of some nice weather and being off last Friday and shot a few of mine.
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The Rossi, a Vaquero, and the 1873 Uberti.
RP
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 6:11 pm
by The Wiz
Nice.
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 7:47 pm
by fortyshooter
Vaquero wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2026 5:48 pm
Nice, glad you had some nice weather and took advantage of it. The ole 45 colts are a fun caliber for sure. Lookin good there buddy.
As matter of fact I took advantage of some nice weather and being off last Friday and shot a few of mine.
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The Rossi, a Vaquero, and the 1873 Uberti.
RP
That Rossi looks nice! Yeah I enjoyed a good time and didn't take to long to get back in the groove!
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:56 am
by Vaquero
Thank you, I could see some of that figuring under the stain that was original. I stripped and then applied several coats of Lin seed oil. Looks much better than originally in my book.
RP
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 9:49 am
by Hatchdog
Range reports from forty, a sure sign of spring. Thank you!
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 5:14 pm
by fortyshooter
Hatchdog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 9:49 am
Range reports from forty, a sure sign of spring. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it Hatch! Gonna feel more like summer around here next couple days with highs near 80 and I have another trip coming up Friday.
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2026 5:17 pm
by Vaquero
Nice!
RP
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:07 am
by rickhem
Those are some sweet looking .45s in this thread, and a pretty nice looking place to shoot them too.
I liked, commented, and subscribed to your video too Forty, hope it helps your algorithm.
Re: Early Spring range trip with 45 Colt Henry carbine and company
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2026 7:23 pm
by fortyshooter
Thanks for watching and following!