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First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:31 pm
by fortyshooter
Got this nice looking and shooting Henry for Christmas and it's a keeper!
Goes very well with my Ruger SBH .44 Mag SA revolver.
I did modify the rear buck horn sight after this video and I can get a better sight picture now.
https://youtu.be/8bP4QZaP_Ss
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:37 pm
by Vaquero
Cool video, thanks fer sharin.
May I ask what kind of mod did you do?
RP
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 1:16 pm
by fortyshooter
Vaquero wrote:Cool video, thanks fer sharin.
May I ask what kind of mod did you do?
RP
I removed the rear sight insert, flipped it around and machined a .136 wide "U" slot.
This did two things... it let me lower the sight picture since it was shooting high with rear sight in lowest notch.
Also it opens up the area around the front bead much like a ghost ring sight does. I just place the front bead in center of U diameter and place
the target on top of bead.
Also is the last target I shot 2nd group centered up bit better and from 35 yds. shooting my 240 gr. Missouri Bullet loads over 9-9.5 Unique.
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 2:02 pm
by BigAl52
Nice job there fortyshooter and thanks for the video as well. Please jump onto the how many thread and add that new Christmas carbine to our running total. Nice Christmas present to I might add.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... &start=670
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 4:08 pm
by TNman
Congratulations on the great rifle...and good shooting!
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 4:32 pm
by Vaquero
fortyshooter wrote:Vaquero wrote:Cool video, thanks fer sharin.
May I ask what kind of mod did you do?
RP
I removed the rear sight insert, flipped it around and machined a .136 wide "U" slot.
This did two things... it let me lower the sight picture since it was shooting high with rear sight in lowest notch.
Also it opens up the area around the front bead much like a ghost ring sight does. I just place the front bead in center of U diameter and place
the target on top of bead.
Also is the last target I shot 2nd group centered up bit better and from 35 yds. shooting my 240 gr. Missouri Bullet loads over 9-9.5 Unique.
Thanks for the info, interesting.
I like it, I have a scope on the 41, but I may try that on the BBB 44.
RP
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 4:33 pm
by Vaquero
And nice shootin.
RP
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 4:44 pm
by RanchRoper
Nice rifle, and thanks for the video.
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 4:55 pm
by GFK
Nice shooting and nice range.
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:45 pm
by ESquared
Congrats on a great Christmas gift and the nice target results! Nice work!
Re: First shots through my .44 Henry Carbine!
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 1:34 pm
by Slugnut
Congrads. Well done, thank you for sharing.