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45-70

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:32 pm
by biglever
Have a small gun show ,this weekend,
Hope at least one dealer has a New single shot or two.
I like the brass 45-70.
Want one with nice furniture on it.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:44 pm
by steelersfan97
https://www.henryrifles.com/rifles/single-shot-rifle/


Not shipping until July according to Henry.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:51 pm
by ditto1958
steelersfan97 wrote:https://www.henryrifles.com/rifles/single-shot-rifle/


Not shipping until July according to Henry.
That blows.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:11 am
by Squatch
Good to know. I'm looking at getting a brass one too.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:26 pm
by bowbldr740
I got a steel 45-70 Last week. I have not shot it yet, in the teens here. I did scope it. Maybe next week.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:34 pm
by ditto1958
bowbldr740 wrote:I got a steel 45-70 Last week. I have not shot it yet, in the teens here. I did scope it. Maybe next week.
Welcome to the forum!

Oh, and be sure to go to the “how many” thread and add your Henry to the total.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:48 pm
by JEBar
bowbldr740 wrote:I got a steel 45-70 Last week. I have not shot it yet, in the teens here. I did scope it. Maybe next week.
congratulations .... our 45-70 has quickly become one of my favorites .... will you be reloading or using factory ammo .... here is a link to our How Many ? thread mentioned above

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 899#p52899

Re: 45-70

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 9:34 am
by Yornoc3
Bowbldr,

What did you scope it with? And we need pics, of course.
It's in the way below zero here :shock: , so I'm in no hurry to shoot mine, either. I'm still sorta wrestling with scope vs peep, but leaning hard toward a 2.75X Burris scope.

Re: 45-70

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 10:48 am
by JEBar
bowbldr740 wrote:I got a steel 45-70 Last week. I have not shot it yet, in the teens here. I did scope it. Maybe next week.
yours is the first Henry single shot 45-70 that I've heard of .... really looking forward to your range and use reports .... I'm particularly interested in your recoil impressions

Re: 45-70

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:17 am
by bowbldr740
I put a Leupold VX1 3x9x40 Scope on it. My son does the reloading, What I think I want is 350 and 405 grain at 1300 fps we are using reloader7 and WLR primers, any help here sure would help. Got bad shoulders and want to keep it fun. Haven't fiquired out how to post pic yet.