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Sorry for the first photo, bummer.
Anyway, it looks nearly new,inside and outside.
The flaws are minimal, can't be seen unless pin pointed.
Thoughts:
Beautiful, hefty, action is super slick.
I don't see myself taking this rifle for a week to the palmetto scrub and scratching it all over. Is going to be a range rifle and possibly for shooting from a blind or something. ( I have others for dragging through the woods).
Maybe, just maybe a Skinner sight for kicks.
The barrel is super clean, shiny, rifling like new. Evidently very little use by the PO.
What a rifle!
I hope that it shoots as good as it looks!!!!

Panther49 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:13 pm

Sorry for the first photo, bummer.
Anyway, it looks nearly new,inside and outside.
The flaws are minimal, can't be seen unless pin pointed.
Thoughts:
Beautiful, hefty, action is super slick.
I don't see myself taking this rifle for a week to the palmetto scrub and scratching it all over. Is going to be a range rifle and possibly for shooting from a blind or something. ( I have others for dragging through the woods).
Maybe, just maybe a Skinner sight for kicks.
The barrel is super clean, shiny, rifling like new. Evidently very little use by the PO.
What a rifle!
I hope that it shoots as good as it looks!!!!

That is a beautiful rifle brother!!!!!
I have its twin, it has been a wonderful shooter and looks great too. Just a thought, the color case hardening does nothing for 'rust proofing' and I did get a touch of rust on mine, luckily I caught it in time and now keep anything that is color case hardened oiled and check them now and again. I don't have ammo recommendations for you as I hand load, but my rifle hasn't been fussy. Mine wears a 2x7 Leopold scope right now. I do have skinner sights on my Marlin 45-70 and I really like them.

very nice indeed ... the pattern on your CCH is much more vivid than ours .... be sure to follow the link below to where you may add it to our forum's total


http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 42#p206542

Very nice indeed! Congratulations Great pics, except for #1..LOL
BTW, given your username and the mention of Palmetto, I'm curious where you reside?

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:23 pm

Very nice indeed! Congratulations Great pics, except for #1..LOL
BTW, given your username and the mention of Palmetto, I'm curious where you reside?

In Florida. Sand, Palmetto, Long Leaf Pine, Oaks and a lot of water.

Aah, nice!
Living here in Western North Carolina, and being a Carolina Panther fan, coupled with the ( Palmetto state, SC ), made me wonder if you were closer.
Anyway; glad you found the forum.

Greyhawk wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:11 pm

Panther49 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:13 pm

Sorry for the first photo, bummer.
Anyway, it looks nearly new,inside and outside.
The flaws are minimal, can't be seen unless pin pointed.
Thoughts:
Beautiful, hefty, action is super slick.
I don't see myself taking this rifle for a week to the palmetto scrub and scratching it all over. Is going to be a range rifle and possibly for shooting from a blind or something. ( I have others for dragging through the woods).
Maybe, just maybe a Skinner sight for kicks.
The barrel is super clean, shiny, rifling like new. Evidently very little use by the PO.
What a rifle!
I hope that it shoots as good as it looks!!!!

That is a beautiful rifle brother!!!!!
I have its twin, it has been a wonderful shooter and looks great too. Just a thought, the color case hardening does nothing for 'rust proofing' and I did get a touch of rust on mine, luckily I caught it in time and now keep anything that is color case hardened oiled and check them now and again. I don't have ammo recommendations for you as I hand load, but my rifle hasn't been fussy. Mine wears a 2x7 Leopold scope right now. I do have skinner sights on my Marlin 45-70 and I really like them.

Re: The Color Case in Henrys.
I heard that the method used by Henry is the Cyanide Bath. This finish has to be protected and I don't know if it even hardens the surface at all.
Real Bone charcoal color case hardening like you find in what Turnbull does costs an arm and a leg and is very difficult to do.
I'm not 100% sure of all of this.
JC

I just read some about Color Case Hardening and everything I said before is inaccurate and some of it ever hearsay baloney.
In fact it is very interesting. If anybody wants to know there is a lot in the internet about it.
As far as Henry Firearms are concerned, it appears that probably is the chemical way and not using bone, still, it is the standard method used in the past by many manufacturers.

Would it not be wise to contact H.R.A. to find out how they do their CCH ?

That’s a sweet rifle. Yeah, the picture distortion is a pain. Prevents me from uploading many pics. Congrats on the CCH 45-70. That’s one I want and don’t have. The only time I have actually seen one in a shop, I had to choose between it and the matched pair to my 357 Blackhawk, which was near impossible to find at the time. I went back to buy it when I picked up the 357 and it was gone. Haven’t seen one on a rack since.

It is a chemical CCH. It would be wise to keep it oiled up just like you do any blued rufle after use. Beautiful rifle and I would love to have one like it. Congratulations. Just Beautiful.

That is a beauty of a 45-70 lever rifle and congrats! Is the barrel length 20 inch?
As far as I know that is real deal CCH done by Bobby Tyler Gunworks who was doing the treatment for Henry production rifles. Here is a mention
https://www.coltforum.com/threads/colt- ... on.220114/

I purchased a new CCH 45 Colt Carbine maybe 2 yrs. ago and talked with Bobby about doing the CCH to the lever which he did at that time free of charge. My .357 Henry Carbine looks similar to yours. Enjoy that beast and if you reload for 45-70 and just want some easy plinking loads try a cast 405 gr. lead bullet with 13-14 gr. of Unique. Mild shooting but still carries a punch!

The .45-70 is one caliber I don't have in a Henry but do own a Marlin 1895 GS and a 1885 Uberti High Wall single shot.
Pic of my 45 Colt Henry with CCH lever.

That is a Beautiful rifle!!

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:28 am

That is a beauty of a 45-70 lever rifle and congrats! Is the barrel length 20 inch?
As far as I know that is real deal CCH done by Bobby Tyler Gunworks who was doing the treatment for Henry production rifles. Here is a mention
https://www.coltforum.com/threads/colt- ... on.220114/

I purchased a new CCH 45 Colt Carbine maybe 2 yrs. ago and talked with Bobby about doing the CCH to the lever which he did at that time free of charge. My .357 Henry Carbine looks similar to yours. Enjoy that beast and if you reload for 45-70 and just want some easy plinking loads try a cast 405 gr. lead bullet with 13-14 gr. of Unique. Mild shooting but still carries a punch!

The .45-70 is one caliber I don't have in a Henry but do own a Marlin 1895 GS and a 1885 Uberti High Wall single shot.
Pic of my 45 Colt Henry with CCH lever.

Forty- You've got your rifle sitting there... about 300 rounds of 45 colt... and what looks like a pound of coffee? ?
I'd say you're ready for about anything that life could throw at ya!

Yeah...that Henry is a great confidence builder when you in the woods! Panther49's 45-70 would look good next to it!

Fortyshooter asked "That is a beauty of a 45-70 lever rifle and congrats! Is the barrel length 20 inch?"

No, it's 22".
It's very similar in balance and handling to the 1895 Marlin I had before. That is to say, it feels a little front heavy, at least for my advancing age.
Originally I was looking for a shorter barrel rifle, precisely because of the reason above.
I'm new to Henry, although I was familiar with their products and admired them. But I was a Marlin man and in fact I liked very much the aesthetics of the longer barrel lever actions.
I had sold most of my Marlins except one (a very special one to me, more on that in the future), and why??????
I was scaling down and kept the stuff that I liked the most.
When I sold the 1895 it was to buy a different 45-70 maybe a single shot, or something else.
I was taken by the new Ruger/Marlin 1895 SBL, even though it was a modern interpretation of the genre. BUT, nowhere to be found or at outrageous prices!!
Then I saw this rifle! and could not resist!!!
In the photo below from top:
Marlin 1895 45-70
Marlin 444 Aniversary
Marlin 336 35 Rem Carabine
Marlin 336 30-30
And my Winchester Mod 71 De Luxe made 1936 348 Cal
The only Marlin left in the safe is the 35 Rem

More on Tyler Gun Works.
https://www.chuckhawks.com/henry_big-bo ... -case.html
https://www.tylergunworks.com/color-casing
https://www.tylergunworks.com/partners (scroll down to Firearm Manufactures to see Henry)