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Finally found a 45-70

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Finally found a 45-70

Post by Wkeith59 » Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:02 pm

Found a beautiful golden boy octagon barrel with a large loop in 45-70. This is Henry number 3
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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by Mags » Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:12 pm

Wkeith59 wrote:
Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:02 pm
Found a beautiful golden boy octagon barrel with a large loop in 45-70. This is Henry number 3 BD61A22D-3D4E-4388-8ADD-681B9BED3907.jpeg
GORGEOUS!
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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:53 pm

Congrats and enjoy that boomer
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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by jstanfield103 » Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:47 am

Congratulations.
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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by JEBar » Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:16 am

congratulations indeed .... beautiful indeed, worthy of putting on display .... with dangerous game level loads, it will be a heavy hitter on both ends .... be sure to use the link below to add you additional Henry rifles to our How Many thread where you have already noted your 357

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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by fortyshooter » Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:49 am

That's a nice one to shoot that heavy lead with! Do you reload .45-70?
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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by Wkeith59 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:40 pm

Not yet but I see it in my future
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Re: Finally found a 45-70

Post by FormerParatrooper » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:15 pm

Pretty rifle.
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