Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
357 rifle
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Re: 357 rifle
There is no telling, lots of things to figure, A lifetime, especially if maintained properly.
As to the 22, several years ago a well known writer who is no longer with us shot a Henry Golden Boy putting 8 thousands rounds through it about as fast as possible and reloading it with almost no cleaning and only one small part failure that did not stop the test. Even HRA gave him so ammo after he had been at it for several days.
Edit: it was 28,000 rds.
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As to the 22, several years ago a well known writer who is no longer with us shot a Henry Golden Boy putting 8 thousands rounds through it about as fast as possible and reloading it with almost no cleaning and only one small part failure that did not stop the test. Even HRA gave him so ammo after he had been at it for several days.
Edit: it was 28,000 rds.
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Re: 357 rifle
I t was TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND ROUNDS through the Henry Golden Boy shot as fast as the rifle could be shot and reloaded with only a minor cleaning after several thousand rounds.
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Re: 357 rifle
That should take care of me since i have5 different 22s. And am cautious wasting ammo..
Well, sort of...... i dont just shoot it in the air... i am always aiming at SOMETHING when i pull the trigger......
Well, sort of...... i dont just shoot it in the air... i am always aiming at SOMETHING when i pull the trigger......
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Vaquero, I meant no disrespect on the round count post but we should give the Golden Boy it's due. I posted about the article a few years ago when I read it in my copy of Guns Of The Old West. I seem to be having trouble finding it to bring back as I also recently mentioned it on the M. lever forum. Maybe I still have the print copy I will look. Mr. I. took an interest and helped out with some ammo for the marathon shoot.
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Re: 357 rifle
No problem travlin, I saw where you mentioned it in a recent thread on MO. You may need to edit that post as that's where I got the 8,000.
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Re: 357 rifle
I found my Spring 2017 issue of Guns Of The Old West that has the Golden Boy article. Mr . Imperato donated 5,000 rounds of ammo and Brownells 1500. Break Free was sprayed through the ejection port a few times and after 22k rounds the bolt was filthy but still worked. . The test did go on for a couple of months as the rifle got too hot to touch sometimes. At the finish the factory found that the headspace was still on spec.The only part that broke was the locking bar spring even though the rifle still locked up.The author made the point about those that squawk about "pot metal" have no basis for bashing. The point I brought up on the other forum is that the 39 has never been chambered in .22 magnum or any of the .17 rimfires and I own a 39. And it was 28,000 rounds. The author and the one that did all of the shooting was the late Denis Prisbrey.
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As an aside the barrel of the 28k round Golden Boy was not cleaned for the entire test .
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Re: 357 rifle
Well. I actually don't clean the barrels of my 22s everytime I shoot 'em.
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