Henry Rifle Forums

Looking for suggestions and making a purchase in the next day or 2.

I have a .357 Henry. Already own a 30-30 Marlin so not interested in that. Not a fan of the Henry in .22. Great rifle but just not enough oomph for such a solid gun.

I'm a fan of the steel, round barrel designs. I'm leaning towards 45-70. The 5.56 seems interesting and I already buy that caliber for my AR.

What caliber do you all love?

Everyone needs a .308 and a .223 and....well, get those two, and then come back and ask again.... and we will give you more ideas......

As always, the first consideration is do you reload? The 45-70 is a great cartridge and I love it, but since we no longer reload, no 45-70 for us. It is insanely expensive to shoot factory 45-70 ammo. The 5.56/223 is the polar opposite. 223 is about the cheapest centerfire rifle ammo there is and compared to the 45-70, no recoil. One of my favorites. Shoot 223 in a CZ and our Low Wall single shot.

we have a CCH 45-70 that has proven to be a fine rifle .... as noted, firing factory ammo quickly gets expensive .... we load our own ammo and are able to do so at a reasonable price .... my personal favorite for a revolver cartridge is 44 Mag .... in a bottle neck rifle cartridge a Long Ranger 308 is well worth considering

Thinking about the Marlin Dark 45-70 being my next buy.

I suggest a 44 mag.
Jake

If you don't load your own ammo, then the cheapest center fire will most likely be a 44 mag.
I myself prefer the 45 colt, but factory ammo will be more expensive and harder to find.
As far as rifle calibers go I would say the 35 Rem. (one of my favorites) seeing how you already have the tried and true 30-30.

RP

Personally, my first consideration would be what I intend to use it for.

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:39 am

Personally, my first consideration would be what I intend to use it for.

Yes, but he never stated that.

RP

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:43 am

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:39 am

Personally, my first consideration would be what I intend to use it for.

Yes, but he never stated that.

RP

Exactly Randy, it would help in making a choice.

Guess intended use would have helped. I'm mostly a collector but definitely hunting is a secondary.

I actually ended up getting the 45-70 today. I do reload and I got the rifle on a trade for a mini-14 that I never use.

Thanks for all the feedback.

sullytyme wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:45 pm

Guess intended use would have helped. I'm mostly a collector but definitely hunting is a secondary.

I actually ended up getting the 45-70 today. I do reload and I got the rifle on a trade for a mini-14 that I never use.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Well? We gonna need to see some proof
Congrats really. Henry or Marlin?

RP

I'd still get a 45-70 but in a beautiful Sharps rifle if I was more of a collector then a hunter. I usually see that one in my dreams at night.

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:50 pm

Well? We gonna need to see some proof
Congrats really. Henry or Marlin?

RP

Henry, of course. I like my Marlin. I love my Henry's.

Nice Henry Sully, thanks for the pic.

I'm a Marlin fan, then a Henry fan, but
there are some Winchesters, and a Rossi around here also.
I'm a lever gun fan, through and through.

RP

sullytyme wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:45 pm

I actually ended up getting the 45-70 today. I do reload and I got the rifle on a trade for a mini-14 that I never use.

congrats on your new 45-70 .... ours has proven to be one heck of a rifle .... be sure to follow the link below to where you will be able to add all of your Henry rifles to our community's total


http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 43#p140843

Congrats on the new 70 hope you enjoy it.

I took the Henry for a spin this morning and decided to take my Marlin 30-30 along just to compare the experience. Definitely more of a thump in the 45-70, but I found it a lot smoother. A lot easier to get reset for a follow up shot with the Henry.

you can't go wrong with a 45 colt.

I vote for the 45LC then you have an excuse to get a Ruger Blackhawk in 45LC