Big Boy Revolver

[Travlin]

Speaking of old police revolvers, New York State Troopers carried Colt New Service revolvers in .45 Colt in the forties.

[Travlin]

I see that HRA is about to bring out the revolver in an eight shot .22LR.

[John E Davies]

I was born a 100 years to late. Just give me the old west a 45 in a single action a good horse and let me live in the old west times.

I've said the very same thing, over and over in the last many decades, lol.

Life was a whole lot simpler back then.

LOL. Simpler for sure, and deadly, uncomfortable, dirty, violent and disgusting. Unless you lived in a big city and had lots of cash. Then you could have servants to take care of the nastiest stuff.

https://www.historydefined.net/life-in-wild-west/

Read the Time Life “The Old West” books. Complete 27 volume sets are easy to find used, I see them pop up on Craigslist every few months. I paid $45 for mine, without the index… only a couple of volumes appear to have been previously opened...

John Davies
Spokane WA

[BigAl52]

I was born a 100 years to late. Just give me the old west a 45 in a single action a good horse and let me live in the old west times.

I've said the very same thing, over and over in the last many decades, lol.

Life was a whole lot simpler back then.

LOL. Simpler for sure, and deadly, uncomfortable, dirty, violent and disgusting. Unless you lived in a big city and had lots of cash. Then you could have servants to take care of the nastiest stuff.

https://www.historydefined.net/life-in-wild-west/

Read the Time Life “The Old West” books. Complete 27 volume sets are easy to find used, I see them pop up on Craigslist every few months. I paid $45 for mine, without the index… only a couple of volumes appear to have been previously opened...

John Davies
Spokane WA

Whats the difference it was dirtier and violent in a different way. Enter the occupation called Lawyers and you have the same dirt

[Mags]

I see that HRA is about to bring out the revolver in an eight shot .22LR.

Please share where you saw this announced. I'm interested, I searched but couldn't find any information on it.

[CT_Shooter]

I was born a 100 years to late. Just give me the old west a 45 in a single action a good horse and let me live in the old west times.

BigAl, you made me wonder. It's an interesting fantasy to consider living in an earlier time; a life before living changed as the result of innovation and technology; for us, largely after electricity was harnessed (unless you're a native American -- it totally went to hell for you when the Europeans arrived).

But, I think in the old west of 1880, instead of a 45, you would very likely have had a Winchester 1873 rifle and a Colt Frontier .44-40 six shooter or two, just as a practical matter; same ammo for both. I would.

The Colt Frontier or Frontier Six-Shooter was a Colt's 1873 "Model P" type revolver manufactured in .44-40 Winchester caliber instead of .45 Colt (in which configuration it was called the Single Action Army) so that it was compatible with Winchester Model 1873 ammunition. Production began in 1877.

Unfortunately, as an adult on horseback with a rifle and six-shooter, we'd have had to make every minute count because we'd only have a couple of decades left to live -- at best.

Life expectancy in the USA in 1880 was all of 39 yrs. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/104 ... -all-time/)

Why did people die so young?

The route of the Oregon/California/Mormon Pioneer Trails has been called "the nation's longest graveyard." Nearly one in ten emigrants who set off on the trail did not survive. The following is a list of the main causes of death along the trail from 1841 until 1869:
-Disease
-Gunshot wounds
-Accidents
-River crossings and drowning
-Weather

It's fun to imagine. It would have been a wholly different life experience than living in the 21st century is. Maybe better. Maybe not. We'll never know.

I'm guessing I'd have been a candidate for death by a disease that the Doctors then couldn't even imagine. I'm actually happy to live in a time when they can and do. I'm 73; way past the expiration date of 1880. I have a twenty-two year old stent in my RCA, two lens replacements, dental implants, and an artificial hip. I also have a comfortable home, plenty to eat, and good friends. Life is better for me than it has been for most others that have lived over the years. So far.

But, like you, sometimes it's just so easy for me to pretend I'm a cowboy who sleeps under the stars.

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

I was born a 100 years to late. Just give me the old west a 45 in a single action a good horse and let me live in the old west times.

I've said the very same thing, over and over in the last many decades, lol.

Life was a whole lot simpler back then.

LOL. Simpler for sure, and deadly, uncomfortable, dirty, violent and disgusting. Unless you lived in a big city and had lots of cash. Then you could have servants to take care of the nastiest stuff.

https://www.historydefined.net/life-in-wild-west/

Read the Time Life “The Old West” books. Complete 27 volume sets are easy to find used, I see them pop up on Craigslist every few months. I paid $45 for mine, without the index… only a couple of volumes appear to have been previously opened...

John Davies
Spokane WA

The guy that wrote that sure dwells on the negative, lol. I "agreed" to Old West, but I would really prefer to live in a town similar to Little House on the Prairie. Yeah, life expectancy was shorter back then, but you wouldn't had known it. It's just like today. People may start living to (if the world makes it) to 150 someday. But we don't know that now and who worries about it? Knowing I couldn't go back in time, Iol, I did the next best thing. I moved to deep in the country in a very conservative county in a pretty conservative state. Although you can't avoid everything, I've enjoyed decades of freedoms (guns included). I just missed the country doctor too. Just like the old days, he would make house visits and he charged very little. I will say one more thing. Life in the 50's and '60's was very different from now and I at least got to experience that, and anyone else about my age who can reflect back on those good 'ol days.

[Travlin]

I Was reading some reviews of the Big Boy revolver and found mention that the instruction booklet mentioned the rimfire calibers were coming soon. As an aside I was watching Gun Blast review of the Charter Arms Professional 3 inch .357. It is a stainless revolver with the black nitride finish with recessed chambers , an enclosed ejector rod , a clockwise rotating cylinder , a fiber optic front site and a MSRP of just over $400 . I like HRA but if I wanted another .357 revolver , I would take a very close look at the Charter Arms model .

[Mags]

I Was reading some reviews of the Big Boy revolver and found mention that the instruction booklet mentioned the rimfire calibers were coming soon. ...

Thanks! Found the instruction booklet. It shows a couple of H016s. One as 22LR and the other 22WMR.
https://www.henryusa.com/wp-content/upl ... olvers.pdf

[North Country Gal]

I'd be interested to know just how sales of the Henry revolver are going for Henry. If sales are not up to expectations. you may be waiting awhile to see the Henry in a 22 LR.

Once again, I have to say that I'm a little shocked at all the negativity towards the Henry on the net and just talking to some locals up here. It's been a long time since I've seen a newly introduced gun get such a put down and me, I just don't see it. Yeah, I would have rather seen a single action and, yeah, that pre-WWII DA revolver style isn't the most aesthetically pleasing by today's standards, but then I see some people go nuts and pay huge dollars for old Colt DA revolvers that look very, very similar. Just shows how fickle the gun market is.