45 Colt on the range

[bdbrown66]

Went out to do a little shooting the other morning. Included in the mix was my 45 Colt Henry.

Shot these 2 groups at 100 yards. I sighted in with a different load, so this load was hitting several inches to the left of POA. For the second group, I just gave it some Kentucky windage (since I'm in Kentucky, lol). Three holes are visible, but there are actually 4 shots in there, unless I had a wild flyer clear off the paper (seems unlikely).

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[JEBar]

well done .... well done indeed .... you clearly have on heck of a hunter

[Slugnut]

Not to shabby, my friend

[Shakey Jake]

I just picked up my Marlin 1894CB in .45LCfrom the local FFL. I hope mine shoots as good as yours.
Jake

[bdbrown66]

well done .... well done indeed .... you clearly have on heck of a hunter

It's taken me a good while to find the accuracy I want, but I now have several loads developed for different bullets. Some I push fairly hard, like the XTP and XTP Mag, some suffer in accuracy when you push too much. These were 240gr Sierra JHP over 20.5gr AA #9. About 1525 fps, if my memory is correct.

[bdbrown66]

I just picked up my Marlin 1894CB in .45LCfrom the local FFL. I hope mine shoots as good as yours.
Jake

Good luck with it! I like my Henry's.

[fortyshooter]

Very nice shooting with the .45 Colt! Which Henry rifle do you have?

[bdbrown66]

Very nice shooting with the .45 Colt! Which Henry rifle do you have?

I have both the CCH and blued steel models. This one was the blued steel. I used the CCH last year for deer season and liked the results, but I decided it was too nice to get beat up dragging around the woods, so I bought the blued steel one to be my "woods gun."

[Rifletom]

That is some good shooting! I have the same Henry you shot. Very accurate. That is a fine load.

[North Country Gal]

Nice groups. Well done.