my new Big Boy X 44 mag

[deerwdr]

Dave here.

I found and bought a Big Boy X in 44 mag this week. The state where I hunt WT Deer passed a straight wall cartridges' statute allowing the use of rifles with straight wall cartridges in formerly shotgun only counties. Due to shoulder repairs, I needed to set my search for either a 44 mag or 350 legend.

I hope to benefit from the Henry experience here to help figure out the sight/scope options.

[JEBar]

welcome indeed .... delighted to have you join our forum .... looking forward to following your range and use reports as you become better acquainted with your 44 .... ours has proven to be one heck of a rifle .... be sure to follow the link below to where you may add yours to our community's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... start=1360

[brm4450]

Welcome from Dacotah and enjoy that new Henry while hunting and at the range!

[GunnyGene]

Welcome. Lot's of optics options for the Henry. I have a Nikon Buckmaster on my .41 mag due to 76 yo eyes. My typical range for deer is under 100yds, and haven't missed yet.

If your eye sight is still good, a lot of folks use the Skinner peep sights with success. Link is at the top of page.

[BigAl52]

Welcome to the forum. Leupold has some great choices and I personally like Burris. Just depends how much you want to spend

[deerwdr]

Welcome. Lot's of optics options for the Henry. I have a Nikon Buckmaster on my .41 mag due to 76 yo eyes. My typical range for deer is under 100yds, and haven't missed yet.

If your eye sight is still good, a lot of folks use the Skinner peep sights with success. Link is at the top of page.

I’ll look for the skinner peeps. My concern is with the shot opportunities in twilight. Now that my eyes got fixed maybe I can see we’ll enough for a peep in low light. I’ve adjusted to the rifle scope combination forever , to keep from spending a fortune. I am tired of sliding my face up and down the stock to find the eye relief exact spot. I have a TC encore with a great Leupold on it , but I’ve never taken the time and effort to modify the stock or rings to fit me. Not repeating that.

[Slugnut]

Welcome from ny (WELFARE STATE). The 44mag should fit your needs quite well. Keep us posted and good luck.

[Kissmybrass]

Hey deerwdr I have a question for ya... Is your .44 mag rifle a side gate and if it is can you get the bolt out of it through the back if you take the lever off (like it should)? Lotta issues with this. Thanks! D

[Kissmybrass]

Oh and send some pics of that gun! the .44 X is badass!!!

[deerwdr]

E222A2DD-38B0-48F5-9956-6C9F580699DD.jpeg

I bought the Tilley scope rail from Henry. It must be made to accurate specs because I mounted that old Bushnell 2-7 scope and cranked a round at 15 yards out back offhand. A couple inches high! So sighting in at the range tomorrow should go smooth. I’ll set up first at 25 then at 50.

I really want to set up peep sights but the there is not a matched pair set up for this Henry. Maybe someday, but this Bushnell snaps up perfect on 4-7 power which is where I shoot. The eye relief gets wonky at 2-3, which isn’t a power range I use.

[deerwdr]

Any suggestion on posting pictures so they look the same as on my cell phone?

[deerwdr]

358F9F3D-6EE2-4886-A649-2097ACBB25A5.jpeg

[deerwdr]

Regarding disassembly, I’m not there yet. I have a Marlin 30-30 I bought many years ago that I took completely apart a few times using the users manual. No big issues.

I viewed a video by Henry on doing the same to a Henry and parts started falling out. Somewhere else I saw something on reassembly and the guy neede teasers to drop a part in. For now I’ll use a pull thru rig and keep from fouling the trigger mechanism. I think the message is clear when Henry omitted any disassembling instructions from the owners manual. I’ll find a good video on it and tear it fully apart in February after hunting season

[Kissmybrass]

Sweet rifle! Deer? Hogs?

[deerwdr]

The County where I hunt deer passed a regulation allowing the use of rifles with straight wall cartridges. So I got this Henry for closer in areas , and a Ruger 350 Legend for everywhere else, or at least that’s my excuse for buying two rifles . So they both for deer, and I can’t wIt to see how this 44 does. I get the most days in the woods during different muzzle loader seasons, but having these new rifles will get me out any days I can in rifle season.

[deerwdr]

178FFCF7-2044-4588-BF26-66802287ED15.jpeg

I hope this is just a poor match of ammo and gun. I guess I could swap scopes and try again and see how it shoots ?

[Kissmybrass]

I had some horrible outings with my 45-70, one outing was a loose scope issue (due to the wild kick) and the other was the ammo. Spraying rounds all over the place. I have some nice groupings now Are there "rifle-specific" mag loads?

[deerwdr]

Buffalo Bore has magnum loads but only one solid core round will cycle through the BBX. In this environment I doubt I'll find any Federal Premiums but I plan to look.

[Kissmybrass]

no kidding it's a "shoot whatever you can find" kinda world these days. Definitely getting better

[Rifletom]

deerwdr, I cannot tell, is that the one piece integeral Talley base/ring set-up?