New Rifle Owner

[Neorotoxin]

Just yesterday, i finally managed to track down a Henry Big Boy X 357, which i've been looking for for over a year. This will in fact be my first gun i've ever owned, and i did a lot of research to choose it. I'm hoping to have a lot of fun at the range in the near future. I'm from western Washington, and the shop i bought it from is almost an exclusive Henry and black powder shop. In fact this particular shop bought out the Hawken rifle company and still produces new Hawken rifles even now, which was a bit of neat history.

[BigAl52]

Congrats on the new Henry. You must be close to Oak Harbor and speaking of the Hawken Shop. Welcome to the forum there are quite a few in here from Washington State

[Kissmybrass]

Hey welcome from Issaquah! Do tell where this shop is...

[Vaquero]

Hello & Welcome from W TN.

RP

[Hatchdog]

Nice find! And welcome from Eastern Washington.

[JEBar]

congrats on your X-357 .... you will find is really fun to fire .... feel free to ask questions when needed and to offer others assistance when possible .... be sure to follow the link below and add yours to our community's total

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[Shakey Jake]

Welcome from the Land of Sugar!
Jake

[Cofisher]

Welcome from Nebraska. My Henry was the first rifle for me too. It’s a great way to begin.

[Ernie]

Welcome from Michigan. Were you able to get ammunition?

[Neorotoxin]

Lets see, if you care to visit it, the shop where i purchase my Henry is "Greene's Gunshop", its a great little place. At the time i purchased it, the owner Greg actually had a second X in 357, so if you are relatively nearby, and can't find one, he HAD a second.

I did manage to get one box of 38 special from him, though no 357 , not yet, though i ordered some on backorder, who knows when it'll actually arrive, but seeing as i was looking for this rifle for as long as i did, i can be patient easily enough.

I don't have many questions yet, though i will have more later on, but the first one i wanted to know is, would dry firing my rifle damage it in any way? My friend who owns many suggested i do so if it is not harmful so i can get a feel for the trigger, but suggested asking first to make sure it wouldn't be harmful.

Additionally, what tools would you suggest for maintaining my Henry? At my friend's suggestion, i have cleaning patches, gun oil for cleaning and protecting, and one of those bore snakes (if that's what its called,can't remember for sure), but that's it so far.

[Neorotoxin]

Because picture, of course.

[BigAl52]

You will get mixed answers on dry firing. I would get some snap caps if it was me for the dry firing. As far as cleaning goes bore snakes work I remove the bolt and clean with a rod and jag from the rear of the gun to the front.

[Kissmybrass]

One thing that I feel is important is hollow ground screwdrivers that fit exactly into the different sized screws so they stay nice. Grace makes real nice ones but there are tons of tool companies.
I dry fired my brassie like there was no tomorrow when I first got it till I found out it isn't a good idea (website opinions). Not as bad as a .22 rim but I wouldn't dry fire it too much. Put a swatch of leather between the hammer and the bolt if you want to continually test out trigger pull. Eliminates that hard hit. If you use the bore snake I'd run it through the back and not the side so it doesn't scratch the side surface. I just use my JDEWEY rod and do it the old fashioned way. Oh, and DOES THE BOLT COME OUT??? That's been a problem of late with the newer rifles. X or not.

[Kissmybrass]

You will get mixed answers on dry firing. I would get some snap caps if it was me for the dry firing. As far as cleaning goes bore snakes work I remove the bolt and clean with a rod and jag from the rear of the gun to the front.

Totally agree.

[Kissmybrass]

https://www.raniersec.com/product/prvi- ... grain-fpj/

Don't know if this is legit but IN STOCK 50 rounds for 13 dollars and free shipping? Says you need to spend over 100 bucks.

[Neorotoxin]

I looked into it, they also ONLY accept payment in forms of Bitcoin, Vanilla cards, and Amazon gift cards, seems sketchy.

Also, do you think the grace tool set sold on the henrypride site is a good idea?

[Kissmybrass]

Yeah, scam. Grace tool set on the Henry site is definitely a good idea. The screwdrivers are tailored to every screw on the Henry rifles.

[RanchRoper]

Congrats on your new rifle.

[Sir Henry]

Good find. Welcome from Woodinville, WA.

[The Wiz]

Welcome!