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Side gate vs tube feed
Re: Side gate vs tube feed
I am glad the BB X comes with a side gate. The tube will not allow for loading rounds that are 1.65" even though the gun will cycle them. Load just fine through the gate.
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Re: Side gate vs tube feed
So you're saying a 1.65 length cartridge won't drop through the loading slot in tube.
I find that Hard to believe, as I have both a 41 mag BBS & a 44 mag BBB and I have dropped longer cartridges through both.
My regular go to load in the 41 is a 270 grain cast that measures 1.675" and it drops like nobody's business and even cycles just fine.
Unless they have altered the slot, both of mine, I just drug them out and measured, are 1.685.
I have feed 320+gr rounds in the 44 that would go through the slot but were to long to cycle.
I literally had to pull lever & bolt to clear the round, yet it fell through the loading slot no problem.
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Re: Side gate vs tube feed
IMO, the side gate is good for topping off the mag tube while out in the field. For range shooting a top loader is a lot easier to load and unload. The good thing about the Henry is that you have both.
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Re: Side gate vs tube feed
It will not go through the slot in the tube.Vaquero wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:31 amSo you're saying a 1.65 length cartridge won't drop through the loading slot in tube.
I find that Hard to believe, as I have both a 41 mag BBS & a 44 mag BBB and I have dropped longer cartridges through both.
My regular go to load in the 41 is a 270 grain cast that measures 1.675" and it drops like nobody's business and even cycles just fine.
Unless they have altered the slot, both of mine, I just drug them out and measured, are 1.685.
I have feed 320+gr rounds in the 44 that would go through the slot but were to long to cycle.
I literally had to pull lever & bolt to clear the round, yet it fell through the loading slot no problem.
RP
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Re: Side gate vs tube feed
I love having the option of using either, but I mostly use the tube feeder. The side loading gate on the new Henrys is not stiff at all unlike other manufacturers. Just oil it a bit before you take her out.
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Re: Side gate vs tube feed
I gave up on both and now just stuff 'em down the front...
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Re: Side gate vs tube feed
Ya me to and use rocks for primers
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