Beautiful!fortyshooter wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:23 pmOkay so I ordered a box of 50 HSM Cowboy ammo at 77.95 to see how it shoots. I can get the die set from Redding and the shell plate kit from Dillon for my 550 press. Was hoping that Starline would have brass but out of stock right now so will try to reload the spent brass. I hear that 44-40 can be tricky to load so will see how that goes.
May see the rifle next week and this time it's coming FedEX to my local Cabelas with free shipping.
Well it don't look too bad for 129 yrs old! Guy said it was an estate sale item. Serial number check which I read of the rifle indicates 1894 as build date.
Site seems to be OK. Load issue should be resolved now.
What the heck and did it anyway!
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Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
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There’s a guy in the Spokane area who has a box of 32 long colt ammo for sale for $60. If anybody is interested I can pick it up and send it to you if we can figure out how to ship ammo.
Here’s a link to his post
https://www.spokaneguntrader.com/viewto ... 1&t=185986
Here’s a link to his post
https://www.spokaneguntrader.com/viewto ... 1&t=185986
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Thanks but I have plenty of brass and components as well as a box or two of unfired shells.
But thanks for thinking of us.
But thanks for thinking of us.
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Very cool! Congratulations. I really like the 1892 action, of course, mine are limited to .357 Mag, .44 mag and .454 Casull and are only Rossi’s.
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Man, if that thing could talk.
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