single shot

[OMP]

Anyone got a single shot yet? thinking about a .223 in blued or a 45-70 in brass. How do they work and shoot?

[NoFlyZone]

Anyone got a single shot yet? thinking about a .223 in blued or a 45-70 in brass. How do they work and shoot?

I just picked up my .223 single shot! Its beautiful, but I haven't shot it yet so I can't comment on that.
Dale - AZ

[JCN]

The gentleman above posted about picking up a 223 single shot. There is another really nice guy here that has a 45-70 (this is the model I'm hoping to track down one day).

They seem to be popping up more often in 223 and 308 online. Beyond that they still appear to be scarce.

[steelersfan97]

I have one in .223. It seems to be well made. i have not fired it yet.

[tractortad]

Held one in .223 at the LGS last week - a very well made rifle - nice wood, excellent fit & finish - what you would expect from Henry. But I was really surprised to see the rebounding hammer on it. I think this is the first time that Henry has used that kind of trigger system on one of their rifles - and I wonder why. It makes for a very heavy trigger that will probably be difficult to lighten up.....

[North Country Gal]

A lot of manufacturers now use a rebounding hammer in lieu of the traditional half cock hammer on their exposed hammer guns. It's a safety thing. I have a number of guns with this feature. With a rebounding hammer, the hammer never sits on top of the firing pin when you carry the gun. The only time the hammer ever makes contact with the firing pin is for an instant when the gun is fired, then the hammer rebounds, automatically to the half cock position. With a traditional hammer, you can end up with the hammer resting on the firing pin when carrying a live round if you get careless and forget to use the half cock position.

You can get a good trigger on a rebounding hammer setup and, if done right, it's every bit as reliable in ignition as a traditional hammer. May not be as "authentic" or "traditional", but I have no problem with them. Our Low Wall Winchester reproductions have them and all of them have identical, excellent triggers. True, the rebounding hammer design doesn't lend itself to kitchen table gunsmithing, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. For me, this kind of a hammer on a gun is another reason to try before you buy in this price range.

[tractortad]

I hear ya, NCG, but I still don't get why Henry went this route - guess they couldn't work out a transfer bar setup (like the rest of their centerfire rifles) on the single shot frame. We have a couple of Winchesters (1886, 1892) with rebounding hammers and a couple without (1873,1885,9422) and in my opinion, the ones without have much better triggers - mostly because they are probably in the 3-4 lb range. I've never really measured any of them with a trigger pull gauge, but I wouldn't be surprised if the rebounders are at least twice that pull weight. They need that big strong trigger spring to overcome the rebounding feature and the result is a hammer that is harder to cock and just feels like it needs more pull to fire.

[ditto1958]

Hmmm...

My H009, with its transfer bar, has an excellent-for-a-levergun trigger. I was not aware that the Single Shot models used a different system.

[Yornoc3]

I can't complain about the trigger on my single shot 45-70. For sure, it's well under the weight of the gun (6 lbs 13 oz). I'd guess about 4.5 lbs, but haven't "measured" it. It's also quite "crisp", way better than I expected, to be honest. The trigger on my lever 30-30 is decent, too, so I have nothing to criticize about Henry triggers. Now a Mossberg SSi-One trigger is another matter .