It’s time for Mr Anthony Imperato to install the “Kings Improvement “ device to all his tubular magazine lever rifles except the actual ‘Henry’ clone and the .22 rim fires. Otherwise I find Henry rifles excellent strong rifles.
I like their new box magazine lever rifles a lot.
PS back in the 90s a friend bought a Uberti Henry clone. While dropping.45 colt rounds down into the magazine from a high angle one went off. It blew the tube right off the gun and how nobody got injured was pure luck. Always load these on a gentle slope.
I have one of the older Marlins in this caliber I use to deer hunt with in heavy brush country where a 100 yard shot is about it. Most are a lot less.
It’s bad to the bone....no pun intended. I have yet to have a deer go less than 10 yards after being hit by it. Most of em just drop right there in their tracks.
Don’t own a Henry - yet, but I do own a .45-70; my favorite Eastern deer rifle. I’m amused by people who hunt with a .243 or some similar caliber who think a .45-70 is either too much gun or inadequate for deer. I’ve shot a number of whitetails with my 1895G at ranges from 40 yards out to almost 200 (it’s a very accurate rifle, by the way) and not one has taken a step after getting hit. Better yet, trauma is almost nonexistent with the .45-70.
So Oleg writes for ‘Am Shooting Journal’ now. Yeah, I believe that.
Its only short range if you dont understand trajectory
I have 2 trap door 1878 Springfields I got from my Dad. He got them from a Hollywood studio for $4.50 each back in the late 1940s. Plus an Ideal Handloader. A Marlin 1895 added to the collection. A fun cartridge to shoot.
Modern AR interpretation of the .45-70 can be viewed as the .50 Beowulf. Ballistics are nearly identical. Just saying for those that want an AR upgrade without buying a whole new rifle.
A Beowulf upper will set you back a good $800 to $1K. A solid lever action .45-70 can run in the $600 range. And Beowulf ammo is more expensive as well. So going with the Beowulf is not the best option. I view it as a more expensive option/upgrade to the AR.
Question for those more in the know on such things.
From a prepper standpoint I would like to keep calibers to a minimum. I have .22 pistol and rifles.
However, I’m trying to match my .45 pistol with a good rifle. Any recommendations for a rifle that would be compatible with .45ACP? Or am I just barking up the wrong tree altogether.
When I was young I used to shoot a friend’s old trapdoor. The cartridges where light reloads with 500 grain cast bullets and when fired you could actually see them going down range. Lol.
A .45-70 wil be my next rifle.
One of the posters on the MO forum hit the nail directly on the head with his post:
“...It boils down to bean counters and lawyers that are not knowledgeable in the trade dictating operations and policy based on bottom line profit (which BTW does not get reinvested into the employees or the company)....”
IMHO, NEVER let a bean counter or a lawyer manage anything in your business, that is, IF you want to stay in business. Let em “count the beans” and let em provide “legal advice”, but NEVER let em manage a damn thing when it comes to manufacturing, production, engineering, etc.