Congrats on the new Henry! I was at a LGS the other day that had a whole rack Henrys in different calibers/models. I got to look at the 30-30 model of the rifle you got. I admit it looked different from what you expect to see a Henry to look like. Just not used to see a side gate on them yet. LOL I can see how a lot of folks will like them now that they can load 'em that way - the nice feature (at least I thought) is that it gives you the option of either using the side gate or the tubular magazine - and the tubular magazine will make unloading easy instead of racking the rounds out if you choose to use it.
I enjoyed looking it over and it wasn't the only one I looked at - came home with a Henry Big Boy steel in 357 - the rifle version. Enjoy that new rifle and will be anxious to hear how it shoots!
Looking forward to the range report.
So I went to the range this weekend. Best group I could get and repeat was a 255 grain JFP moving at 1810FPS to group five shots around 2 inches at 105 yards. That was with a scope and a rest. Loaded up some new rounds with varying COAL and powder steps lets see how she does.
I am really thinking about getting one of these ..... keep us in the loop.
I just got one of these a couple of months back. Refuses to open far enough to use the loading gate.
To smooth it up, work the lever thousands of times while watching Saturday westerns. Un loaded of course. 2” at 105 yards with stomper loads sounds good to me!
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |