Henry Big Boy Ejection Wonderment

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

I have a Henry Big Boy in .357 that I absolutely adore shooting, but I have taken a bit too long between outings with it and am wondering if I have a memory loss or something is amiss with my rifle. I took it out this weekend and noticed that upon cycling the action, the empty cartridges are just so clearing the ejection port, and actually bouncing off the receiver to collect in a nice pile in front of my feet.

I reload, so the nice pile is really nice, but I am just wanting to make sure that I am not getting forgetful in my younger age in regards to thinking I had better ejection of cartridges.

For the life of me, I cannot remember if this is normal, or something came undone in the time between shooting my rifle.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

.....noone can tell me where their Henry levers eject the brass from their rifles?

[Keyston44]

I don't have a Henry Big Boy yet so I can't help. If you can't wait for an answer maybe the Henry Forum would be quicker.

Key

[pirkfan]

Can't speak to empty cartridges, but my home made snap caps (38 special brass plus cast boolit with a rubber primer) dump out right at my feet

[missionary5155]

Greetings
Sounds like you are being to easy on the lever. Give it a good healthy man like zip down to the bottom of the stroke.
Also you can place a bucket down by your feet and catch as many of those happy brass as possible with the present brass pattern formimng.
Mike in Peru

[Hannibal]

One of the things I like about my Henry .357 Big Boy is the fact that the brass lands at my feet and I don't have to chase it down. As opposed to my model 94. That thing flings brass EVERYWHERE.

[pworley1]

My 44 mag big boy puts them just in front and to the right of my feet.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

First off sorry for coming off as impatient......as I can be.

Next, I shot my 92 rossi for the first time, and remembered how much those things lime to make brass fly for me. My Henry just came off as almost broken in comparison, in the ejection area. That is why I questioned it. ....and for the life of me, I couldn't remember what kind of ejection it had previously.

If it all sounds normal, even considering I wasn't babying the lever at all-even during speed shooting ejection was all right at my feet-then I will quit worrying.

[lightload]

Do the Henry's shoot cast bullets well?

[Maximumbob54]

Dang. Maybe I do need a Henry since my Marlins, Winchesters, and Rossi's all spit brass into the next county.

[Ramjet-SS]

Do the Henry's shoot cast bullets well?

Excellent

[runfiverun]

you can tune the ejector on the 92's.
it's a spring.
and you can also influence which direction they go [straight-up] somewhat [to more forward]through a little stoning of the extractor.

[fecmech]

Maybe I do need a Henry since my Marlins, Winchesters, and Rossi's all spit brass into the next county.
Pull the bolt out of your Rossi, remove the ejector spring and take it to your local Ace hardware store. Root around in their spring bins till you find one the same diameter as your Rossi and half the wire size. Cut it to length, instal and now your ejected empties will remain in your same zip code!

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

Do the Henry's shoot cast bullets well?
Mine does exceedingly well. especially with my ranch dog 180 grain 357 mag book it load.

[45-70 Chevroner]

Just call Henry they probably know the answer.

[Lefty Red]

My 357 BB would spit them everywhere. It had to go to the factory three times due to ejection problems. It really was never "right". I chalked it up to a fluke and traded it off for a BB in 44 magnum and never had a problem. I later found out that Henry tried to use the same parts from the larger calibers for the 357 with a few mods and had several problems with ejections. Guess mine was one of those. Anyways, still like them!

Jerry

[xman777]

You' re not crazy, the Big Boy's stack brass neatly into boxes at your feet. I have 45LC, 44mag and 357 which all eject subtly at my feet.