41 Special in Henry 41 Magnum ?

[jjnpg317]

Has anyone with a Henry 41 attempted to use 41 Special loads in the rifle ? Have two molds (41032 & 410459 SWC) that are troublesome in Mag case and wondered if the two might run better in Special cases.
Thanks

[Tatume]

Easy enough to find out. Just trim a handful of your older 41 Rem Mag cases and load them. Let us know what you learn.

[Tom Herman]

Makes sense. My 429421 loads in .44 Mag won't come up the lifter and chamber in my Henry.
Using the same bullets in the .44 Special cases, and there is no problem.
I suspect that you'll be fine with .41 Special cases.
The other cure for smooth chambering ammunition is to use a RNFP bullet.
Had to do that with my Taurus Thunderbolt (Colt Lightning clone).
Best of Luck!

-Tom

[osteodoc08]

Be careful with pressures. Don't start hot!

Ive changed over to WFN designs for the most part as they cycle smooth as butter. My 410459 cycle fine in my Henry though.

[Jake70]

Just pop them in and see if they work. Unless your trying to be a modern day Elmer Keith, the pressures in the special case should be lower than those in the mag case, so that shouldn't be an issue.

[osteodoc08]

Just pop them in and see if they work. Unless your trying to be a modern day Elmer Keith, the pressures in the special case should be lower than those in the mag case, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Huh?

All things being equal, the mag case has more internal volume and everything else being equal should have the lower pressure.

[Walter Laich]

I load for a pard that shoots a Marlin .44 in cowboy action shooting.
He has a combination of .44 Sp and .44 Mag brass. I separate them and use the same bullet/powder amounts in both cases. Length is set for both at the Mag length. On Dillon that means adjusting powder funnel #2 and crimp die #4: full two turns on each die

He claims he can't tell difference when we mixed the brass in several magazines. 'Course at SASS levels all we're doing it making steel clang and not trying to drop a deer

[pjames32]

Walter-special cases loaded to mag length are a different pressure than if you load them to special length, which I might "assume" most people would do.

[reivertom]

Is a .41 Special a true .410 diameter?

[Griff]

Is a .41 Special a true .410 diameter?Since it's a shortened .41Mag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.41_Remington_Magnum), I'd say yes.

[reivertom]

Since it's a shortened .41Mag (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.41_Remington_Magnum), I'd say yes.
I've never heard much about it, so I didn't know if it was an obsolete black powder round or what.

[beagle]

Don't know the ejector setup on a Henry but Marlins are set for .44 Mag length cases. I had problems occasionally with .44 Special brass in the Marlin M1894. The Marlin depends on case length with spring applied pressure to the base for positive ejection aided by the ejector. The shorter Specials cases allowed the cases to fall out because they weren't retained by the receiver wall under spring tension and the ejector was a bit far back. May not be an issue in the Henry with the .41s./beagle

[Pereira]

I got one of those a few mons back, mine has seen nothing but lead.
Under a hundred rds., I shot some specials through it.
These were some starlite brass I'd bought a few yrs ago, for my RBH.
Lee 215gr SWC and some blue dot loaded to the correct spl length,
and they cycled without a hiccup.
YMMV