Who has a Henry 45-70?

[F150owner]

I started looking at the .22 Henry lever action Carbine w/16" barrel. One thing led to another and I'm now interested in the mac daddy Henry 45-70. Anyone got one and open to sharing the good, bad, and ugly?

thanks!
Duane

[alanhore]

My father had a golden boy in a 45 long colt. He has since passed, and it now sits in my safe. It is a fine gun, but I cant bring myself to shoot it much.

[FlipSide]

My buddy has a Marlin in 45-70. Thing kicks like crazy and is about a dollar and 2 quarters each time you shoot it lol

[Bamaman]

The Henry's are especially beautiful rifles, but I think I'd be looking for a caliber that's less expensive to buy bullets for. Availability of ammo is another issue.

[yetti462]

Got a Marlin, the recoil is not bad and I reload. Did buy some factory ammo from a guy for $15/box. Sorry, I don't have any info on a Henry. They make for a good pig rifle.

[alanhore]

My father had a golden boy in a 45 long colt. He has since passed, and it now sits in my safe. It is a fine gun, but I cant bring myself to shoot it much.

He also had a New England Firearms break action single shot in a 45-70. I had no use for that thing. It kicked like a mule with his hand loads. Ammo is not to hard to find around here for a 45-70.

[IBILTIT]

Curious....this is one caliber I've never shot, does it kick more that a 12 ga. pump shooting slugs?

[Transom]

Curious....this is one caliber I've never shot, does it kick more that a 12 ga. pump shooting slugs?

No. It can be a pussycat with cowboy loads. However a souped up handload in a 7 pound ruger number 1 will recoil as bad as anything around.

[IBILTIT]

AHHHHH, a Ruger #1, one of my favorite rifles. A buddy of mine has 2 of them, one is a .243 and the other a .300 Win mag. I will admit the .300 does kick a bit but they are both beautiful guns.

[jc1992]

Got the marlin in 444. Had to put a limb savery pad on it now it's nothing to shoot