Henry Reapeating Arms 'Big Boy' carbine in 45 Long Colt.
Anyone have experience with this gun? I'm not a cowboy action shooter, but I did think this would be the place to post a question, as that is the normal context I've seen this gun in.
I love firing my 45 Long Colt revolver at the range, and this gun looks like it would be a lot of fun to shoot. Plus I can generally find 45 LC ammo, if not cheap like 22, for not that much.
In addition, my favorite areas to deer / turkey hunt are mainly laurel and scrub, so I generally prefer to carry a 'brush gun', most of the time I'm looking at quick shots at closer ranges rather than set-up long shots. The short barrel length of this, and the 10 round capacity make it appealing.
Third, I thought this might, combined with my 45 revolver, make a good combination for home defense / possible survival use. Having a carbine and revolver using the same ammo seems to make a lot of sense, and I'm fairly familliar with the kick etc.. of the 45 LC, as well as quite confident with its overall stopping power. With a sling attached, I think it would make a great backcounty combo with the 45 revolver. I think in that capacity the carbine would make a much more useful gun overall for me than my current .308 winchester brush gun, which, given it has iron sights, and a fairly heavy kick, I've never been really thrilled with.
I'm thinking I could get the carabine, and have it and my revolver as my 'main' weapons, and put a nice scope on the .308 Winchester, making it more of a long gun.
I'm worried mainly about reliability, ease of cleaning, etc.. Anyone have one of these guns? What do you think?
Best,
erehwesle
Anyone have experience with this gun? I'm not a cowboy action shooter, but I did think this would be the place to post a question, as that is the normal context I've seen this gun in.
I love firing my 45 Long Colt revolver at the range, and this gun looks like it would be a lot of fun to shoot. Plus I can generally find 45 LC ammo, if not cheap like 22, for not that much.
In addition, my favorite areas to deer / turkey hunt are mainly laurel and scrub, so I generally prefer to carry a 'brush gun', most of the time I'm looking at quick shots at closer ranges rather than set-up long shots. The short barrel length of this, and the 10 round capacity make it appealing.
Third, I thought this might, combined with my 45 revolver, make a good combination for home defense / possible survival use. Having a carbine and revolver using the same ammo seems to make a lot of sense, and I'm fairly familliar with the kick etc.. of the 45 LC, as well as quite confident with its overall stopping power. With a sling attached, I think it would make a great backcounty combo with the 45 revolver. I think in that capacity the carbine would make a much more useful gun overall for me than my current .308 winchester brush gun, which, given it has iron sights, and a fairly heavy kick, I've never been really thrilled with.
I'm thinking I could get the carabine, and have it and my revolver as my 'main' weapons, and put a nice scope on the .308 Winchester, making it more of a long gun.
I'm worried mainly about reliability, ease of cleaning, etc.. Anyone have one of these guns? What do you think?
Best,
erehwesle
