Need help buying husband Christmas rifles

Regarding the Henry safety, the answer is not exactly. The gun will only fire if the hammer is fully cocked and the trigger is pulled. There isn't a half-cocked safety or anything like that. The trigger pull is the only thing that can release the hammer according to Henry, and that has been my experience
 
Henry makes an extremely smooth lever gun. Some people don't like the tube load vs a loading gate like Marlin or Winchester lever actions. If your husband keeps looking at the Henry, go for it.

Lucky guy.
 
Here's an idea. Get one of his buddies or a brother or other relative to converse about it and get some intel.

"I was thinking about getting a lever rifle and can't decide."
 
NO Kcub! No, No, No!

My wife did that a decade or two ago and I ended up with some weird semi-auto pistol that my buddy couldn't afford to buy, but though my wife should so he could shoot it!!!!! LGS had open return policy and back it went (think that may have been when I got either a Marlin 39 or Winchester 94-22). Told her in the future to ignore that friend and told her who to ask opinions of!
 
One of 2 down. Got the Henry 45-70 and he is nuts about it. Loves the buckhorn sites. Shot 2 boxes of 405 grain Remington's and it's a tack driver. Hasn't been to range on paper but is knocking cans around at 75 yards off hand. Loves the tube magazine. I asked if he wanted to scope it but he took it to our saddle maker and is having a nice leather scabbard built for it. He's ordering dies and bullets this weekend. I kind of thought he liked the 44 but he wants to wait and see if Marlin actually comes back with the 444 in January per the gun store. If not he said he would like to have the 357 instead to go with his hand gun. He already has a Henry 45 Long colt and a Ruger Vaquero. I knew he handled that Henry too many times to not like it. He looked at the Rossi 357 and liked everything but the safety on top. They are inexpensive but he wants to think about it some more. mine came early too. I got a sig p380 and love it. Just small enough and has that 1911 feel.
 
So glad he likes it. Seems the 45-70 was meant to be since the 44 was sold before you could get to it :) Did you get the steel version or the Big Boy version with the octagonal barrel?
 
Got the steel big bore. That's what he kept handling. His 45 is golden boy. He constantly gripes about the brass so I knew better
 
Wendy, I also have a Henry .45 Colt Golden Boy, and I've given up keeping it shiny, just wiping it down when cleaning the gun. Sort of taking a nice vintage patina (at least that's what I keep telling myself!).
 
Yeah. Put it in a saddle scabbard all leather with no fleece lining. I think he says every time he pulls the gun out and puts it back in it takes the shine right off. He's done just as you said. Letting it get that vintage look.
 
Wendy, I think your making all us married men jelious ! That is really awsome for you to by the hubby a rifle and no less a great looking Henry!
When my wife and I are out window shopping and she looks at shoes or purses I have to ask do you really need another one ? Yes is her reply ! It goes with my .... !
If I'm looking at guns her comment is don't you have one of those already ? And my comment is, there like purses and shoes..., got to have one to go with other caliber gun !

It's all good, enjoy !

Mike
 
Thanks myg30. We do share a lot of same interests. Shooting, reloading, fishing, horses. List goes on. It's a blessing I'm sure. I lik to shoot but don't like hunting and he is ok with that. He's asked me to go but has never pressured me. I know he loves it so I just want him to enjoy it. Now he just flat told me that he wants a 357 carbine to go with his revolver. He has said Rossi or Henry either would be fine but I've been you tubing a lot of the Rossi 357 carbines and it looks like they are having feeding issues. About half the price of the Henry and he says he doesn't care because it's going to be on side of a horse, tractor and Atv just an extension of his revolver. Acadamy keeps showing deals on them but can't find a store with one in it. We're getting dies next Tuesday to start reloading his revolver and my little 38 snub nose. Looks like it might cost a bit for the dies and first powder and bullets but should give us a lot more practice time with the hand guns. He flat loves the 158 Hornady Hollow point in his 686. They are just too expensive to run a couple boxes down range every week or so. He won't practice with any ammo other than what he shoots for defense. I'm just not sure about the Rossi even though he says it will be fine. I not know how good Taurus customer service is it they have issues.
 
You got a sister?

Get the Marlin, but if you buy new, get a VERY recent one, meaning one that hasn't been in the store for more than 6 months. And check the wood to metal fit carefully.
 
I'm looking forward to shooting my steel big bore 357 sometime this week. Last night I cycled some loads I have to see how they would cycle, all was good. Aluminum Blazer 38 +P, Monarch 158 JHP, and Hornady Leverevolution.
 
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I bought a Big Boy Steel .357 a couple months ago and have finally been getting to shoot it the last couple weeks. I'm really loving it, feeds .357 RNFP bullets with no issues. I haven't tried any other bullet shapes yet or any .38 yet either. I've mostly been working up a load that shoots good in both my revolvers and the rifle. I worked up a perfect load with Titegroup and the 158 gr RNFP copper coated bullets from Extreme Bullets. The Henry is very accurate and really seems to shoot very nice with any of the loads I've tried so far but at 25 yds ( this is the limit at the indoor range ) with the Titegroup it's pretty much all bullet holes touching with ten shot groups. So far I've put about 400 rounds through it and can't wait to shoot it more.
 
He tried to save us some money and went with the Rossi 92 since it was just a pinker. After getting it loosed up to cycle it's a real shooter. Started reloading for it and has about 100 rounds of Nosler 158 sportsman bullets don it now. He was popping tin cans at a 100 yards off a rest last weekend. Length of pull is kind f short so we are going to order a skinner peep sight to go win the dovetail. Would still like to get him another one in the Henry for a longer stock. The Henry just levers so slick. He's also loving that 45-70 in the Henry. He had a few boxes of cor bonds and it is a tack driver with them. Only thing h has reservations about is the safety on the 357 Rossi. Kind of cheap feel to it. They were on sale for 319.00 a few weeks ago so this one came home.
 
I am green with envy Wendy, I want a 45-70 big boy steel myself. As for the Rossi, you all made a good choice there as well. My .44 mag was a little rough out of the box but certainly a solid build and one of the funnest range guns I own. After a hundred rounds of 240gr .44 mags and just working the action a bit while watching TV it has smoothed out nicely. Is it as smooth and refined as my Winchester or your Henry? No, but it certainly doesn't draw any complaints from me or any of my buddy's I shoot with. It cycles both mags and specials without issues but just remember to work that action with a little bit of authority when cycling rounds, if you don't that is when you can end up with stove pipes especially when cycling the shorter cased specials. Have fun and enjoy those awesome rifles.
Thats a great price on that Rossi by the way.
 
Thanks Targa. We've loaded up about 80 rounds for the next trip out. This thing is great. They put these on sale for one day and it was half the price of the Henry. I think it would make a nice little deer rifle out to a 100 yards. Those Nosler Sportsman bullets sure do mushroom and penetrate really good. Haven't chrono graphed it yet but it sure is accurate.
 
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