P.S. The Henry centerfire rifles are made in Rice Lake, WI...not in NJ.

I was wondering when this subject would come up on the forum. The Henry guns to this 70-something are atrocious,clubby, Winchester/Marlin wannabees! Even the new Marlins have it all over them. My brother-in-law is manager of a large gun shop and we have discussed the matter many times. Almost all t...

I dont know. With their pot metal "steel" and garish brass receivers. Ridiculous tube loading and hack job Marlin clone look, its beyond me how they got popular. I dont care where they are made, their CS is so great because their QC is apparently lacking. Please, good sir, show me the pot...

Some beautiful pieces there. I'm not a huge handgun guy, much prefer rifles. Only have 1 1911 currently, but I do like it. Sig Sauer Stainless Match Elite, in .40.

“ Being convinced that the Colt is great for this area, I bought the plain blued steel model, just because the CCH was too pretty to get banged up climbing in and out of tree stands, atv's, etc. :) ”. While I don’t disagree about beating up the guns if I buys it I uses it plain and simple . I don’t...

AJMD429 wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 9:01 pm 44 Mag has been my go-to whitetail gun for twenty years now, and it is about the same ballistics.

Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the fire....!

Yes, .44 mag and .45 Colt are in the same territory, if you are reloading the Colt beyond the light factory stuff.

Welcome to the crowd. I live and hunt in Casey county and a hundred yard shot is long distance shooting for me. I usually use a lever rifle for my hunting or a muzzleloader because of short distance. I find that lever rifle are just plain fun to shoot compared to bolts or semiauto rifles. Used to o...

Wekcone to the best Enabler's Forumn on the web. I think the .45 Colt in a rifle is more useful and versatile than a 45/70.! Tho it takes 2nd place to the 30/30 :mrgreen: What are your companion handguns to your rifles? Todd/3leg I don't have any companion handguns for these. I used to have a Ruger...

https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/sass93/Smilies/howdy.gif and Welcome to THE Forum! I have 6 rifles chambered in .45 Colt, along with 2 Colt SAAs and 2 replicas. To say I'm enamored with the cartridge is an understatement! The rifle include a Rossi 1892 w/20" octagon, 2 Uberti 1873, one...

I need to get a .45 Colt rifle. It would go well with my Ruger Blackhawk in the same caliber. The .45 Colt is a great caliber for many things. It is not a .45-70, but it does not need to be. That shot on the doe is proof that it is a fine cartridge. I have seen animals run 30 yards when they are on...

.45colt wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 12:07 pm Brian, we are up in Ashtabula county one mile from Lake Erie.

I haven't been there, but I know exactly where it is. Urban Meyer territory.

Pisgah wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:28 am My .45 is a Rossi Model 92, 24" octagon barrel. The terrain I hunt is very similar to yours, and I could make a pretty good argument that this rifle and cartridge are ideal for deer in this environment.

Yes, sir. It would do just fine in that setting.

Welcome, You are in the right place. nearly 20 years ago I was doing the same thing with the Colt. I pushed it pretty hard in a rifle for a few years and one day after shooting a bunch of 320 grain lead bullets pretty fast a light went on in My head . it was plain to Me I needed a 45-70. If You hav...

gamekeeper wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 9:43 am Welcome to the fire, we love photos with leveractions in them. Good shooting with the .45. . . . .

Thanks!

Mods: We need a "like" button on this forum.

Good morning. New guy here; stumbled across the forum and decided to hang out for a bit. Long-time shooter, but relatively late to the levergun arena. Henry got my attention when they came out with the .45-70 with color case hardened receiver, and I parted from my cash. Since then, I have also added...