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I saw on Fox News app yesterday that a hunter in Wyoming was returning to his elk to pack it out when he too was attacked by a grizz.

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ALL HAIL DPRIS!
Man you are really torturing yourself and your Henry!!
Heck of an experiment! I hope you are documenting this test so you can send it to Henry! Mr Imperato might send you a NEW one for your efforts!!!!

Keep the updates coming!

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Old Savage,
Look into the Work Sharp knife sharpener! Such a useful machine! Takes the HOURS out of sharpening.

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Camp daddy- if you want your guide gun BLACK, strip it down to bare wood and then apply a wood dye. It will do a better job then stain. Try a wood worker supply house( woodcraft) for the dye.

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Yes Griff, that is Darth Vader! I had a heck of a time getting that to scale down enough to engrave it. Don't know exactly what that stainless bolster is but it was hell on my gravers!

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Slower loads will shoot higher, more time in the barrel under recoil.

Faster loads will be lower.

Most replacement sights can be purchased in .010" height differences. Brownells should have a selection.

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I wouldn't bother doing anything to it UNTIL you figure out what caliber it is. I suggest getting a block of CERROSAFE from Brownells, FOLLOW the instructions to the T! Then you should be able to decipher what exactly it is. Cartridges of the World be a big help. Is it a Rimfire or center fire? To f...

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Send those FTF Remington rounds back, I bet they make good! Years ago when 10/22s were the IN thing I did one up with a laminated thumb hole, a .920 bull barrel and it would shoot penny size 10 shot groups at 75 yards. I bought all kinds of ammo to try, some was Olympic stuff by Federal. It shot lik...

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Well, that's odd! I had posted prior to the last pic, guess I didn't hit the SUBMIT button... Loaded some CFE PISTOL loads, 5 with Sierra 210, 5 with Nosler 210. Has anyone tried HAWK bullets? I recently revisited their site, they have some good looking stuff. Might try their 225 HP for my Bambi hun...

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I have some .358 bullets that need homes, since I don't have one they need a home, if anyone is interested give a hoot. Also some 270 stuff.

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Oh and here are my girls!

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UPS dropped me a package yesterday! 1# of CFE PISTOL- going to use this in the Henry. This may help this bore. Anyone see any real benefit with CFE PISTOL?

I use CFE223 in my AR10, very accurate but haven't had a fouling issue... UPS left me 8# of this too!

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Well, I had to dig up a 12 year old lap top that doesn't work too well to get camera to work. My 2 good computers would not run the software because it has a virus on it! The instructions are junk, and in Chinese. Contacted eBay seller- their response is here try this to load software... Umm NO! Hav...

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Alright, here is the Henry bore! I had to dig up an old laptop to make it work!
From what I can see, just a bit of crackle near chamber mouth, one suspicious spot there as well.

Again this $12 bore scope is NOT worth the effort!

Camera end is .390" so is only good for big bores.

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Great little round! I enjoyed my Savage 23B so much that while I was in gumsmiff skool I put together a mini farquharson in 25-20 too! I used to shoot hornady 60 soft points, Winchester 680 powder. Good enough accuracy to shoot Praire dogs. Like you mentioned, cheap to load! I once got a confirmed P...

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Just solder the splits! Careful though- too much solder will reduce case capacity!!

When I used to shoot a lot of 25-20 that was common. But shooting pasture poodles can cause ya to shoot a lot!

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Ok fellas- don't buy an endoscope from eBay!! This one cost me $11.99 and it's not worth the hassle of ordering it! First off, instructions to install software is 1 run on sentence that doesn't make sense. Secondly NORTON immediately flagged it for being a Trojan Gen 2 Thirdly after I did get softwa...

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Kastex- good to hear your new friend is a performer! I'm sure that my fouling issue was caused by the Berry plated stuff. While I was shooting mine(2nd range trip) I notice the forend cap was touching the bottom of the barrel. That's when I had an 'ah-ha' moment. As the barrel warmed the cap put upw...

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Will post pics, IF I can figure out how!!

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No need for factory ammo- it's shooting 1 hole groups, now!
I posted a couple groups , just a rough bore!

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Rusty, yes I think you are right. I need to do some research on that before I attempt it. I know it is pretty much straight forward. Did a good clean on it yesterday, about 35 patches to come clean including JB bore paste. It is cleaning up faster but still way too much effort! I am very pleased wit...

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Yes if all the rest of the Henry's have rough bores like this one!!

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I go to Quebec every summer to fish and feed the skeeters, we always stop at a sport shop. The gun rack there has AK's, bolt guns,shotguns and a Barrett 50 semi , not a single AR! I asked guy behind the counter why no AR's- he shrugged his shoulders and in broken English said something akin to they ...

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Gotcha! Loading for pleasure- I have 2000 7.62x51's that you can load at your leisure if ya like!

That is probably the LOT number. Guess they are saving ink by not printing 'LOT ' along with the number.

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Yes, I have learned about the Berry stuff- the HARD WAY! Only reason I bought Berry's was mostly for sighting in ammo. Instead of using up high dollar bullets. I won't make that mistake again.glad I didn't buy 500! I have since picked up another hundred XTPs and a hundred of Sierras. I would really ...

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Of course this didn't come easy, these are the patches I used today to clean between every three shot group!
That's a drop in the bucket compared to what I used since I started cleaning this barrel!

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yes I hope your new 44 behaves better then this one did!
Granted I now have only about 85 rounds thru this one, still has some break in to do.

I think I am going to relay my experience to Henry. With a few questions as well!

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Yes supposedly the syphilis germ was used as the blueprint. If you look at Lyme and syphills they are very similar.

Mankind sure has tried to wipe ourselves out, but when the sun burns out in another 4 billion years who is gonna know...?

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WHOO-HOO!! So the copper fouling issue must have been caused by the Berry plated bullets. And the cause of poor groups. I started out by shooting 3 rounds, 19 gr of 5744& 210 XTP, nice light plinker load, grouped fair at 50 yds, about 3". This is half the size of the original groups I shot ...

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Not having any 44 round balls on hand I made a die so I could drive a 54 round ball thru. So, after sizing a slug, it seems the bore is sized correctly, measures right at .400-.403. Again confirming it is not an oversize bore, just rough as a cobb! Will spend some elbow grease on scrubbing, then hit...

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Flatnose- Maybe about 20 of the Berry bullets. When I first shot it, was about 10 nosler 210 JHP , then 5 210 XTPs. Took it home to clean and that's when I saw more copper then steel. Thought I had it clean but boy was I wrong!! Second time was the Berry and couple more Noslers. Was not shooting gro...

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This barrel has seen ONLY jacketed bullets, about 65 jacketed bullets. The blueing would not come off with a copper solvent. Ammonia is copper solvent, ammonia will rust steel if left unchecked. Being a new bore my plan is/was only jacketed until broke in but since I was having so much trouble getti...

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Joe, have you ever been tested for tick borne diseases? Recently my father has had medical issues and while I was researching his problem Lyme kept coming up. He doesn't have Lyme but Lyme can and does cause spine/ joint and strength issues! Some of the reading I did about Lyme states that Lyme is n...

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If that were the case, the 41's that I have put down range probably wouldn't cut circular hole at 25 yards. But it's a possibility the bore is oversize. Not slugged it yet since I'm still trying to clean it. The Sweets did a great job decoppering, now it's just black residue. Ran more JB and slowly ...

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A buddy of mine has sleep apnea, we call him Vader because he has to wear a mask to sleep.
I did up a knife for him and personalized for him.

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Love the Ruger 77 Rimfire platform! I bought a LR back in the mid 80's, plan was to shoot Rimfire silhouettes. Never did. I put a Simmons 6-20. Yeah it's over kill for a .22 but sure makes it easy shooting groups! While I was in gunsmith school I restocked it with a high dollar hunk of Claro that is...

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Just spent another hour & a half on this bore. Sweets 7.62 took quite a bit of copper out. Then I switched over to the JB BORE compound, applied it 3 times. Good news is it IS cleaning up! Patches are now showing just a touch of grey and not black. Figure I'll keep pushing patches, see if I can ...

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Check out American science & surplus, they have all kinds of packaging stuff.

35mm film cans would be handy if you can find them.

Why not just carry loaded ammo and do away with the confusion of what powder, moisture, etc?

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I do have cerrosafe, I can check muzzle dia easily enough or chamber end. But as you say slugging is best. Hopefully I can get to that this weekend. The endoscope I bought off eBay was CHEAP! Of course the phone 'scopes are for android, I have an apple...the one I'm getting plugs into USB on compute...

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I had that same thought! I might do that after I push some JB BORE thru it.

If I can't get it to clean up then I'm going back to Henry.

I have never had a bore act like this. Even an old WW2 Mauser would clean!

Endoscope is on the way!

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That patch was after 50+ patches and brushing!

It is/was New In Box. Has a 3 digit serial number, from what I know the 41 mag was offered last year, I can't see the 41's being big sellers.

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Thanks for tip on resize app. Here is the dry patch I pushed thru the bore. Again this is after scrubbing for an hour with brush and soaked/ dry patches over the weekend.

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Endoscope/bore scopes are for Android phones... Of course I have an apple thing! So I ordered on that fit laptop. Have removed scope, base, cleaned screws and holes with acetone( again), reinstalled base, gave each screw another drop of blue lock tight , tightened screws, gave each a whack and got a...

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I don't have a bore scope, never had reason to buy one-UNTIL NOW! Have always wanted one... Have to do scope swap yet, might get to shoot it this weekend. Haven't shot any cast yet, not sure I want to if this bore is bad. Suppose I should contact Henry, but I'd rather do more trial & error befor...

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Steve, yeah COL is everything. I ran some of the Berry plated jobs a bit too deep in the case, minor feeding problem. Helps to feed if gun is in a vertical position. Not cocked to the side when running the lever off bags on the bench. I try to keep my loads with the bottom of cannalure at case mouth...

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Well, after no internet service this morning just got to checking in. Sixgun- yes I'm using sandbags. Rear bag as well as front. My technique was forearm rested just behind forend cap. Next time out i will try moving fore & aft. I know 2 pieces of wood can be a bear to get sighted in, BAR, Ruger...

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I'm going to try a good solvent, as I mentioned, Sweets 7.62. Swap the scope, remount the base as well. I'm also going to bump up the H110 load to max, and load some 4227 and Lil'Gun. The patches are black, not green... I'm thinking rust is the culprit!! Hate to get a different gun, this one has a 3...

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Bullseye is another powder I can't find easily... But I haven't looked for that in a LONG time.

Also tried some of my 5744 plinker loads for my blackhawk, still 210 XTPs. By that time I was so frustrated I was just burning powder!

COME ON BROWNELLS!!

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As soon as my bottle of Sweets 7.62 get here( come on Brownells!) I'm gonna scrub it until patches are clean. If that doesn't work then I'm going to have to go back to Henry.

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