Henry 38-55.....and it is a side-loader...!

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Henry 38-55.....and it is a side-loader...!

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Odd they kept the tube loading in place with side gate. I guess it does allow for a quick unload. Nice to see them always working on their product line.
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Wow ... they got around to adding King's Improvement 150+ years after the fact.
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Just saw that.....awesome
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Howdy,
I just got the announcement myself..

Here's the catalog/website link.....

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KWK wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:35 am Odd they kept the tube loading in place with side gate. I guess it does allow for a quick unload. Nice to see them always working on their product line.
My Rossi 454 Casull and Rossi 44 Magnum leverguns have BOTH, and I like that. The side-port is the more 'tactical' one in that you can slip in another round with the gun at-ready, but realistically, the tube-loader's ability to quickly load and unload a full magazine without the wear-and-tear on thumb and brass casings, and with winter mittens on, is more practical, if ungainly. Great to have both.
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Henry seems to be trying to grow and evolve their product line.


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Pretty neat. A blued version would be a Henry I could see myself owning.
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\\ I'd say if they went to the side loading gate on their whole line they would increase market share quite a bit.
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Good that they listen to their customers 8) wish they would make .32/20 although their current centrefire rifles are a bit on the heavy side.
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Rimfire McNutjob wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:51 am Wow ... they got around to adding King's Improvement 150+ years after the fact.
150 years after a loading gate was added to a Henry rifle, Henry decided to add a loading gate to their rifles...
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"The best of both worlds" is right. No need to extract loaded cartridges from the magazine through the action.
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Neat, about time. I hope they offer steel versions in the future.


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I wonder if they chambered it for the 'long' case? I've always liked the 38-55 and I'd be interested in a steel version, not real fond of the shiney brass...
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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2019 8:19 am I wonder if they chambered it for the 'long' case? I've always liked the 38-55 and I'd be interested in a steel version, not real fond of the shiney brass...
I wondered the same thing! Wonder also if they kept the traditional .379"-.380" groove, or went with the wrong .375" groove?
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I emailed Henry, asked about chamber and bore dia...
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