My new Henry carbine

[Drycreek]

.410 shotgun is actually .45 case diameter, but fortunately in this instance the sling maker made them a little snug for .410 shells.

I will probably use the cartridge loops to hold empties as I will have seven loads in the carbine and some more in my pack. I have a butt cuff on my .280 and that's what i use the loops for, keeps them from being lost.

 

[Mennoniteman]

I will probably use the cartridge loops to hold empties as I will have seven loads in the carbine and some more in my pack. I have a butt cuff on my .280 and that's what i use the loops for, keeps them from being lost.

When I was younger and did a lot of still hunting in the mountains I would keep my spare cartridges in loops in a sleeve on the offside of my stock, a very handy place to keep a few extra "shells" as we called them back then. But it seemed like it didn't matter what the loop system was, it was common to loose a few until I eventually switched to velcro loop ammo wallets.

 

[Aquaman99]

Mine grouped noticeably better after I switched to a different grain load, so maybe try a couple different ones and see what your rifle likes best. Also check your screws.

 

[Drycreek]

I guess I need to update this thread. After I got my trigger sear and spring installed I looked at what other factory .41 mag ammo I had in my stash. I found these Barnes Vortex loads on my shelf and figured why not ? This load is running 1500 fps out of a pistol barrel, (probably an 8” test barrel and not an actual revolver) so it should be doing at least 1700/1750 out of this carbine. I’m more interested in possible accuracy than velocity. This was a 50 yard group off my bench. After shooting this group I immediately bought 5 more boxes of ammo ! It is expensive but I won’t shoot this ammo for fun. I looked into reloading but at the cost of the bullets I can’t make it as cheap as they can.

 

[Mennoniteman]

I guess I need to update this thread. After I got my trigger sear and spring installed I looked at what other factory .41 mag ammo I had in my stash. I found these Barnes Vortex loads on my shelf and figured why not ? This load is running 1500 fps out of a pistol barrel, (probably an 8” test barrel and not an actual revolver) so it should be doing at least 1700/1750 out of this carbine. I’m more interested in possible accuracy than velocity. This was a 50 yard group off my bench. After shooting this group I immediately bought 5 more boxes of ammo ! It is expensive but I won’t shoot this ammo for fun. I looked into reloading but at the cost of the bullets I can’t make it as cheap as they can. View attachment 30179View attachment 30180View attachment 30181View attachment 30182

There won't be any deer heart left to eat

 

[Drycreek]

Well MM, I don’t eat the heart, so no problem.

 

[Mennoniteman]

That barnes vor-tx has a big following, I understand that it's an all copper, no-lead bullet?

 

[Drycreek]

Yes. It remains to be seen how it actually performs on game as I don’t have any experience with it. I’m gonna try it on pigs first hopefully.