Henry X .45 Colt

I'm a little late weighing in, but my feeling about this series is that it may appeal to a very small group- those planning to install a can- but for that price point, I need something besides a flashlight rail to make it appealing. It doesn't do anything your other pistol-cartridge lever carbines don't already do. And like most of you, the Tupperware furniture somehow goes against nature for me. If this were done at a price point of $599, then we may have more of a place for it. Not sure if anybody makes a muzzle brake for .45 caliber, but the model offered in this line chambered in .45-70 may have more value if there is such a thing. Guess you could screw a .50 cal brake designed for the BMG on it, if you don't mind a 2 1/2 lb piece of steel as large as your fist sitting on the end of your compact lever hunting rifle...:hmm:

medicine man said:

Thinking I want to try the 223 in the Long Ranger edition. 20" barrel with 1:9 twist. This would readily stabilize the 64 grain Bonded Nosler bullets, as well as 60gr Partitions, and probably 65gr Sierra. I could play around with this to see if I could reduce loads to hyper 22lr or low-end 22 WMR speeds. Would make a DANDY replacement when rimfires go away again over hoarding. Commercial bulk brass and some Winchester SPs, and this thing could be a formidable squirrel gun, as well as hog/yote slayer at full throttle. Definitely something to get younsters over fears of shooting loud, centerfires. Found one last night for $825 with beautiful wood!

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Strangely enough, they make 2 models in each caliber: 223, 243, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 308. They all have 20" barrels except the Creedmoor, which has a 22" pipe. Only difference whatsoever in each caliber variation is one is offered with open sights and the other is slick-topped. What's the strange part is the prices are identical for both. I'd like to try a 243, but like 90% of everybody else, it's made in a 1:10 twist that won't stabilize the longer, newer projectiles at 243 velocities. Some, like Remington have made it in 1:9 1/4 forever, and there may be a 1:9 by somebody or 2 out there, but as far as I know, Barrett is the only one that offers it in what it should be made in. I think Browning may have corrected this a couple years ago, as they added faster twists to all their line. Too fast in some cases! I don't recall what Browning put in it's 243s, but it may have been 1:8. Don't quote me on that, and would be easy to research it, but I'll save that for another inquisitive soul.

Waiting to take this Bergara out of the stock and wipe off the release agent and get back to the range with some remakes of the samples I fired this past weekend. It's ready to go, just need to get through the honey-do's...