Henry BigBoy in .44 Magnum

[Greasemonkey]

Here is my first Henry rifle, the Big Boy in .44 Magnum with a brass receiver. Actually it's not a hard weapon to deal with, and is very easy to clean. I couldn't tell you how many rounds this has seen, but it's eaten a bunch, and cleans up without much fuss.  This was bought after the Marlin I had, and it's been a delight to own, a true joy in handling, smoothness and very accurate. Along with the .45-70 I recently got, I will one day replace the Marlin .357 with a Henry .357 Big Boy.

[Dannyboy53]

This is a real beauty GM, I love the Henry rifles! 

[Justin Hell]

Great rifle...I love those things, and hope to own a Henry at some point.  Yours is gorgeous. Octagon barrels are sooo cool. 

I have little experience with lever actions, proved it on Christmas...but still took out a pesky Stellar Jay with my dad's filthy old 22.  Missed after the first clumsy attempt to load it...but nailed it on the much quicker repeat shot.

It would be a hoot to fire a .44 mag in the same situation...and most of the mess would have just drifted away in the wind, in a pinkish purple vapor. 

[Carl in CT]

Nice, that is one handsome lever action carbine! Boy would that pair nicely with my Western Marshal .44 mag! A .44 mag carbine is on my "one of these days" list. I was thinking a Marlin would do but a beautiful Henry like yours would be better! Congrats!

[Dannyboy53]

Carl that's a good looking revolver you are sporting...I agree, it would make a nice companion to GM's .44!

[Greasemonkey]

Not as glamorous, here is the companion 

[Dannyboy53]

Serious firepower on this page!!

[running-man]

I'm sorely tempted to get a big boy in .357 mag.

SOG has them under retail.  All the big boys I've seen (when you can even find them, Henry is odd like that) have had $750+ price tags. 

[Carl in CT]

I'm sorely tempted to get a big boy in .357 mag.

SOG has them under retail.  All the big boys I've seen (when you can even find them, Henry is odd like that) have had $750+ price tags. 

Wow, good thing I'm broke. I'm not sure I like the magazine on the Henry though. I realize it is to replicate the original Henry and this is not a hunting rifle so it's probably no big deal. What a gorgeous gun though!

[Greasemonkey]

Not a hunting rifle ?  In my area I see just as many Henrys in the woods as Marlins.

One shop here carries Henry and Marlin rifles, and usually he has them priced pretty close, my Henry .45-70 would have been 9 dollars more than the equivalent Marlin, oh, sorry Remarlin

[Carl in CT]

Not a hunting rifle ?  In my area I see just as many Henrys in the woods as Marlins.

One shop here carries Henry and Marlin rifles, and usually he has them priced pretty close, my Henry .45-70 would have been 9 dollars more than the equivalent Marlin, oh, sorry Remarlin

It was by no means a slight on the Henry. I was thinking a rifle that pretty wouldn't be something a lot of guys take hunting but I stand corrected.

[Greasemonkey]

I wouldn't drag it out, but shockingly, many do, and they get well protected

[running-man]

Carl (GM Carl, not Carl in CT  ), 

All you guys in the Appalachian mountains are crazy!    There's no way I'd take it out in the woods if I had one.  Heck I about had a coronary when I heard Blicero dropped my ugly betty yugo on a boulder his first time out with her! 

[Greasemonkey]

Carl (GM Carl, not Carl in CT  ), 

All you guys in the Appalachian mountains are crazy!    There's no way I'd take it out in the woods if I had one.  Heck I about had a coronary when I heard Blicero dropped my ugly betty yugo on a boulder his first time out with her! 

You'uns need to understand, to some, it's just a purdy rifle, to others it's a tool, like a hammer, a way to feed the need, the need to feed.    Crazy and Appalachian mountains in the same sentence is kinda demographic profiling, some of us are more adjusted than others, especially when we wander outta the hollars and come down off the ridges.  Look at the wonderful things we gave the world, bluegrass, Nascar and moonshine

[Carl in CT]

I found this video of the band at GM's family reunion this summer:

[Phosphorus32]

Carl (GM Carl, not Carl in CT  ), 

All you guys in the Appalachian mountains are crazy!    There's no way I'd take it out in the woods if I had one.  Heck I about had a coronary when I heard Blicero dropped my ugly betty yugo on a boulder his first time out with her! 

You'uns need to understand, to some, it's just a purdy rifle, to others it's a tool, like a hammer, a way to feed the need, the need to feed.    Crazy and Appalachian mountains in the same sentence is kinda demographic profiling redundant, some of us are more adjusted than others, especially when we wander outta the hollars and come down off the ridges.  Look at the wonderful things we gave the world, bluegrass, Nascar and moonshine

Fixed it for ya GM

[Greasemonkey]

Bah!!!

I'll catch you both behind the barn at some point        

[armedhippie]

Carl (GM Carl, not Carl in CT  ), 

All you guys in the Appalachian mountains are crazy!    There's no way I'd take it out in the woods if I had one.  Heck I about had a coronary when I heard Blicero dropped my ugly betty yugo on a boulder his first time out with her! 

You'uns need to understand, to some, it's just a purdy rifle, to others it's a tool, like a hammer, a way to feed the need, the need to feed.    Crazy and Appalachian mountains in the same sentence is kinda demographic profiling, some of us are more adjusted than others, especially when we wander outta the hollars and come down off the ridges.  Look at the wonderful things we gave the world, bluegrass, Nascar and moonshine

Crazy? What, a man can't burn trash, while cleaning a SxS 12 ga, when doing his "business" on a toilet up on cinder blocks in the front yard, while yelling at the dogs to shut up at 3 am without being judged?!?

Just like those weird looks I was getting at walmart the other day, when pushing that shopping cart full of 25 lb bags of sugar. " Hey... maybe I just really like Kool-aid" and Just because my hollar's booby-traped from ridge to ridge...doesn't mean their not out to get me. 

Check this guy out. When the prison Doc's done fitting my 1st cuz's new dentures, Ima gonna have him play at my wedding...




If yall every come through my neck of The Blue Ridge Mountains, stop on by, we'll open up a mason jar, throw another tire on the fire and shew tha dog off the "guest couch" in the yard. 

[Greasemonkey]

Save a jar for me and fill the washer machine sitting on the front porch with ice and beer 

City folks they just don't understand   

[running-man]

If yall every come through my neck of The Blue Ridge Mountains, stop on by, we'll open up a mason jar, throw another tire on the fire and shew tha dog off the "guest couch" in the yard. 

Laff, I love you too hippie!  I had forgotten how close you live to Carl!