Funny thing: About a month ago I called Henry and inquired if they were going to expand the side gate models into the Big Boy Steels. (Other than the X models) The woman I spoke with said it is possible in the future, but for now, no. So here it is, about a month later and they are on the website. B...

mickbr: I have a box of 280 grain LBT WFN GC bullets loaded up in front of a full charge of 296, but did not want to shoot any of them in my son's Henry. It has a very sharp edge brass butt plate and there is no need to abuse my old shoulder. ha ha I guess I could have loaded one and cycled it but I...

LeverLuvr,

Thanks for posting this. Very happy to read that it was an ammo problem
instead of a gun problem.

My son just brought his rifle over here and I was wrong. It is not a carbine, but the full length octagon barrel. Fired a few rounds of my mid range loads and I like it. At 8.68 pounds, it feels very heavy for a lever gun. Looked up the specs on the Marlin and they say about 6.5 pounds. The steel He...

Thanks for the replies. After I made this post, I remembered my #2 son has a Henry brass .44 Mag Carbine. I do not care for the short barrels, but he is going to bring it over and let me shoot it. I will get to see what it feeds. It sounds promising.

Hello. I have been aware of this forum for many years as I was a reader of Paco Kelly's writings on the Sixgunner website, but just registered this morning, Have in interest in a Henry 44 mag steel levergun and want to know if they will feed Keith bullets, and also LBT WFN bullets. Can any of you He...