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There were no rights to the "Henry Repeating Arms Company" to be acquired.
Anybody coulda grabbed & run with it.
The Imperatos did.

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They are Miroku.
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So- how's it look?
Have not seen a new one yet.
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Same editor, some familiar faces.
Should be readable.

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Athlon Sports Group bought out the old Harris titles & has carried on with several of the gunmags.

It looks like they're honoring the Harris subscriptions.
They're also using up un-pubbed material they inherited from Harris' stockpile.
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Gets pretty tiresome on the lungs constantly blowing on the frame to cool it off. When a breeze hits it's a welcome relief.

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The Henry's definitely showing less wear than my loading thumb. :) That knurled mag trombone end is tough on skin. Keep thinking I'm gonna HAVE to clean the gun at some point, but not yet. Staying clean under the extractor, zero extraction failures. Roughly 13,500 rounds in & still going strong....

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2,000 rounds in 2 hours 20 minutes tonight.
Four cases down, two to go.

Looks like we may try for 25,000 rounds instead of the original 20,000 rounds planned for the test.
Have not managed to break anything so far.

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Several years ago, when they first came out, I was a bit skeptical.
No mo.

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Another half-case gone.
Them what claim the Henrys are made of tin foil is wrong.
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Yeah, been wearing a Camelback glove on the shooting hand since early on when the frame was getting too hot to comfortably hold & I was building up blisters on that hand from working the lever. :) Same basic idea. Most of the shooting is Modified Chuck Connors Style, with the buttstock anchored ...

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Another 1600 today.
Finished off the third case, halfway through the planned 20,000 rounds.
Discovered my trigger finger can outrun the lever.

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Another 1300 through it last night.
Chugging along.

With temps now 10 degrees lower in the evening the frame doesn't get quite as hot.
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Considering the hi-speed hi-volume automated rimfire manufacturing process used nowdays, I'm not surprised to find a few duds along the way. 7000 rounds of bulk ammo, I'd expect some glitches in product. :) Part of the test, besides parts wear, is also finish wear. The "gold" color isn't a...

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Two cases down.
So far, the ammo's more erratic in QC than the gun.

Three or four bent rounds, half a dozen empty cases, 8 or 9 misfires, 4 or 5 of those that wouldn't light up on second strike in place or rotated position.

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I'll update periodically. Another thousand last night. Have not added up the total so far, when I finish the second case I'll advise. Looking like 1000 is a practical limit for me and the gun at each session. Takes about 90 minutes, maybe a little less. It gets too hot much beyond that and my hands ...

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Soitenly can.

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Another 1600 through it tonight. For the first time, the receiver actually got uncomfortably hot to hold with a bare hand. I'm learning the gun will tell me when it needs lube. When I start to get high-nose misfeeds on chambering, it's time to squirt some aerosol Break Free into the port. After whic...

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I worked with a 550FS Swede a while back & I've always regretted not keeping it.
Great rifle, good caliber.

I now have a 550FS in .30-06.
I do like those FS 550s.

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I'm liking 'em more with the passing years.
Took it 100 miles out in the remote desert on an ATV expedition today.
Travels well.

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I'd expect the O-ring to go first.
5 spares on the way, just in case.

Did not know Marlin ever used one on a 60.
My 1970s Glenfield didn't & the new one here now doesn't.
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So far it's doing much better than my hands are.

Arranged for spare O-rings, firing pin, and extractor to have on hand if needed so the shooting schedule won't be interrupted.
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Yep. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
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Another 666 through it tonight. Got a nice blister on one hand & burned the other again. :) Gonna have to start using a glove with the lever. 333 rounds short of finishing off the first case. It pays to have friends in low places on the ammo. The 20,000 is Winchester 333 white box. The other thr...

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It'll be interesting to see.

I'll try for another couple thousand on Sunday or Monday.
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Sorry OS, missed yours.

Yeah, they dubbed in one extra shot.
With this 16-shooter, I can shoot longer, but I'm not as fast.

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The major impetus behind this endurance run is to see just how well the Golden Boy does hold up. There are so many Internet references to "cheap pot metal guns" that I got curious & decided to settle the matter. I've worked with several Henry leverguns of all sizes for over 15 years no...

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It does get tedious, load & shoot, load & shoot, load & shoot, mostly from the hip. There's a formerly two-foot high weedbush that undoubtedly hates the sight of the Blazer approaching. Down to one foot now. Been working on my Chuck Connors technique, but can't quite pull off his speed. ...

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18,000 to go.
This could be over by Christmas...

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Well...I at least have all MY sympathy.

It's actually kinda boring.
Dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.
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It's a rimfire.

I'm almost done with the test, actually.
Only have 19,000 more rounds to go.

Trying to work up to 1000 per session, but my loading hand tends to cramp up in dealing with all those little .22 buggers.

Gonna take a while.....
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That's what I'm hoping.

We'll find out.

Already left cooked DNA on the barrel, gotta remember to avoid handling the hot parts when shooting long runs in short time frames.
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Got the first thousand through it, any bets on how far I get?
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I don't know which specific bullet the guy was using, commentary from Kate (wife of SASS #1) & a couple others the day after was just that it was a lead bullet, within SASS-required velocity ranges, and the shooter thought he was OK with it being wide-nosed enough. Said shooter had re-evaluated ...

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In the incident I referred to, the detonation was in the magazine & blew out the mag, injuring the shooters fore-arm. The rifle, according to a couple people there when it happened, was considered shootable/repairable by replacing the magazine. No damage to the frame or internals. That's where I...

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In the CAS event I mentioned, if a low-velocity (low-recoil) lead bullet could ignite a primer and blow the magazine, I see no reason why a standard velocity bullet with enough of a point could do the same, IF everything happened to line up just wrong. Kinda like the empty chamber issue on a Peacema...

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It is no myth, and their methodology proves nothing. Back during Bubbles' CAS days we arrived at a regional in Wyoming the day after an experienced shooter had blown up his levergun magazine, sending him to the hospital for treatment of his arm injuries. He thought his LEAD bullet noses were suffici...

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Judging from the Internet reports of ignition problems with the new convertible Reds....
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Now shipping, if interested.
Long wait.
If you've got the Ruger-revised firing pin in a recent version of either gun they're highly recommended for positive ignition.

Have to be fitted, not a drop-in part.
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Hope so too.
Same editor, I'm back (whether that's a positive or a negative...), and I don't know the whole line-up, but I imagine you'll see other familiar names.
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Not as far as I know. I think I mentioned in an earlier post that the attorney handling the Harris liquidation listed approx. 50,000 subscribers as "debts" that they intended to repay, as I recall. Dunno how, or when. Harris's lock, stock, and office furniture, were all transferred to an a...

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Same editor, several of the same writers, and judging from the one article proof I've seen so far, pretty much the same look.

This current company is a new ballgame, looking good so far.
I suspect you'll like the result.
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Athlon Sports picked up several old Harris titles, new issue of GOTOW out 9-20.
Just an FYI for those interested.
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There's also a Kindle eBook on the Henry-Browning .22 shoot-out, and one on a dueling pistol from Dixie Gun Works.
And one on a '60 Army percussion super-tuned by Goon's Gun Works.
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A Kindle is an electric book reading machine that has a book-sized display screen & can store many electric books to recover & read. It's available through Amazon.com. Once you acquire the Kindle device, you wander through Amazon's book section & electronically buy books that are deliver...

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No interest in the LR review?
I am surprised.

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The new Green Book Snippets series is a bit shorter than the Red & Blue series, not as detailed, but a whole dollar cheaper.

Thanks, Ys.
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Kindle eBook's live on Amazon?
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For those affected, got a thick packet of legal papers dropped off by FedEx today re court filings in the Harris Pubs shutdown.

They're estimating 50,000 subscription-holders & apparently planning refunds.
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