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I will end up with a 327 Federal blue steel 16.5 carbine. I wonder what kind of velocities I can expect from 115 grain bullets.
 
swampcrawler said:
I love the 327 federal but for the life of me I can't find a roll for it to fill.
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I'm interested in one as a plinking (home cast handloads, of course) small game and varmint gun that can be ramped up to full power for when I want to vaporize reactive targets (potatoes and full cans of cheap soda are fun).

I see it as filling the same role as a magnum rimfire, but one I can reload for and not have to worry about shortages and purchase limits.
 
Cool guns but the lack of a loading gate limits their usefulness for the defensive role, too slow and clumsy to reload or top off during a gunfight.

So, for a hunting or plinking arm it will serve well, but as an all-purpose lever gun it will never be as good as a gun with a side-mounted loading gate.
 
Cooldill said:
Cool guns but the lack of a loading gate limits their usefulness for the defensive role, too slow and clumsy to reload or top off during a gunfight.

So, for a hunting or plinking arm it will serve well, but as an all-purpose lever gun it will never be as good as a gun with a side-mounted loading gate.
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I get it... However should the ability to top off a lever action during a gun fight really be that high on our list of criteria for buying lever action rifles?

Not only does this assume you'll be using your lever action in a gunfight... But that you will both get in that fight while carrying extra ammo and be in a position and state of mind to be topping off your gun for further gunfighting with that lever action...

Kinda feels like you'd not buy a house in Wyoming because it's between California and New York which could result in the government eminent domaining your property for a future high-speed-rail project.

This is coming from someone whose closest rifle to an assault rifle is a Marlin 1894 on 44 Magnum.
 
Macchina said:
I get it... However should the ability to top off a lever action during a gun fight really be that high on our list of criteria for buying lever action rifles?

Not only does this assume you'll be using your lever action in a gunfight... But that you will both get in that fight while carrying extra ammo and be in a position and state of mind to be topping off your gun for further gunfighting with that lever action...

Kinda feels like you'd not buy a house in Wyoming because it's between California and New York which could result in the government eminent domaining your property for a future high-speed-rail project.

This is coming from someone whose closest rifle to an assault rifle is a Marlin 1894 on 44 Magnum.
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I was just bringing it up. There are plenty of folks who don't like the Henry loading assembly, but the company is stubborn about not adding loading gates for whatever reason. It's cost them more than a few sales.
 
swampcrawler said:
I love the 327 federal but for the life of me I can't find a roll for it to fill.
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You can get an extra round in smaller revolvers. Ruger SP101 327 gives you 6 rounds compared to 5 for the 357 without giving up that much power. Also, this gives you something like 6 different cartridges you can shoot (32 s&w long, etc.) from one firearm.

Why would you want a rifle in 327? Dunno unless you already had a matching revolver.
 
I have fighting rifles and shotguns for when it hits the fan. I can't load a side gate 30-30 without me pushing the 2nd or 3rd round a bit too far and it shutting anyways. I always loaded tube magazines by pulling the whole ram-rod out and dropping them in from the end instead of inserting them into the cutout. 10 rounds of 41 Magnum sounds like a handful for anything that breathes in my neck of the woods.
 
Personally, I'm waiting to handle one of their new single shot rifles, also single shot shotguns...

Then there's their new lever action .410...

I may pick up one of their single shot rifles, if they add 30-30 to the cartridge line up.

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There's also someone (can't recall who) doing a 327 federal conversion on Bearcats.

That would be kinda cool.
 
Cooldill said:
I was just bringing it up. There are plenty of folks who don't like the Henry loading assembly, but the company is stubborn about not adding loading gates for whatever reason. It's cost them more than a few sales.
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Well because then it would not be a Henry, it would be a Kings improvement Winchester 1866.
The modern day Henry very much plays up the myth it is a restart of the orginial 1860 Henry. Winchester has a far better claim to that, since Taylor B Henry was just a subcontacter in Oliver's factory. In fact S & W has a better claim, since they invented the toggle link lever gun. There patents where sold to Winchester when they moved to hand guns.
Henry moved into obscurity after he left the renamed Winchester in 1866.
The new company has zero connection to the 1860-1866 Henry save the out of copyright name. I may as well claim I'm reopening the Spencer factory.
 
jim in Anchorage said:
Well because then it would not be a Henry, it would be a Kings improvement Winchester 1866.
The modern day Henry very much plays up the myth it is a restart of the orginial 1860 Henry. Winchester has a far better claim to that, since Taylor B Henry was just a subcontacter in Oliver's factory. In fact S & W has a better claim, since they invented the toggle link lever gun. There patents where sold to Winchester when they moved to hand guns.
Henry moved into obscurity after he left the renamed Winchester in 1866.
The new company has zero connection to the 1860-1866 Henry save the out of copyright name. I may as well claim I'm reopening the Spencer factory.
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Ha! That might be true. It's a shame they try to trick people in this manner. Regardless, Henry would sell more guns if they had loading gates. I've heard it many times throughout the years from many different people that they avoid Henry rifles for this reason. But, it seems you guys don't mind so I'll shut up about it! :D
 
Cooldill said:
Ha! That might be true. It's a shame they try to trick people in this manner. Regardless, Henry would sell more guns if they had loading gates. I've heard it many times throughout the years from many different people that they avoid Henry rifles for this reason. But, it seems you guys don't mind so I'll shut up about it! :D
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Oh I believe it's true. They found gold with the Henry name (again, long out of copyright) and are not going to mess with it.
Though I believe they have long grown beyond a few history buffs to a company that can stand on it's own.
 
Wonder if there's enough "market" out there for Henry to consider a center fire pistol round rifle in pump action.... I'd stand in line for one in .357 or .44....
 
The single shot rifle has my interest. Lately I've been looking at the big boy in .357 and .44 and getting that itch.
 
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