Most Henry levers will now have side gate loading too.

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Almost everyone I know who said “I’ll never buy a Henry” followed it up with either “because alloy frames and ugly screws” or “because no side loading gate.” This is a good move.
 
It will be interesting to see if Ruger makes a Marlin in .327 Fed. Mag. Marlin made some model 94s in 32 H&R mag back in the 90's. Interestingly those rifles did not have loading gates. They were tube loaded like the Henrys.

Does anyone know why they were tube loaded. Is the 32cartridge head size below the practical size limit for a gate loaded rifle?
 
gpb said:
It will be interesting to see if Ruger makes a Marlin in .327 Fed. Mag.
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If the Single Seven line stays in production, a .327 Marlin would be a great match.

gpb said:
Marlin made some model 94s in 32 H&R mag back in the 90's. Interestingly those rifles did not have loading gates. They were tube loaded like the Henrys.

Does anyone know why they were tube loaded. Is the 32cartridge head size below the practical size limit for a gate loaded rifle?
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That's a good question. Makes me wonder if the .32 H&R was just short and skinny enough to get more easily misaligned in the transition from the loading gate to the magazine tube? That is if the receiver for the 1894 was unchanged in its internal and external dimensions, compared to the .357 mag and larger 1894 receivers.

The .327 mag cartridge is closer in size to the .357 mag than the .32 H&R, so hopefully a .327 mag could be equipped with a loading gate?
 
Hoping people will start selling off their old Zfront loaders to get a new Henry. I just put a hold on a Ruger blackhawk 41 mag and want to eventually get a lever to match. I like the Golden Boys in rimfire but not crazy about them in center fire.
 
cfullgraf said:
Interesting to hear that Henry is converting to side gate loading. I understand their decision.
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cfullgraf said:
I guess I'll cherish my Henry 327 Magnum with the front load tube magazine.
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If I understand correctly, they are not converting to side-gate loading, simply adding a side gate so you have the choice of loading via the gate or the tube.

As someone else said upthread, best of both worlds; you can load with the tube and top off with the gate.
 
If I had a Henry CF rifle I would have to pin that tube so it could not fall out. I have seen and had too many .22 rifles with tube loading unload when the tube fell out. Things do not stay new forever. Maybe RPP or some other company will offer tubes with a solid cap or conversion kit. A .22 does not have heavy recoil like a .45-70 or large caliber lever gun and I have heard of those tubes coming out, maybe it is urban legend, I admit to not having seen it myself.
 
dranrab said:
It is interesting that Henry developed Hammer Down 327 Federal ammo with Federal then dropped the 327 from their line-up. https://www.guns.com/news/2020/06/03/work-the-lever-on-federal-premiums-new-hammerdown-hunting-ammo

Upon further review it looks like they may have kept the 327 federal in their brass offerings. So they developed hunting ammo for their shiny brass guns.
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I checked back on the Henry Website. They are now showing the Big Boy steel available in both standard and carbine in 327 Federal. I will be buying one of these as soon as I can find one. I hope Federal can spin some of the HammerDown ammo off the assembly line soon, and I really hope the 127 gets offered as a component bullet. https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/henry-big-boy-steel/
 
mlankton said:
no offense, but what does that have to do with what I said? The Henry magazine tube is an abomination in its current configuration. You added a King's gate, great, now finish the job and ditch the tube loading. It's ugly and unnecessary. IMO.
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No offense, but your first post said "rimfire" magazine yet it seems like you were referring a front loading tube magazine on a center fired rifle. If you're going to be extremely scrutinizing of the replies you get I suggest being just as discriminating when it comes to writing your own posts so that people will be clear on what you're asking.
 
I still don't know what the joke was. Yes, the picture was a Henry, but if Ruger was thinking of making one I wouldn't expect to see one yet.

We were talking about the possibility of this becoming a reality, and I was hoping he had the inside scoop.
 
I really want the brass receiver, blued octagon barrel, walnut stocked, carbine in 357 with the side loading gate. If not brass, color case hardened may have to do, but I really want the brass.
 
Sistema1927 said:
I still don't know what the joke was. Yes, the picture was a Henry, but if Ruger was thinking of making one I wouldn't expect to see one yet.

We were talking about the possibility of this becoming a reality, and I was hoping he had the inside scoop.
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Here's the way my luck goes. There's something I want. Let's say I want an electric blue Ford truck. I search high and low over a long period of time to no avail. I finally buy my number 2 color choice. As soon as I do, every dealer on the planet gets in a load of electric blue Ford trucks.

In this case, I have been hoping Marlin would make a run of 327 Federals with side gate loading ever since the cartridge was launched. I have held off on buying my second choice Henry ever since they put them out. When Ruger picked up Marlin, my hope, and other's hope, was that Ruger would make one in 327 Federal.

The photo above shows my new Henry that I finally relented and bought. The joke is that now that I have finally given in and bought my second choice, Ruger is guaranteed make a sweet lever gun in 327 Federal.
 
John#2 said:
Dear Henry Dealers,
By popular demand, we are excited to announce to you a large transition in our product line to include side loading gates on all steel-framed centerfire lever-action rifles and shotguns that did not already have this feature. Additionally, we are announcing 3 new extensions of our H015 Single Shot lineup with new calibers and configurations.

With this announcement, we are officially discontinuing the "legacy" models that these new upgraded models are replacing. Any open orders that we have for the legacy models from our wholesale distributors are being closed and new orders will need to be placed through your distributor(s) for the upgraded versions.

These new models are shipping now and are available through your preferred Henry distributor.
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Why don’t they call them “pole mags” instead of loading tubes and make them a swap-out part.

Imagine a shooting vest carrying a dozen shiny brass Golden Boy Pole Mags
 
pairof44sp said:
Why don’t they call them “pole mags” instead of loading tubes and make them a swap-out part....
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Sounds like that would basically the same as a tube magazine speedloader ... of which they do make them for .22 lever guns --- why not large caliber I don't know ... but I'm guessing maybe some idiot would try to use them for calibers that have pointy bullets.
 
dranrab said:
Here's the way my luck goes. There's something I want. Let's say I want an electric blue Ford truck. I search high and low over a long period of time to no avail. I finally buy my number 2 color choice. As soon as I do, every dealer on the planet gets in a load of electric blue Ford trucks.

In this case, I have been hoping Marlin would make a run of 327 Federals with side gate loading ever since the cartridge was launched. I have held off on buying my second choice Henry ever since they put them out. When Ruger picked up Marlin, my hope, and other's hope, was that Ruger would make one in 327 Federal.

The photo above shows my new Henry that I finally relented and bought. The joke is that now that I have finally given in and bought my second choice, Ruger is guaranteed make a sweet lever gun in 327 Federal.
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Kinda like it doesn't actually rain here until I wash my car.
 
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