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Henry Lever Action .45-70 | Henry Repeating Arms
- The Henry Side Gate Lever Action turned heads and raised eyebrows when it was first announced at the 2019 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits. After all, the addi.
- Moving up to the.45-70 Gov’t, Henry offers four lever-actions: a brass-receiver gun with a 22' octagonal barrel; a steel-receiver model with an 18.43' round barrel; a hard-chrome-plated All.
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A Henry .45-70 Review
Henry Repeating Arms contacted me to write up a review about their latest lever-action chambered in .45-70 Government. Of course, I said yes, and after getting pounded in the shoulder for as many rounds as I have, I can say that it is an absolute cannon, and such a blast to shoot.
A Rifle Not for the Faint-Hearted
As a word of caution, a .45-70 anything isn’t a gun you’d want to hand to a novice shooter. This is the kind of cartridge that can cause bad memories for someone going from shooting something like a .22lr to this hard hitter capable of taking any of the large game North America has to offer.
Henry Lever Action .45-70 | The Sights
This Henry’s action is smooth without any hang-ups when the lever is operated. Speaking of the lever itself, the larger than normal loop was a great addition because I was able to comfortably get all of my fingers inside of it without having to leave my pinky finger out to dry.
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Henry 45-70 Problems
You’ll either love or hate the tubular four-round magazine. I have no issues with it but know of other people who aren’t fans claiming that it takes too long to reload.
Henry Lever Action Rifle | Safety
There are no safety features to speak of but it doesn’t really need any because it is a safe rifle, to begin with. When there is a round chambered and the hammer is back, it’ll go bang when the trigger is tugged on.
No Padding!
The brass accents look great, but the butt-plate is not padded in the least bit. So, there’s really nothing to help absorb the recoil from this 40.4-inch rifle.
Henry Lever Action .45-70 Ammo I Used
This rifle is pretty and would make a great showpiece. However, what’s really great about it is it can also be taken off the wall and brought into the woods to take down just about any beast the world has to offer.
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The lever action rifle is as American as it gets. Nothing in the firearms industry is as truly American as is a good lever action. From the deep woods of New England, to the swamps of the Gulf coast, to the wilderness of Alaska, and to the great expanses of our Western states, the lever action has served hunters and shooters for generations, and continues to do so today. While many hunters have taken to bolt guns and autoloaders, the lever action continues to do the job in the hands of hunters and other outdoorsmen who recognize the reliability and easy-handling that a good levergun delivers.
Personally, I have always loved lever action rifles. Like many folks my age who grew up watching TV Westerns as well as Western movies at the show in town, the levergun instills a feeling of another time in our hearts and minds. Putting nostalgia aside, if possible, the lever action rifle is as practical as it is beautiful, and is an efficient and effective arm for hunting and sport shooting, as well as for defense from both human and four-legged predators.
Henry Repeating Arms has been in the lever action rifle business for several years now, making lightweight and affordable rimfire leverguns, pistol-caliber lever action rifles, the beautiful Original Henry, and now this handy and practical 45-70 carbine.
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Instead of the brass frame that Henry uses on most of its other centerfire rifles, the 45-70 has a receiver made of matte-finished blued steel. The Henry 45-70 is built to be a hunting/defensive rifle, and for that intended purpose, the matte black steel frame is a better choice. Also, there are many commercial 45-70 loads available on the market now, and the steel Henry is built to contain the higher pressures of such cartridges. The Henry wears an XS Sights adjustable aperture rear sight, and combined with the front post, makes for a quick and efficient sight picture. The XS is rugged and reliable, and is an excellent choice for such a rifle that might be used for hunting, as well as bear defense at close range.
Henry lists the magazine capacity of the 45-70 as four, but I had no trouble loading and cycling five cartridges from the tube. With one chambered, that gives the owner six powerful cartridges at his disposal, which is more than most bolt action rifles will carry, and for most shooters, a lever gun can be cycled much faster than can a bolt gun. Loading the Henry 45-70 will be familiar to anyone who has experience loading a tubular magazine on a rimfire rifle, but might seem odd at first to those accustomed to loading a centerfire levergun through the side of the receiver. With this Henry, the inner magazine tube is slid forward, and the cartridges dropped into the loading port machined into the outer magazine tube, allowing the cartridges to slide towards the receiver. When the tube is filled, the inner mag tube is pushed back into place, and turned clockwise to lock into the outer tube. This, to me, is as quick if not quicker than stuffing cartridges through a loading port in the receiver, especially with long cartridges using heavy blunt-nosed bullets, such as the 500-grain class of 45-70 ammunition. If the weapon is run empty and a cartridge needs to be loaded quickly, one can always toss one into the open ejection port much quicker than stuffing a cartridge into a loading port in the receiver and then cycling it into the chamber, so having no loading port in the receiver is of no consequence to me.
The Henry 45-70 levergun wears an eighteen and one-half inch (18.43 inches exactly) blued steel barrel. The magazine stops about three-eights of an inch short of the barrel, and again, as mentioned above, Henry lists the magazine capacity at four, but I had no trouble at all loading five cartridges into the magazine, for a loaded capacity of six. Thankfully, there is no manual cross-bolt nor tang safety on this rifle, and none is needed. It also has no traditional half-cock notch for a safety. Instead, the Henry has a hammer-mounted transfer bar safety. The hammer does not make direct contact with the firing pin, but the hammer transfers the blow through the transfer bar, which rises into position as the trigger is pressed. The weapon cannot fire from being dropped onto the hammer, nor can it fire if the hammer slips while thumb-cocking the hammer. The trigger must be in the rearward position for the Henry to fire. The trigger releases crisply and cleanly with just under four pounds of resistance.
The buttstock and forearm are made of checkered American walnut, and are very well fitted and finished. The lines of the stock are very tasteful, and the slight fish-belly of the forearm adds a classic touch. The pistol grip portion of the stock is very comfortable, and follows the curvature of the blued-steel lever. Very well done. The inside of the lever as well as the trigger guard have plenty of room for a gloved finger. The lever operates the action easily, and the action is one of the smoothest that I have ever felt on a new lever action rifle. The Henry is fitted with sling studs, as should be any hunting rifle.
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The Henry 45-70 handles very well. Weighing in at seven and one-quarter pounds on my scale and measuring just a hair over thirty-seven inches (37.125 exactly) in length (Henry lists the OAL at 39 inches), it is quick to the shoulder and points very naturally.
Henry Rifle 45 70 Accuracy
I fired the Henry 45-70 for accuracy at fifty yards, using the excellent sights provided. As mentioned above, the Henry is drilled and tapped for a scope mount, but I love the way this carbine handles with the XS Sight and front post combo, so I did the accuracy testing with those. Mounting a scope does not make a rifle more accurate, but I can fire a rifle more accurately with a scope attached, and I am positive that much tighter groups would have been fired with the aid of a good scope sight. However, I am very satisfied with the performance of this rifle using the sights provided. Henry could have saved a few bucks by going with a traditional barrel-mounted open sight, but the XS Sights were a great choice, and well worth the premium. The XS is adjustable for windage and elevation correction, yet is very rugged and reliable, and also very fast to get on target. Perfect. Group sizes measured center-to-center varied from well under one inch to slightly over two inches, but again, the shooter was the weak point in the accuracy achieved.
Henry Rifles 45 70 Reviews
Velocities were recorded at a distance of twelve feet from the muzzle, and are listed in the chart below. Velocities were recorded at an elevation of 541 feet above sea level, with an air temperature of seventy-nine degrees and relative humidity of fifty-five percent. Velocities are listed in feet-per-second (fps). Bullet weights are listed in grains. JHP is a jacketed hollowpoint. Barnes X is a homogenous copper hollowpoint. JFN is a jacketed lead flatnose bullet. Hammerhead is a hard-cast lead bullet.
