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I made it to the range today with my new carbine. I checked the sights at 15 yards. The elevation was at its lowest setting and I had to raise it 2 notches after the first two rounds. The windage was just a tad to the right so I tapped the rear sight to the left ever so slightly. After that I was pretty close so I didn’t do any more adjustments. After warming up a bit my groups got a little better. I put 50 rounds of Monarch (PPU) 158gr SJHP and 25 rounds of Federal American Eagle 158gr JSP through the rifle at 15, 25 and 50 yards. It’s a sweet shooter! It does have noticeably more recoil than my BBB 20” but it’s not bad at all. I was also pleased to discover the magazine actually holds eight rounds instead of the advertised seven. The only flaw I’ve found is in the rear sight. The white diamond on the insert is out of alignment with the notch. See the picture below. I may email Henry and ask for another. Meanwhile, I will attempt to flip it over to the plain black side. That might even work better for me. I know the rifle is capable of better groups than I was getting. At any rate, it’s definitely minute of deer at 50 yards. I couldn’t be happier with this rifle!

Impressive first outing. Definitely minute of deer. Glad you are liking the carbine. It is such a capable rifle.

And ask Henry for that new sight. I'm sure they will oblige.

Real good shooting. That's a nice rifle for sure. Once you get the rear sight fixed up, you're good to go.

Nice shooting Deano. Looks like the guy with the white paint missed where it was supposed to go. I turn mine over. I dont much care for the white diamond staring at me. But Id still send Henry an email and get a good sight. Id also enclose that picture.

Like he said...turn it around and carry on...

Impressive sight-in Range Report you gave us, and very good photos to take us alongside your shooting.
Those white paper plates with splash targets were perfect. You and your .357 Carbine nicely grouped those POIs.

What I most of all like of your work today is that you did it with the stock, iron sights, Deano. Great job!
PT7

RanchRoper wrote:Like he said...turn it around and carry on...

Done!

That's better anyway. The notch is where it should be, line it up and let that lead fly...

Very nice shootin', Deano! Before you turned that sight around, it looked like the notch was off-center, but now it looks fine. Odd. I'd still get HRA to send you a new one.
Gotta love paper plate targets!

ESquared wrote:Very nice shootin', Deano! Before you turned that sight around, it looked like the notch was off-center, but now it looks fine. Odd. I'd still get HRA to send you a new one.
Gotta love paper plate targets!

Actually the notch was correct but the white diamond was off center. It was confusing my eye until I figured out what was wrong. Now that I’ve flipped it around it should be much easier to see the front sight. Hopefully I can take her out again next weekend and try again. I will contact Henry and ask for another one, though.

Glad to hear that you and that Henry are getting along so well. Also, even though most of my shooting, these days, is with a scoop or red dot, nice to see some folks do so well with irons. Good for you.

North Country Gal wrote:Glad to hear that you and that Henry are getting along so well. Also, even though most of my shooting, these days, is with a scoop or red dot, nice to see some folks do so well with irons. Good for you.

Thanks for the kind words, NCG!

PT7 wrote:Impressive sight-in Range Report you gave us, and very good photos to take us alongside your shooting.
Those white paper plates with splash targets were perfect. You and your .357 Carbine nicely grouped those POIs.

What I most of all like of your work today is that you did it with the stock, iron sights, Deano. Great job!
PT7

Thanks, PT7!

Save yourself the trouble. I received two more from Henry and the white diamond was the same, so that made three including the original. Just keep it like you have it, ( flipped around ) and as RR said, carry on. I decided to scope mine so not an issue any more.

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Also looks like the white diamond is out of alignment with the diamond that is also stamped into the metal of the insert. Not that you should have to fix this yourself, but you might be able to scrape the white paint off that is outside of the stamped diamond with an xacto knife and then with a toothpick or needle touch up the black part of the stamped diamond with white finger nail polish. Anyway call Henry on the phone and talk to them. Tell them exactly what you see, ask for another one and have them inspect it before sending it.

deano5150 wrote:... The white diamond on the insert is out of alignment with the notch. I may email Henry and ask for another. Meanwhile, I will attempt to flip it over to the plain black side. ...

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Sure save yourself the trouble, but it's also time to kick this up a notch and let Anthony and Dan know that even the replacements being sent out are defective.

markiver54 wrote:Save yourself the trouble. I received two more from Henry and the white diamond was the same, so that made three including the original. Just keep it like you have it, ( flipped around ) and as RR said, carry on. I decided to scope mine so not an issue any more.

nicely done .... I agree with you that as you and your carbine get better acquainted your groups will get even better .... what length shots are likely where you hunt ..

Nice shootin Deano,
I wouldn't have thought that you could tell the difference between the carbine and the rifle in the 357.
Good to know though.

RP

Mags wrote:.
Sure save yourself the trouble, but it's also time to kick this up a notch and let Anthony and Dan know that even the replacements being sent out are defective.

markiver54 wrote:Save yourself the trouble. I received two more from Henry and the white diamond was the same, so that made three including the original. Just keep it like you have it, ( flipped around ) and as RR said, carry on. I decided to scope mine so not an issue any more.

Yes, you are right. They SHOULD correct the problem.

markiver54 wrote:

Mags wrote:.
Sure save yourself the trouble, but it's also time to kick this up a notch and let Anthony and Dan know that even the replacements being sent out are defective.

markiver54 wrote:Save yourself the trouble. I received two more from Henry and the white diamond was the same, so that made three including the original. Just keep it like you have it, ( flipped around ) and as RR said, carry on. I decided to scope mine so not an issue any more.

Yes, you are right. They SHOULD correct the problem.

Actually...it gets worse. Had forgotten, but the second time they sent a replacement, they duplicated the order so I have 4 like this.
One is still on my rifle under the scope.