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I would love to hear from someone that actually owns one. Overall quality, accuracy....anything....

Well, they're supposed to be shipping early in August - but probably not quite this early . I'm supposed to get the first 45-70 that shows up at Fireline, in Rice Lake, WI (you can almost see the plant from there, so it shouldn't take long, unless the distributor is in Florida). I'll post about pretty soon, I hope.

I wander what the hold up is for these rifles. Anybody have any speculations? Maybe they're adding 2" to the 45-70

Well, I've been checking in with Henry, and it sounds like it'll be a while yet before we see the single shots show up . Unfortunately, I have no spies in the Rice Lake plant who'll say exactly why . If I had to guess, I'd bet on demand for some of the other new models has exceeded expectations, maybe single shot guns not so much. I'm still hoping for this fall, though.

This is like waiting for Christmas.

In fact, I hope I didn't just jinx us. I'd like to see them before then.

Other than the .223 version, I am not that interested in owning any of the calibers available as of today. I am more interested in hearing about the quality of the rifles. My hope is that a .357 model is produced at some time in the future or maybe a 45 Colt version.

Yornoc3 wrote:Well, I've been checking in with Henry, and it sounds like it'll be a while yet before we see the single shots show up . Unfortunately, I have no spies in the Rice Lake plant who'll say exactly why . If I had to guess, I'd bet on demand for some of the other new models has exceeded expectations, maybe single shot guns not so much. I'm still hoping for this fall, though.

I began my quest for a .327 Federal magnum lever action rifle back in 2008, when I bought my first revolver in the caliber.
At that time, no one was producing such an animal.
I contacted Henry, and every other lever gun maker I could find contact information for, requesting a lever action .327.

Henry was the only company to respond to my contact, but they told me, "We have no plans to produce such a rifle at this time.
That was 2015.
January of 2017 rolled around and I found out Henry was going to produce my rifle.
I IMMEDIATELY contacted Henry to try to get my hands on one of these new levers.

I was told in January that they would start shipping in February, then March, then May...
Long story short, I received my new .327 fed/mag lever in mid-August.

During my continued contacts with Henry customer service between January and August, I was told several different times that preference was going toward the .41mag levers first, due to high demand.
The .327's were not far behind.
I was told over and over that the demand for the .327's caught Henry completely off guard.
They have already sped up production of the .327's to try to keep up with the demand.

I'm hoping this bodes well for the cartridge, and really hope someone will come up with rifle specific loads for the caliber.

Hang in there.
Henry is working hard to meet demands.

Henry updated their website, now supposedly they'll all be shipping mid-September.

Sooner or later they'll be right, right? I guess I'd rather wait a bit than see them rush production; I'm still inclined to think they've simply put more new things on the market than they've been able to keep up with. Not a bad thing to have your products in demand.

Yornoc3 I hope that is the case and think you're right, but I'm still hoping they'll listen to my wish of adding slightly longer barrels to help me with the sight radius since I don't plan to scope it.

I got to shoot an H&R chambered in .223 yesterday. What a treat. Very fun rifle to shoot. If Henry does as good, and I expect their's we be even better, we are going to be happy campers.

So it's past mid-September and almost October. Any body have any news about availability?

I took a look on Gunbroker usually they show up there quick. I havent seen one there yet. Al

I just checked Gunbroker and they have the 223 steel listed for $329.59 with free shipping .

I just had an "E-mail conversation" with Henry that said that the rifles are in production, but it'll be a while before all the distributors get what they've ordered. It's going a bit slower than they hoped, I guess. It's good to hear at least one is out there .

Some of the ones that were on gunbrocker are gone. I wonder if anyone has written a review on one yet, especially on a 45-70.

It’s my turn to whine.

I’ve been looking forward to these since they announced them. It’s been a year now, I think? More gun mamufacturers could do well by taking a page from Ruger’s playbook and have guns available the day they are announced.

ditto1958 wrote:It’s my turn to whine.

I’ve been looking forward to these since they announced them. It’s been a year now, I think? More gun mamufacturers could do well by taking a page from Ruger’s playbook and have guns available the day they are announced.

I believe Henry has said they will not announce any more new rifles until they are available.

I just noticed a review (5 stars!) of an undetermined caliber on Cabelas Web Site, where they still show them as "out of stock, backorderable". I haven't bugged anyone at Henry about mine (ordered and paid for in April) lately, but it's about time I do, again . I think I'll ask for hand selected great wood . Since I didn't get it in time for deer season, it's not real urgent, at this point. Still, I'd like to get my hands on one, winter is a good time to plan how to set it up.

My steel reciever 45-70 arrived at my dealer today, and is now in my hands . We've all seen pictures of these, so I'll fill in some details. I'm really impressed with the fit and finish, and the wood quality is pretty nice, too, with strong grain and some fiddleback. The wood fit is barely, if at all, proud to the metal. Overall, It's close to being as nice as my Ruger #1-A 7mm Mauser. Checkering on the forearm wraps all the way around, while on the stock it consists of two panels; the checkering itself is sharp and clean. The forearm is attached with a phillips head screw, similar to the NEF/H&R rifles. The trigger feels good, not heavy, but until I find a snap cap, I really can't tell weight. The rifle weighs 6 lbs 13 1/2 oz., for those wondering how hard it's going to kick . It's 15 above and windy, so I'll report back on that when the weather is suitable for sighting in and playing with it a bit (and I decide about scope and mounts). All in all, it was worth waiting for.