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Just wondering how many folks own a Henry H010CC. I ordered one last week. This will be my first Henry and my first .45-70. I am really excited about this rifle and caliber and I can hardly wait until it comes in to my dealer. Glad to have joined this forum. Most lever gun commentaries especially on the topic of 45-70 caliber, seemed to be focused on the Marlin. Appreciate comments on the Henry. Thank you

We've got one and we absolutely love it - hands down our favorite big bore rifle. It's a big, heavy, beautiful rifle that soaks up that 45-70 recoil and makes it just plain fun to blast steel plate targets, water bottles, and watermelons on the homemade range.

That's a beautiful specimen, thanks for sharing! Skinner/Lyman Globe, safe to assume? Or is that a different front sight?

ESquared wrote:That's a beautiful specimen, thanks for sharing! Skinner/Lyman Globe, safe to assume? Or is that a different front sight?

Sights are a Skinner "Reliable" on the rear and a Lyman 20 Globe on the front.

ours is a beautiful beast .... second picture, 5 rounds fired at 45 yards, at an indoor range, from a sandbag rest

Appreciate the information and pictures. It is a beauty. I have just joined the forum but have picked up pretty quickly that many folks customize the iron sights. The Skinner and Lyman names are frequently mentioned. I will be glad to hear more about as I plan on using iron sights on my H010CC that I have just ordered

when your Henry arrives, please be sure to go to our How Many ? thread (link below) and add your rifle(s) to our community's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... &start=530

Thanks , I certainly will.

JEBar wrote:ours is a beautiful beast .... second picture, 5 rounds fired at 45 yards, at an indoor range, from a sandbag rest

Another beauty and nice shootin'! What scope set-up did you choose? Hunted with it yet?

ESquared wrote:Another beauty and nice shootin'! What scope set-up did you choose? Hunted with it yet?

kind words appreciated .... 3X9 Nikon .... unfortunately haven't been able to get out into the woods for a good while .... heart issues (that thankfully appear to be taken care of) and knee replacement surgery have really throttled back my hunting type activities

Well, glad to hear you're on the mend! Keep shooting, though, keeps us young!

My H010CC is my 4th 45-70 and my second Henry (the other is a H010).

With the Skinner peep (which works fine with the factory height front sight) I can generally keep 5 shots in a couple inches at 50 yards...about as good as 60 year old eyes with astigmatism can do!

As mentioned previously, it is a very comfortable rifle to shoot due to the mass and the nice recoil pad.

I have zero complaints with this rifle! I think it is very well executed and I suspect it will be in the stable for quite some time!

Hope you enjoy yours!

tarbe wrote:My H010CC is my 4th 45-70 and my second Henry (the other is a H010).

With the Skinner peep (which works fine with the factory height front sight) I can generally keep 5 shots in a couple inches at 50 yards...about as good as 60 year old eyes with astigmatism can do!

As mentioned previously, it is a very comfortable rifle to shoot due to the mass and the nice recoil pad.

I have zero complaints with this rifle! I think it is very well executed and I suspect it will be in the stable for quite some time!

Hope you enjoy yours!

Thank you much. I sent a personal message for some detailed info on your Skinner sights. Hope you received it.

I agree it's a beauty for sure.

Welcome to forum. You will love shooting this 45/70 cc I do mine. Ended butting scope on it for long range shooting it is very accurate got 2 deer with it last season . Got the Henry virus and got the 45/70 aw love it too but got my eyes fixed now and shoot it with iron sights for hunting closer ranges.

Glad to hear from you. Have received lot of positive feedback from folks who own the H010CC. What ammo have you used for hunting deer and how did it perform? Are you using the factory buckhorn when you shoot open sights ? I'm still waiting on mine. Ordered about 5 weeks ago.

I reload us 300gr nos bal.tip with 64 gr Hodgkin 335 get about 2250 fps and 1 1/2 group @ 100yds. JE bar has Webb site for blemished bullets@ very cheap price. Also loaded Missouri hi tec cast bullets405 gr with 35 gr h4198 they are accurate but kick some what harder . I will also try them on deer this season. The cc has enough wt to reduce a lot of recoil. Any way it is a very pleasant rifle to shoot

No I put a 3x9x40 Nikon scope on mine. I just ordered skinner sights for my Aw 45/70 have a set on my Henry 44 mag now and love them

You've got that 300 gr load stepping out there ! Beauty of the .45-70 on the range of loads one can shoot isn't it ? A lot of folks sure seem to really like their Skinner sight setup. I am considering it myself.

Bodanny wrote:I reload us 300gr nos bal.tip with 64 gr Hodgkin 335 get about 2250 fps and 1 1/2 group @ 100yds. JE bar has Webb site for blemished bullets@ very cheap price. Also loaded Missouri hi tec cast bullets405 gr with 35 gr h4198 they are accurate but kick some what harder . I will also try them on deer this season. The cc has enough wt to reduce a lot of recoil. Any way it is a very pleasant rifle to shoot

not surprised in the least at the performance you report using the 300 gr Nosler Ballistic Silvertips .... we push ours with 51.5 gr of IMR 4198 .... our Chrony consistently shows numbers just over/under 2230 fps .... as far as hunting big game with them, with the possible exception of a large grizzly or brown bear, I wouldn't hesitate to use them hunting any big game animal found in this country ....