BBSM41

Post by **Frontiersman** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:28 pm

I finally sprung my new .41 from debtor's prison. It took me a couple months to pull it out of layaway. I don't usually use the payment method, but I didn't want to chance it would be gone when I found the spare cash. You just don't see .41 anything all that often, and I've been looking for a .41 lever a lot of years.

Fit and finish are exceptional. The action is amazingly smooth; I wonder what it will be like in a few hundred rounds.

It feeds 215g SWC (Starline cases, 6.5 gr Trail Boss Powder, Winchester Primer, .410 Meister Bullet) like it was made for them. My quest for a source of LRNFP was totally unwarranted; slow, fast ... it doesn't matter; they feed and eject flawlessly.

I pulled a bore snake through it and commenced to shooting. The first ten rounds hit a tin can at 50 yards without missing.

50 round later, there was no visible lead in the barrel.

I thought I'd miss the loading gate, but I actually found it refreshingly easy to load.

Very Nice Rifle

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Henry88 · Post by **Henry88** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:24 pm

Beautiful Rifle, BBSM41, and a great photo to capture the moment.

Also, good shooting BTW

Deadwood Dutch · Post by **Deadwood Dutch** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 10:13 pm

Congratulations, nice looking rifle and pretty photo.

Post by **PT7** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 10:26 pm

Hats off to you on finally getting your Henry .41 Magnum!

And it's great you're already enjoying that "Very Nice Rifle." Thanks for posting the cool picture.

PMC · Post by **PMC** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 10:31 pm

Congrats and cool picture!

Post by **JEBar** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:04 am

congratulations indeed .... looking forward to future range and use reports

Post by **RetiredSeabee** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:19 am

Glad you got that beauty out of lock up and set it free. Nice photo as well.

Post by **Vaquero** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:30 am

Congrats on getting her out of Incarceration.
Got one myself, enjoy.
Oh yea nice pic.

arky · Post by **arky** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:21 am

Congrats. I have not tried lead in mine yet. I have not slugged my barrel yet so wonder what size bullet you are using. I really do not like slugging a barrel as I am always afraid of getting it stuck.
I have .411 swc bb at 215 gr and .410 swc gc at 230 gr on hand for my revolvers.

tx gunrunner · Post by **tx gunrunner** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:13 am

It's not are revolver so slug is not as important as the chamber will take .410 or larger bullet in brass . It's a ramp feed gun and sometime a roll crimp would allow to feed easy with heavy crimp without a lot of hicups and a taper crimp could works better and smoother most of the time . I love the 41 mag and good luck with it .

Post by **RanchRoper** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 2:54 pm

Congratulations and enjoy your new rifle. Thanks for the cool photo.

midnightrider · Post by **midnightrider** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:39 pm

Beautiful rifle and great picture!

Congratulations!

Post by **daytime dave** » Tue Jun 21, 2016 2:56 pm

Great looking rifle in a great looking photograph. Thanks for sharing it.

Post by **Frontiersman** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:06 pm

I didn't slug. But it seems very happy with the Meister 215 gr .410 SWC

Post by **Vaquero** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:57 pm

glad you found something it likes.
About 50 rds through mine all lead, two different bullets. Hoping to get some range time in but been hoooot.

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