New SS 357, get it tomorrow!

[Brother_Love]

Ive been searching for one of these for a while and a friend tipped me about one 2 hours south. I’m going to get it tomorrow.It has a nice piece of wood on it too. It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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[Cofisher]

What is the process to make it into a 'maximum '?

[JEBar]

nice looking wood indeed .... looking forward to following your process in working with your new Henry .... please take a look at our How Many ? thread (link below) and add all of your Henry rifles to our community's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 249#p80249

[markiver54]

What is the process to make it into a 'maximum '?

[Brother_Love]

What is the process to make it into a 'maximum '?

I have 2 choices, send it my gunsmith or try it myself. I have researched the process and it can be done with a finishing reamer, lots of oil and patience. It can be hand turned. Both of the ones I followed turned out great. I may chicken out though and send it to my gunsmith. Ill shoot it as is for a little while.

[CT_Shooter]

It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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Please forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean to make it into a "357 maximum"? What will be the benefit over it's current configuration?

[ESquared]

It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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Please forgive my ignorance, but what does it mean to make it into a "357 maximum"? What will be the benefit over it's current configuration?

Even after the explanation about the "finishing reamer and lots of oil," I'm still not clear about what 'smithing is about to take place, no matter who does it. Please elaborate if you get a chance.

Regardless of whether it ends up being "Maxed Out" or not, that's some beautiful furniture!

Congrats in advance and keep us posted on your first impressions, the mystery mods and how it all turns out!

[Brother_Love]

I’m going to let my gunsmith do it. He is simply going to rechamber it for357 maximum. It will give me a little more power plus I just want one. Thanks

[JEBar]

I just want one. Thanks

for me, that's the best and only reason needed .... looking forward to your post conversion reports

[ESquared]

I’m going to let my gunsmith do it. He is simply going to rechamber it for357 maximum. It will give me a little more power plus I just want one. Thanks

Thanks for the clarification. Not familiar with that load, but a quick search on AmmoSeek shows that round to be fairly rare and spendy. Do you reload for it?

It may or may not matter to you, but I'd guess that kind of modification will void your warranty. Others may prove me wrong (they'll chime in if so).

[Brother_Love]

I’m going to let my gunsmith do it. He is simply going to rechamber it for357 maximum. It will give me a little more power plus I just want one. Thanks

Thanks for the clarification. Not familiar with that load, but a quick search on AmmoSeek shows that round to be fairly rare and spendy. Do you reload for it?

It may or may not matter to you, but I'd guess that kind of modification will void your warranty. Others may prove me wrong (they'll chime in if so).

Yes, I reload and I have lots of brass on hand. Yes, I have voided the warranty on 2 Tikkas and a Mossberg by having them re-bored and rechambered. It is a price that I’m willing to pay to get the calibers I want.
Thank you

[JEBar]

Yes, I reload and I have lots of brass on hand. Yes, I have voided the warranty on 2 Tikkas and a Mossberg by having them re-bored and rechambered. It is a price that I’m willing to pay to get the calibers I want.
Thank you

makes perfect sense to me and under those conditions, I wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing

[PT7]

I've had 3 Henry .357 magnums, but none had the beautiful wood grain patterns like the one you showed us. Really nice, and two thumbs up on that great-looking stock! Congrats & enjoy.

Interesting thread, BL. Along with the others, I've not heard about .357 maximum before. Always happens on our Forum that I keep on learning new things.

Thanks for your post.
PT7

Ive been searching for one of these for a while and a friend tipped me about one 2 hours south. I’m going to get it tomorrow.It has a nice piece of wood on it too. It probably will be a 357 maximum within a week.
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[BigAl52]

357 max is just an extended 357 case for the most part. Ruger did a blackhawk in one but they discontinued them sometime back. They were notorious for cutting of the top strap. Dan Wesson also chambered it in there revolver. The Dan Wesson was quite popular and they sold for quite a bit of money. There were alot of folks with contenders who also had barrels made into that caliber. My son in law has one and I did as well but sold all of my contender stuff sometime ago. With the longer case it opens it up to heavier and different styles of bullets making it a great deer gun in the states that only allow straight wall cases. Mike Bellem is gunsmith who has really taken the max and increased its popularity by the work he has done and continues to do with the cartridge. I understand from reading you can now buy a Henry from his son and he will send it to Mike for rechambering to the max and then the gun can be shipped to your FFL. I like the max and still have some brass for it for the son in law. Maybe someday I will do the same but for right now Im ok where Im at. I have taken a picture to show people who havent seen one before the difference. The pic shows a 38 special 357 Mag and then the max. Another thing I might also add is this cartridge was real popular in shooting silly wets.

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[JEBar]

for anyone who may be interested, Starline stocks 357 Max brass ====> https://www.starlinebrass.com/brass-cases/357-MAXIMUM/

[Cofisher]

Wow! That's a heck of a difference.

[ESquared]

That's a BIG 357 cartridge. Thanks for that, Al. "Silly wets." Hilarious.

[markiver54]

Impressive...didn't know that was possible. I don't reload, so wondering where you get the brass for it, assuming you can't buy factory loads.

[RanchRoper]

That is one big honkin' cartridge.

[BigAl52]

One of those bad boys would get Grizes attention up in ur neck of the woods RR