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Henry Big Boy...opinions
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 837867" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Not having one to critique but mining opinions, I can't say except for this. You are loading pistol rounds, not bottleneck rounds. Most of the pills will be short or shorter and flat nosed to round nose and it only loads 10 (I think) total. I would think that the feed tube is brass tubing and brass on brass should be self lubricating and, if the tube is of too light a gage, I can replace that with a heavier gage if necessary, but again, I'm not sure. Keep in mid that I have machine tools at my disposal all the time in as much as I'm the shop owner.</p><p> </p><p>I did get on their website and I downloaded the owners manual plus the parts breakdown and it looks (from the schematic) to be a simple to work on action. I'd be willing to bet the stock trigger pull is typical of a modern firearm, lots of pre-travel and a Charles Atlas break, so, I'm expecting a clunky trigger, not a clunky feed mechanism.</p><p> </p><p>My gun dealer friend just shot me a price of $769.95 for the standard Big Boy in my choice of calibers btw.</p><p> </p><p>Rifles are getting expensive these days.....</p><p> </p><p>I bought my first pistol back in 1963, a Ruger Single Six, 41 caliber (still have it BTW) and it was a whopping $60 bucks, tax included plus a holster and a couple boxes of .41 Winchester.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 837867, member: 39764"] Not having one to critique but mining opinions, I can't say except for this. You are loading pistol rounds, not bottleneck rounds. Most of the pills will be short or shorter and flat nosed to round nose and it only loads 10 (I think) total. I would think that the feed tube is brass tubing and brass on brass should be self lubricating and, if the tube is of too light a gage, I can replace that with a heavier gage if necessary, but again, I'm not sure. Keep in mid that I have machine tools at my disposal all the time in as much as I'm the shop owner. I did get on their website and I downloaded the owners manual plus the parts breakdown and it looks (from the schematic) to be a simple to work on action. I'd be willing to bet the stock trigger pull is typical of a modern firearm, lots of pre-travel and a Charles Atlas break, so, I'm expecting a clunky trigger, not a clunky feed mechanism. My gun dealer friend just shot me a price of $769.95 for the standard Big Boy in my choice of calibers btw. Rifles are getting expensive these days..... I bought my first pistol back in 1963, a Ruger Single Six, 41 caliber (still have it BTW) and it was a whopping $60 bucks, tax included plus a holster and a couple boxes of .41 Winchester....... [/QUOTE]
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