My homebuilt Henry

[TennHillyBill]

Built this some time ago when Navy Arms had plenty of parts and you could call up and talk to a (real) parts guy.......... It proved to be one of my best shooters.  You sort of aim it generally at the target and the bullet just naturally hits it!  44/40 of course along with some of my other homemades.  I may be the only guy around who shot himself with the Baby Pat!  Bill

[Fox Creek Kid]

Now c'mon!! You can't torture us with the crappy photo!! Let's see some real photos of that beauty!! 

[TennHillyBill]

See if this is a little better.  As you can probably tell, steel frame.  Started engraving, but haven't finished.  I gotta be in a real state of Nirvana to concentrate on engraving........or on Ridalin.  Most of my building is done the old fashioned way, a lot of files!  Saw my first Henry in the Smithsonian long ago....the presentation Henry made for President Lincoln.  Decided I had to have one.  Saw the Baby Paterson there too, same reaction.  Was lucky enough to find a Baby cylinder, and built the gun around it.

[Fox Creek Kid]

I want straight side on photos, please. 

[TennHillyBill]

How 'bout this, or these.  Yep, one day soon I'll get back to work on it.  Sometimes I get  ahead of myself, eager to see if it works.  Had, too, I think, a great piece of wood.  My 'picture' is from mythological story which was in an old shotgun magazine from way back.....will get back to this too.  Just one of many projects!

[Dances With Coyotes]

Very,very nice. I'm itching for a Henry but first I'd like a '66 for CAS. If I ever get me a Henry I think I want a .44-40.

[TennHillyBill]

Thanks for the kind remarks.  I've often thought, if I could keep only one gun, this would be it.  I suppose the main objection, originally, was the rather time consuming reload function.  Perhaps, too, a rather 'wimpy' round, by later standards.  The 44-40 offers no felt recoil....at least to me, and I guess a lot of guys load with BP, haven't tried that yet.