Lever Gun Loading Tubes

[CHR]

I participated in a mtach last weekend and noticed that some of my fellow shooters had what appeared to be brass tubes with a sort of 'ramrod'.  They would load up 10 round, place it in the loading gate of the lever gun and ram all 10 rounds in at once.  I had no luck finding anything like this in the Dixie catalog, in Midway or Brownells web product lists or on other various sites.  Anyone have any idea where I could lay my hands on a set in 45 LC ?

tks,

CHR

[Mustang Gregg]

Saw it used once in a video.
I don't care for it.
The loadin' table honcho can't see exactly how many are bein' loaded.

[Cyrille]

Yes, you can get that type of rifle in various calibers from Henry Repeating Arms Co. in Brooklyn N.Y. You can access their web site www.henryrepeating.com. From there you may choose which rifle you want in the calibers offered This is in answer to your inquiry not an avertisment , if it be deemed so than please tell the moderater to remove it a.s.a.p.

[CHR]

Mustang Gregg and Cyrille --- thanks for the replies.  The loading tubes for the Henry rifles are all one piece and must be attached --- I'm sure these are listed as replacement parts rather than accessories.  I agree with Gregg --- unless you watch them load them up you can't tell if they'll be short or long on the number for the stage.

tks again,

CHR

[Cyrille]

On the Henry it is neither a replacement part nor is ir an accessory
but rather an intrinc part of the rifle, to the best of my knowledge, without the tube the rifle is to be used as a club or possibly a single shot rifle but I'm not sure about the last. It maybe that someone more knowledgeable can answer that.

[E.R.Beaumont]

Greetings to all you Pards and Pardettes.

Mustang, Pard you could use a clear tube, it's just a high-tech loading strip.  I like the concept but I think that I am just clumsey enough to scratch the snot out of the rifle, and spew the rounds out all over the ground.

I do like that folks are thinking about new and inovative products for us.  With a little work a loading tube for the gated revolvers could be made.   I suppose that a similar product could be made for my Schofields and Russians for the loading table, sort of a five hole speedloader. Of course it could not be used to load on the stage, just at the loading table.  Lets see now, about a foot of 2" bannister rail, four foot of clear lucite 5/8" id tube, ok I'm set for the weekend.

Cy, we are not talking about the magazine tube for the rifle, we are talking about an accessory rifle loader for rifles with loading gates.  You really are not too familier with firearms are you? That is just a question not an inditement, we all started out babes in the woods.  I would recomend that you get some books about firearms development and get a background feel for arms from the game period.

That is all I think I know.
Regards, Beaumont

[Cyrille]

First off let me make this perfectly clear; I am not sore about your commet on me not being fimilier with firearms though I do beg to differ; I am not fimilier with automatics simi-autos or military type armiment, but I know my personal firearms, simple as they may be, forward and backward. I have shot everything from muzzle loaders that's rifles, muskets, rifled muskets & pistols both flintlock & cap and ball. Singleshot rifles, pump action shotguns, revolvers, double barrels, over and unders
crack barrel shotguns, leaver action rifles bolt action rifles & shotguns I do not like autos or simi-autos, but that's a personal quirck of mine though I have bought and tried a simiauto 1911 Springfield. which I ended up giving away to a family member. Also I am almost totally ignorant about the various gimicks, gagets, and whatcamacallits [accessories] other than slings & swivels for shotguns & rifles. I can do simple adjustments to the sights on my various armiments, clean them 'til they sparkle, and if I do say so myself hit what I'm aiming at 99.9 percent of the time. It may not be a bullseye but it's somewhere in the kill zone. I know gun safety and have never had a firearm fire when I didn't want it to. No Mr. Beaumount, I am not up on all of the bells & whistles that may enhance one's speed in loading or improve one's aim such as laser sights/flashlights etc. I like things simple, fixed sights on my revolver(s) so that I can learn what they like, as far as the amount of powder and bullet weight; ajustable sights on my rifles, bead sights on my shotguns and the smell of gunpowder in the morning.

[Wild Ben Raymond]

Howdy! CHR, I saw what I think you are discribing at the Minnisota state shoot last year. It was a long tube that held the desired number of rounds to be loaded & you just inserted it into the loading gate, pushed forward on a slide to insert the rounds. You could load up the rifle in 2 seconds. It was being used by Coyote Cap & I believe he makes them, if not maybe he can tell you where to get one. I believe the purpose for them was not intended for the loading table but for use on a rifle reload stage. It was attached to his gun belt or maybe stuffed inside his boots, I don't remember. Hope this helps! Wild Ben Raymond

[Blackey Cole]

I shot with Lassiter at Rio Salado and Winter Range and he had come up with one for 38s but was working on one for 45s.  It was a PVC tube with a ramrom.  It is based on the loading tube for the 12 ga autos that are used in IPSC.  Just on a smaller scale.  The tip is cut on a taper to allow for the angle to load the mag tube.  Basiclly you are loading a unsprung mag tube that is external and transfer it to the internal mag ube.