No dog in the fight

[Major 2]

but here is a Henry at a fair price...

http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67980

[Dusty Morningwood]

I just gave the Pard a bump back to the top.  I agree it is a good deal.

[litl rooster]

  That is a good price.............

These folks had one in the rack as of 5/12 from Cimarron in .44-40 Brass reciever,for $750..If they take it next week to n-ssa match I don't think it will last.

www.CSArms.com

[sharps54]

Well it looks like I just aquired a dog in this fight, hopefully this Henry won't be a dog! I'll let ya'll now at the end of the month when I join your ranks as a proud Henry owner!

[Dusty Morningwood]

If it's the one that started this thread, ya done good.  You're gonna love it!

[Sod Buster]

Way to go Myles!   

[sharps54]

Dusty,
Sure is! I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions once I get it and start shooting it. I know a local fella that shoots one so he should be able to help me out with most of them. Now to pick up some C&B sixguns and a single shot shotgun to go with it....

Thanks Sod Buster,
I emailed "SGT Billy", your AWOL Henry shooter from No. VA, and he will be tied up until at least June, maybe after that he'll come out to a match.
Mild Myles

[Dusty Morningwood]

Now to pick up some C&B sixguns and a single shot shotgun to go with it....

Why a single shot shotgun?  But I think a pait of brass frame Spiller and Burr C&Bs would go just dandy with that Henry.

[Sod Buster]

Dusty,
Sure is! I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions once I get it and start shooting it. I know a local fella that shoots one so he should be able to help me out with most of them. Now to pick up some C&B sixguns and a single shot shotgun to go with it....

Good for you!  We need more C&B shooters at our matches.

I emailed "SGT Billy", your AWOL Henry shooter from No. VA, and he will be tied up until at least June, maybe after that he'll come out to a match.
Mild Myles

Great!  It would be great to see him again.  He has been missed.

[sharps54]

Why a single shot shotgun?  But I think a pait of brass frame Spiller and Burr C&Bs would go just dandy with that Henry.

I guess after spending all my hard earned money on a Henry after the war all I would be able to afford would be a single shot scattergun! I don't know, probably because I watched "The Long Riders" not too long ago and have that single shot in my mind. Just seems like a single barrel 10 Gauge loaded with BP would be pretty neat, probably enough "style" points to make up for any time lost! Of course a single shot 12 or 20 is easier to find and still would make plenty of smoke... Right now I have a SXS 20 but I'm always scheming to find guns that complement each other.

As for the brass frame S&Bs that would look neat, not sure about the brass frames for a match revolver though, I'll probably just go with a pair of 1860 Armys or Remington NMAs.
Mild Myles

[litl rooster]

Good for you!  We need more C&B shooters at our matches.

Great!  It would be great to see him again.  He has been missed.

C&B's and more smoke at NVGC..............Just what the Judge ordered     Yeeeee Haaaaaaaaw       and another Henry's

[sharps54]

C&B's and more smoke at NVGC..............Just what the Judge ordered     Yeeeee Haaaaaaaaw       and another Henry's

Yep, I'm lucky my Yankee blood (and accent ) keep me from doing a Confederate or former Confederate impression or I would be mighty tempted to take Dusty's suggestion about the Spiller and Burr revolvers, they would look neat with a Henry! As it is when I get a pair of C&B they will probably be Colt or Remington copies.

Mild Myles

[Dusty Morningwood]

Myles:
There are lots of great deals on vintage sxs 12 gauge hammer shotguns out there.  Plenty with good armory steel, instead of damascus.  And they look real close to what a double would have been around 1870.
Dusty

Here is a seller who I bought a great vintage hammer gun from.  Go to Gunbroker.com.  Click For Buyers.  Check Seller Feedback under antlermount.  Good guy to do business with.

[sharps54]

Myles:
There are lots of great deals on vintage sxs 12 gauge hammer shotguns out there.  Plenty with good armory steel, instead of damascus.  And they look real close to what a double would have been around 1870.
Dusty

Here is a seller who I bought a great vintage hammer gun from.  Go to Gunbroker.com.  Click For Buyers.  Check Seller Feedback under antlermount.  Good guy to do business with.

Thanks Dusty, I'm looking at his auctions now...
Mild Myles

[Dusty Morningwood]

Thanks Dusty, I'm looking at his auctions now...
Mild Myles

Looks like you are bidding on a corker!!  Good luck.  That critter will make quite an impression on the line.

[sharps54]

Looks like you are bidding on a corker!!  Good luck.  That critter will make quite an impression on the line.

Well the first one I bid on had a higher reserve then I bid so we'll see how the second one does. I am watching a few others. There is no rush as I have a shotgun on "long tern loan" from a buddy but if I am going to shot BP out of a shotgun it might as well be a 10 Ga! This might be the wrong forum to ask but does anyone know when the NEF style single shot shotgun locks came into being? By that I mean the "push button" opening instead of a lever like a SXS or OU. I would be plenty happy with a single shot 10 Ga. but I don't think the "push button" locks are "historically" correct for SASS shooting.
Thanks,
Mild Myles 

[sharps54]

Dusty Morningwood,
Well I got a scattergun off that feller on GunBroker, http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=71792217, hopefully the bores will clean up OK, you said he was a straight shooter when you dealt with him. I won't be putting anythng but fairly light BP loads through it, I don't guess I will encounter many targets in CAS that a 10 ga "target load" can't handle....
Mild Myles

[Arcey]

Now dog gone if she don't look real pretty in the images.  'Specially #6.  Congrats.

Sure do hope yer gonna let me handle it some day fer an inspection.  Just fer a minute er two.

[Dusty Morningwood]

Dusty Morningwood,
Well I got a scattergun off that feller on GunBroker, http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=71792217, hopefully the bores will clean up OK, you said he was a straight shooter when you dealt with him. I won't be putting anythng but fairly light BP loads through it, I don't guess I will encounter many targets in CAS that a 10 ga "target load" can't handle....
Mild Myles

Yep, that's the one I was talkin' about!  Oh man, that thing is going to spout some smoke and flame.  Post pics!!  I might also suggest that you invest in some HD 10 ga brass from Rocky Mountain Cartridge in Cody, WY.  WY, you ask?    The thick walled cases are made from solid bar stock.  Kinda like sleeving the chamber and he can custom bore them to use 12 ga components.

[sharps54]

Arcey,
Heck once I am set up and loading you can shoot it until you get tired or I run out of ammo! It's a shame someone cut the barrels down but that is probably the only reason I could afford it.

Dusty,
Thanks for the suggestion, I will look in to that, have you done this in the past? I was thinking about tracking down brass shells so I didn't have to worry about melting the plastic ones ! I don't plan on putting any heavy loads through this old gal but if shotguns are like rifles the larger bore ought to let me do the same thing as a 12 gauge with less pressure, I recon even a light load should put out plenty of smoke and fire! We'll task Arcey with taking some photos to post .
Mild Myles