Picked up a Iron Frame Henry, LOVE IT!!!

Charlie Bison · January 19, 2010, 07:23:29 PM

I thought I might let you folks know I picked up a Uberti 1860 Iron frame and it is the smoothest Henry I have ever received. Pics will be up tomorrow.

Joe Lansing · January 20, 2010, 12:46:29 AM

Nothing personal, but looking at your caricature, have you tried saw palmetto?

J.L.

Major 2 · January 20, 2010, 05:20:42 AM

Congrats.... looking forward to the pix

Steel Horse Bailey · January 25, 2010, 01:08:50 AM

Congrats!

Uh ... "tomorrow" was 5 days ago. I sure would like to see your newest "toy."

Charlie Bison · January 25, 2010, 10:53:12 PM

Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on January 25, 2010, 01:08:50 AM
Congrats!

Uh ... "tomorrow" was 5 days ago. I sure would like to see your newest "toy."

Sorry I have been extremely busy. They will post tomorrow after work. I am glad I picked her up now because it turns out Uberti discontinued the all blue model.

Steel Horse Bailey · January 26, 2010, 01:49:59 AM

Didn't mean to push. Life tends to complicate matters, eh?

Texas Lawdog · January 26, 2010, 11:31:54 AM

Jobs seem to complicate matters for me.

Charlie Bison · January 31, 2010, 12:39:04 PM

Here they are finally, sorry for the wait.

stepnmud · January 31, 2010, 01:43:09 PM

very NICE!

guessing it's 44WCF cal? I still don't have an Iron frame may sure makes me want one.

Doc O · January 31, 2010, 01:46:56 PM

Your going to LOVE that one.
I have one just like that I bought last spring in 44-40, great shooter.
Have fun with it.
Doc

Charlie Bison · January 31, 2010, 06:42:04 PM

Yeah she is quite the beauty. I am sorry to tell you folks, but she is a 45 Colt. Thats what I like to shoot, and that's what all my cowboy rifles are chambered for. I bought a 44-40 Henry a while back and I could not bond with it, so I sold it and got a 45. Hey if you are looking to get a blued Iron frame Henry I suggest doing it as soon as you can because Uberti is stopping the production of that model this year.

Doc O · January 31, 2010, 09:43:47 PM

Nothing wrong with 45 lc if thats what you like.

Doc

pistol1911 · February 01, 2010, 11:36:43 AM

Why are the iron frames made without the lever latch?

Fox Creek Kid · February 01, 2010, 03:10:05 PM

Quote from: pistol1911 on February 01, 2010, 11:36:43 AM
Why are the iron frames made without the lever latch?

Because all original iron frames lacked that as well.

pistol1911 · February 01, 2010, 05:19:30 PM

That is what I thought.Thank you for confirming.

Abilene · February 01, 2010, 11:04:34 PM

I like the buttplate on the "iron" framed Henries, a little less pointed than the other toggle link rifles.

Major 2 · February 02, 2010, 05:23:22 AM

Quote from: Abilene on February 01, 2010, 11:04:34 PM
I like the buttplate on the "iron" framed Henries, a little less pointed than the other toggle link rifles.

my thought also...I find it shoulders more comfortably than my Mil. Model

Peter M. Eick · February 07, 2010, 07:44:03 AM

I have been looking on and off at the iron frames to go with my case hardened one. I love the case hardened look, but the iron frame is more authentic.

Thanks for the posting.

Driftwood Johnson · February 07, 2010, 05:33:14 PM

QuoteI like the buttplate on the "iron" framed Henries, a little less pointed than the other toggle link rifles.

Howdy

That too is authentic. The iron frames had a more rounded profile at the top of the buttplate.

Now, if memory serves, when I bought my 'iron framed' Henry, all the 44-40 ones came with case hardened frames, the 45 Colt versions came with blued frames. At least that is what I recollect from when I bought mine a few years ago. Mine is 44-40 with the case hardened frame. I was of the opinion at the time that all the iron framed Henrys were blued, none were case hardened. At least I had never seen any photos of a case hardened one, all the photos I ever saw of iron frames were blued. My original plan was to strip off the colors and have the frame blued. But it was so doggone beautiful that I decided to leave it alone.

At some point in the recent past, somebody in this forum said that some of the iron frames were case hardened, so I felt a whole lot better about leaving it alone.

It's just too pretty to mess with, don't you think?

Major 2 · February 07, 2010, 06:51:03 PM

That might have been me.... having seen one in Mr. Dents Collection. One of the finest private collection of CW era weapons
I ever saw. Mr Dent lived in Miami Springs and was the owner of Dents Dept. Stores. I was frequent guest and viewer at his home.

That was in the post I wrote....

I have seen still another in a photo