No, there isn't any cast in the butt. I don't know if it says on the website, but he did answer that question either in a video or in a forum post
I agree. I'd love a J Henry gun.
It was about a 50 yard shot with a 435 gr Maxi Hunter bullet. My guide said to shoot him in the bare spot behind his shoulder. He went down at the shot, then got up and ran about 10 yards and stopped. My guide was telling me to shoot again, but by the time I got reloaded, he dropped dead.
Hard to believe Jim would ever get excited about a milk-toast Lancaster styled gun with engraving done by a monkey with a screwdriver who drinks too much coffee. J Henry’s were the Savage or Mossberg of the day and were not exactly a refined weapon. That said, it would have a market for people interested in the western fur trade. I would imagine that any such gun that Jim made would far surpass the quality of the original guns. I would certainly buy one. I’d also be totally happy with a Henry Deringer eagle-head box gun from him. Either would fill a hole in the market for people interested in the period.
This is where you place a one shot kill on a buff, when they move their elbow Forword. Lungs & heart sit low. I have taken 3 buffs with my flint 54 cal. with 4 shots. Last one took a second because I grazed it low. All open range, first one near the Turner ranch, patched round ball, passed through found it in the opposite leg, he went down pretty quick. Where we were there was a old buffalo hunters camp. The rancher had some cool artifacts.
That's the point. Not many old farts can handle a 10+ pound hawken. I wouldn't even want to haul 10lb rifle around in the mountains
Yes I understand why he designed it that way but it makes it less functional for a large caliber hunting rifle in the west. Mine is about 9lbs and it still kicks like hell with a hunting load.
Yikes. With a break?
No brake. It’s actually not bad.
My .54 Hawken weighs 9 1/2 pounds, as does my .375 RUM and 7mm RM. My other hunting rifles (.300 Wby, .257 Ackley, and .22-250) all weigh 9 3/4 lbs without their slings.
I sure wouldn't worry about 80gr. I use 70-80 2f schuetzen in mine as a practice load and it's very mild. But with my hunting load of 120gr, which I try to practice with a lot, recoil is much too high and that's with mine being around 9lbs. Not that i dislike getting punched, but repeated high recoil over time likely isn't good for a person, it harder to shoot accurately from recoil management perspective, and is good at causing a flinch.
Same here. The only reason I primarily use a bolt gun for hunting is increasing my chance to fill my tag. If I didn't depend on the meat, I'd just tote a flintlock around every single hunt.
