Henry Big Boy X-model

[fiver]

I think I held back on those big bore 92's just because they weren't around enough to be proved out.
I still don't hear much about them even on the Rossi forum.

a Marlin might be a better option to handle the recoil, but man that cost,, you could get a Big horn for just a smidge more and they will for sure hold their value.

 

[RBHarter]

Fiver I've had 2 of them in 45 Colts .
An1986ish and a 2013 . I shot couple hundred rounds through each and found them to behave exactly the same down to loads preferred .
Both chambers were long and fat , both shot better with brass left fat . Both needed hot fast loads to get to 100 yd or to start subsonic to get to 100 . SN that include an M are 44 mag suitable and plenty strong for 25kpsi loads .

The 1-32 twist ......... The 1250 fps 250-265s hits transonic about 80 yd and the line of flight departs someplace between 78-82 yd at 10:00 by about 30° . At 75 I was busting golf balls 1/5 or so and pop cans 3/5 . 100 yd I missed an 8' berm . So call it whatever but bullets , base and soft balls don't defy gravity w/o substantial out of parallel rotation , tumble for lack of a better word the 265 gr 452-255 was better that the 452-252 or 454424 but by only feet .

They needed a little deburring inside , neither would feed RP brass from the mag nickle or not .

 

[Glaciers]

Well I have heard that Rossi only made 100 of the 480's, but continued to produce the 454. I know the 480 is .021 less meat around the cartridge, but at 20,000 less pressure I would think they would hold up. Have not heard of any problems with any Rossi coming apart, but, I don't get around much.
If I rebarreled the Marlin it's like a payment plan as I already have the Marlin, and with a 8 month lead time, $100 bucks a month into the mayonnaise jar would be easy. $3,600 for a Big Horn I'd have to get a bigger jar and dust it off from time to time.
What I should do is save up and keep an eye out on Gun Broker for a Browning 92 in 357 mag. Lots more fun.
But maybe Henry would get into the 454 - 480 market, it's possible that has grown now.

 

[fiver]

the Browning's don't have the cartridge length leeway the Rossi's do.
you go .001 over the saami length and they hang up on the little cartridge ramp under the barrel.

I'm not even gonna try to count the number of 92's I have here, most are Rossi, or guns built from Rossi's parts over the years.
when Taurus took them over it really truly broke my heart.
they changed twist rates and some of the barrel diameters [who wants to shoot only 432-3 200gr bullets in a 44 mag?, or just 125gr bullets in their 357?]
I knew they'd screw something up, might as well have sold out to Remington.
anyway.
the majority are all 44 mag or 45 colt with the odd 357 or 44-40 thrown in for luck,, and to make me read the barrel before going out to make sure I have the right ammo.

 

[Glaciers]

Fiver your right as rain. But, I like the Brownings. The Rossi is fine, I have a 357 and a 44. I like them they aren't going anywhere, but, the browning just feels right.

 

[fiver]

they seem to have a little more heft to them, I think some of it is the wood and the rest is in the metal.
I could weigh my 44 stainless and my B-92 to check, but I'm sure the barrels being different lengths would make it hard to guess at where the weight is.