Henry Homesteader

[Rushcreek]

I want a Nylon 66 in .45ACP……
No?
Ok, I’ll do without a PCC.

 

[Bret4207]

I had the black Nylon 66, the "Mohawk 66" maybe? Anyway, I heard nothing but good about the whole series and what great shooters they were. Not mine! It was pretty poor as far as grouping went. I sold or traded it off for something else, but I still kind of miss the novelty of it.

 

[Jeff H]

I just want to know why the 9×39 isn't all the rage....

The Russians use the 9x39, but almost exclusively as a sub-sonic number with something like a 250 grain bullet.

As a wildcat, someone is calling it the 35 Gremlin.

I have considered having a 7.62x39 CZ 527 rebored or rebarreled, but with a .357 groove diameter.

Wait 'til the "OOH, NEW, SHINY" the "Legends" and a few others. Someone will be looking for something old to rename and sell as new again.

 

[fiver]

i guess we could neck the legend down to like 6-7, 25, or 22 cal and put real fast twist barrels on them, shoot heavy for caliber bullets and claim they stay sonic to 900 foot.

 

[Missionary]

Need a plastic bright colored tip also.

 

[RBHarter]

Oddly enough I have seen 2 different owners of 2 different .250×.257 6.5 twist barrels in the last 3 weeks .
"What would you do with this" deals . I'd call it a waste myself , the virtue of the Quarter bore is that it is the apex fast and flat with enough bullet to actually bridge the gap effectively from gophers to large deer in all the common cases w/o frying barrels immediately out of the 06' case . This guy says it's perfect for 140-150 gr bullets and wind bucking ........ So you're trading flight time for inertial wind damping ? Where only custom bullets exist ? Ever looked at the real numbers between 270,280, and 06' . Dude if you want a 140-160 gr bullet at least a 6.5 will sling it in a 1-8" . There's nothing the 25s won't do with a 1-10 that they don't already do extremely well........ Crickets ....... Whatever probably hurt the mall ninjas feelers .

 

[richhodg66]

What is that new cartridge that is basicslly a .327 Federal for autos called? That may have some mrrit chambered in a rifle.

 

[Bret4207]

30 Super or 32 Super?

 

[fiver]

the 30 super airc.
i believe someone is doing a carbine for it... umm hi-point maybe?


i don't think i'd go 140 or 150 in a 25.
there's just no return there.
now a 130 that could be pretty useful, it'd also take away the man bun's crown if you used something like the 284 win or the new 6.8 at 80-K necked down.

 

[L Ross]

 

[L Ross]

Oh hell, I thought I was in the Waht did you do today thread. Can it be moved?

 

[Winelover]

Ross you can edit it ( copy and delete) and replace with a smiley like Then paste it in the correct thread.

 

[Winelover]

All this talk on alternate calibers in a thread on PPC is just a bunch of thread drift. The likelihood of Henry offering it in any other caliber, than 9mm, is slim to none. Ruger has been in the PPC game, longer than Henry. If you go to Ruger's site, they offer almost a dozen different Pistol Cartridge Carbines...............and the only thing they have in common is that they are all chambered for 9mm. Nothing, in 40 S&W or 45 ACP.

Why, you ask? Maybe because there is a great demand for 9mm. It's a recognized NATO cartridge. The price of ammunition is just a little more than 22LR..............about the cheapest centerfire ammunition available today.

Over a year ago, I was chatting with our LGS. In the conversation, we touched on the 40 S&W caliber. I was told there is no longer a demand for that cartridge.............they have a hard time selling them.

 

[Bret4207]

Gotta figure this crowd here isn't the normal consumer crowd. Yeah we'd like 40's and 45's, but we aren't the majority of the gun buying public!

 

[richhodg66]

All this talk about the Homesteader got me to dig out that Hi Point 995 I bought a couple of years ago and never really did anything with. Put over 100 rounds of fairly mild cast loads through it at 50 yards yesterday. Sure is ugly, but I have less than a 4th of the cost of that Henry in it, so I think I'll be working with this one rather than getting a Homesteader. Actually, the little gun works pretty well, mine has an after market magazine and seems to require some upward pressure to work reliably, but a 130 grain SWC that dad had a bunch of for .38s fed and shot well with 3.2 grains of 700X. Pretty sure that load is subsonic, not that it matters, but I could hear a definite thump as each hit the berm. Fun shooting session, i hadn't loaded and shot any 9mm in a decade or so, just a very boring cartridge to me. I'll look for a good deal on one of the .45 or 10mm ones, a 10mm carbine would be cool.

 

[Winelover]

Biggest issue with those Hi Points was the lack of factory high capacity magazines............let alone ability to accept Glock or any other standardized pistol magazine. Heard the aftermarket ones aren't reliable either.

 

[Glaciers]

Yeah one of these days, well I’ve been saying that about buying a carbine 9mm since Marlins camp 9. Here one day then gone. Haven’t seen one in years.
Carbines in 9mm has always sounded good but since I still don’t have one, obviously not high on my list.
I think the Marlin was produced in 45 as well. Can’t remember.
I’m kinda thinking the Ruger is maybe on the list. But….

 

[Missionary]

Yes it was.... and the collectors blew the price out the roof.
I think I read Kel-tec may make one.
We have a MEC-TEC 45 (10 years +) that uses a 1911 frame as the lower. Works great !! Bit on the heavy side. No FFL to get one.

 

[fiver]

the only thing that'll void the warranty on a hi-point is using an aftermarket magazine.
they someone [mecgar?] makes a larger capacity one for the carbines.... but?

 

[RBHarter]

I had 14 round pro-mags for the High Point 45 ACP carbine . I ran 8-9 reloads through the first 2 of those . It's not definitive but I didn't have any issues with them . Looks to me like the design is prone to fatigue failure of the clip tabs that catch the rim .