Henry single shot 243

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saddlebum

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I once knew a Hillbilly from the Appalachians that could shoot a old single shot 12ga almost as fast as I could my pump action. He kept 2 shells in between fingers on his off hand. Shot, had the lever pressed, auto ejected and he crammed another round in and yanked the gun up with one arm to shut it. I tried practicing it and bent a shotgun shell and decide I better quit. Don't know if I would even try to do that with a rifle though. That guy was flat fast with ole single barrel Betsy.
I tried that with a ruger number 1 25-06 on a bear hunt in new mexico . didn't work so good for me and things got real western for a minute
 

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what made it western. The bear charge you?
yes he took exception to being shot, I was on my hands and knees looking for those 2 shells while the bear was running up the hill toward me when he was at about 30 yards I remembered the s&w 29 mountain gun on my hip
 
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Picked one up Saturday.
Great looking rifle and the quality seems to be there. The wood stock looks beautiful imo.

Got a base and hammer extension ordered thru Henry
Found some ammo online federal fusion 95gr at $50 a box. Ouch that hurt
Looking for a scope
Nice looking rifle. If you can mount scope and leaving front and rear sights on I like to sight it in before mounting scope. Hope its a shooter
 

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4 boxes of gold came in today

waiting on a scope, should be today. Base and hammer extension on Friday. I should have a set of rings around here somewhere

then a range trip

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