by thebear » 08 Sep 2017, 2:05 pm
[quote="duncan61"]The Marlin must belt in 450 Marlin.What is it you hunt with that Monster??[/quote
Not much at the moment, it was bought for pigs. The recoil is fairly savage as it is an 18" barrel and a fairly light gun. My 375 H&H is not as bad.
In regard to Henrys, I have two. One in 44mag and one in 357mag, these are used for Western Action. The 44mag has been faultless, but the dramas with the 357mag were unbelievable.
I collected the 357mag from the gunship, took it home and teat loaded it with my dummy rounds. As soon as I put the feed tube in all the rounds were pushed under the bolt. Could not find the problem and took it back. It went in for warranty, but OSA the importers do not do their own warranty work but use a third party. It took three months to come back and when I went to collect it, I found the receiver had been scratched in several places and the butt had dings in it. I was not impressed, one returning home guess what, it still had the same problem.
Back to the gun shop and I told them I do not what this firearm back as it has been devalued with all the scratches and is still faulty. They got onto OSA but they were not much help. I ended up writing to Henry in the US as they state their firearms have a lifetime warranty. I received a reply very quickly and was told they would send a UPS label for me to send it back. I had to tell them that I live in Australia not the US and we would have to find another way. I then wrote to the owner of Henry and they offered to repair or replace. As the gun had been damaged by OSA's repairer I told them to replace it. Three months later I received a new Henry that has been faultless. The interesting thing about this particular firearm is the calibre loading. My Western Action Marlin is 38/357mag,however the Henry is 357mag/38. It does not like 38spl.
As for lever actions I have four Marlins, three Henrys, two Uberti's and a 1887 lever shotgun. I do like lever actions