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Question for LongWalker and any others who may have shot original rimfire Henry’s is there any reason the Henry could not be shot single after the magazine was emptied?
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Drydock
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No reason at all. But it's a slower, more finicky process than it is to thumb a cartridge into the Spencer breach.
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Single-loading a Henry is a pain in the posterior. Single-loading a Henry in a hurry is an invitation to a smashed fingertip (I
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think my finger was clear!). I can single-load a Spencer about as fast as loading a Sharp's carbine.
I actually won a match once doing that: I shot a converted Spencer carbine borrowed from a friend in a 20 round timed match. After shooting the magazine empty, I single-loaded the remaining shots. I finished the day with high score and the fastest time.* The old Spencers are the only old-school lever guns I shoot well, I wish I could afford one.
*(There were a couple of guys I think could have beat me, but I shot in the breezy morning while they shot in the calm afternoon. By the time their magazines were empty, I don't think they could even see the backstop!
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