I decided it should have its own thread, rather than buried in the bottom of the thread about my ill fated effort to re-barrel my .45 Henry (now sold) into a .44-40.
It shipped second day Fed Ex from the generous pard MT Marfields FFL to my FFL in Grass Valley. The the californication 10 day jail starts when it gets here.
It is an "As New" Dixie Gunworks sourced 1860 Henry Military Model in .44-40. It has sling swivels, a trapdoor buttstock and even has a four pice Henry cleaning rod in the butt stock! It is an exact duplicate of the original Navy Arms sourced 1860 Henry Military model I got in 1995, right down to the cleaning rod (remember when Navy Arms sold them?)
Now the only thing lacking is one of those web prairie belts that Navy Arms used to sell. Not that it was a great belt, but just sentimental... It had 44 loops. I loaded 22 with rifle and 22 with pistol. It was the belt I wore for years while I had that Henry. I keep scouring ebay and put a WTB on SASS Wire forum, but no joy, Dang, I turned 65 yesterday, and I am getting all nostalgic.
Thank You MT Marfield....