When I joined SASS late'95 into '96 there had been warnings about letting the follower go and detonations while loading the Henry in the SASS Chronicle. The procedure was to hold the rifle close to the horizontal and ease the follower down on the cartridges. One match I had the loading table, watched the guy load it properly,,, he had control of the follower and while he had the rifle in the verticle, I was standing in front of the magazine slot. I said hmmmm,,, let me turn to the s-i "BAM" d-e. Everything came to a screeching halt. We unpuckerer, he was still holding the follower in his hand. It was determined it was probably a high/sensitive primer.. We were shooting in the country on a guys property, went to his workshop had the magazine squared away in two stages. Someone asked what was that on my sleeve, on my left bicep was a .50 cent size spot of blood , took my shirt off and either a piece of brass or lead had hit me. It was checked, it was ok. Still got a SASS "hickie" on my arm. Got an Iron Frame Henry in 44-40 about 8 months later, still shoot it every now and then.
My Henry war story,
Isom