That and I strongly believe in flat nose bullets in a tube fed repeater, I used to shoot the 71/84 mauser and always used flat nose rounds so the recoil wouldn't beat the nose of one bullet off the primer of the one ahead.
I just think it would make a nice hunting rifle, always liked the style of it.
Depends on what you're hunting. Take note that the toggle linkage used in the receiver isn't the strongest thing around. And it's mounted in a brass alloy receiver. So you want to limit the gun to loads that are no stronger than a black powder 44-40. And in fact this is already a step up from the original .44 Henry rimfire rounds that the original Henry and the later 1866 Yellowboy were chambered in. The .44-40 didn't see use in a lever gun until the steel version of the Yellowboy came out in 1873. So by using the 44-40 in these brass frame guns we're already pushing the limits.
Depends on what you're hunting. Take note that the toggle linkage used in the receiver isn't the strongest thing around. And it's mounted in a brass alloy receiver. So you want to limit the gun to loads that are no stronger than a black powder 44-40. And in fact this is already a step up from the original .44 Henry rimfire rounds that the original Henry and the later 1866 Yellowboy were chambered in. The .44-40 didn't see use in a lever gun until the steel version of the Yellowboy came out in 1873. So by using the 44-40 in these brass frame guns we're already pushing the limits.



























