Gunblast video .360 Buckhammer

[.45colt]

Watched this last night. not many like a black lever action but Boge Quinn did an excellent job about this Henry and the .360. https://rumble.com/v73mjya-henry-x-mode ... rifle.html

[Lastmohecken]

I bought the wood stocked model 360 Buckhammer Henry last year because I liked the idea of the 35 caliber with ballistics similar to the 35 Remington. We have a new straight wall season, instead of the old muzzleloading season, here in Arkansas now. I had lots of other straight wall guns that qualified but I just wanted this rifle. I have not killed anything with it yet, however, because I loaned it to friend for the season, and harvested my deer with a 45/70 instead. I plan to take some deer with it this coming fall.

However, it's a little but of a hit and miss on the accuracy of these guns. Mine didn't group nearly as well as the one on this video did. Currently, I have sent my Buckhammer to a custom smith out in Fallon Nevada, for some changes. I am having the barrel shortened a couple of inches, and threaded for a silencer, and in the process, I am eliminating the two dovetails on the end of the barrel, one that holds the front sight on, and the one that holds the end of the mag tube. I am eliminating the Henry mag tube and going back with a half magazine from a Winchester 30/30. I am hoping this will change the barrel harmonics some, maybe gain some accuracy. And even if i don't, I can't see it hurting the accuracy I have now. I am also getting a trigger job done on it, and I don't like those sharp corners on the factory trigger, so I am having the trigger rounded off, like a fine smooth double action revolver, while he has the trigger out. If I am going to that much trouble, I might as well eliminate everything that annoys me about it. I also shortened the length of pull on the buttstock about a half an inch, as I find it a little bit too long from the factory to suit me for fast shooting. It will still hold 4 rounds in the mag and one in the barrel for a 5 round capacity when I get done with it.

I will post it on here, in a couple of months when I get it done. Anyhow, I am having all of these changes done to the blued steel and walnut version of the Henry Buckhammer. Mine has a straight grip, and I do like the pistol grip of the plastic stocked black rifle version, but I just can't warm up to a plastic stocked rifle, like the one in the video. To each his own, I guess.

[.45colt]

I...as well am not crazy about the plastic stocked rifles. I did like this review of the .360 calibre round and I didn't know that Federal was offering it in a 220 grain bullet. Here in Ohio we can hunt with just about any straight wall cartridge .

[Lastmohecken]

I...as well am not crazy about the plastic stocked rifles. I did like this review of the .360 calibre round and I didn't know that Federal was offering it in a 220 grain bullet. Here in Ohio we can hunt with just about any straight wall cartridge .

We can hunt with any straight wall cartridge here in Arkansas also. I have lots of 45/70 and assorted .357's and 44 mags, but I just like the idea of the 35 cal and I like the idea that rounds can be made out of 30/30 cases. The 35 Remington has always had a pretty reputation as a deer and black bear round, so I thought I would give it a shot. However, now I am wishing I had bought one of the Winchester Big bore 94's in .375 win when they were more available, years ago, especially since I found out that you can also shoot 38/55's out of it. But if this Buckhammer turns out like I hope it will, I will probably be happy with it.

[AJMD429]

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I only have one Henry levergun - in 327 Federal, and I got it as a sort of 'modern 32-20' to fiddle with, hoping to make it a really accurate little rifle, but to the limited extent I've shot it (100 rounds or so of various factory loads), I've not been impressed with accuracy. I plan to give it another try this summer, and if it is still inaccurate with handloads, maybe even send it to Henry for a go-over.

As far as plastic stocks - I have my Ruger Bisley Vaquero, and my Glock. One is for woods-walking and range use, and could do for hunting, and the other is a tool for self-protection. I take care to keep the Vaquero looking fine and it has some beautiful Bisley grip panels; it is a gun to love, but as far as the Glock, all I care about is its ability to go bang reliably if there is a crisis - the only 'love' invested into it is I put some dorky-looking ghost-ring tritium sights on it, because they work well in low-light conditions.

I also have my beautifully stocked WInchester 92 BB in 375 WInchester, and my aluminum-stocked Marlin 1894 357 CST with an electronic optic, light, and suppressor. One is for woods-walking, range use, and hunting, and the other is a tool for livestock and home protection. I take care to keep the Winchester looking fine and it is a gun to love, but as far as the Marlin, all I care about is its ability to go out in the dark when the livestock are in trouble, and deal with whatever is going on.

So to me, some of the stainless/plastic/'tactical' leverguns are like that Glock - a tool for a specific purpose where I care naught about 'looks' and only care about function.

The Buckhammer is a way to get a levergun afield for legal whitetail hunting, so I don't think I'd care to 'tactical-ize' it, although I just might prefer a pistol-grip enough to consider an unattractive stock as an option, though I think I'd prefer a wooden buttstock with the pistol grip - surely that isn't that much harder to manufacture.

[FLINT]

Looks like Michigan, Indiana, and Iowa are the states that have the 1.8" max case length for straightwall cartridges. If I lived in one of those states, I think the buckhammer would be at the top of my list of options, as I've never been able to warm up to the look or even the idea of an ar style rifle. to gadgety looking for me.

I did like this review of the .360 calibre round and I didn't know that Federal was offering it in a 220 grain bullet. Here in Ohio we can hunt with just about any straight wall cartridge .

yes, it's been out for a little while. They are also offering the same bullet for the 35 rem - both in their new hoghammer ammo. I bought some about a year ago, but haven't shot it yet. it ought to thump pretty good I'd imagine.

[Lastmohecken]

Looks like Michigan, Indiana, and Iowa are the states that have the 1.8" max case length for straightwall cartridges. If I lived in one of those states, I think the buckhammer would be at the top of my list of options, as I've never been able to warm up to the look or even the idea of an ar style rifle. to gadgety looking for me.

I did like this review of the .360 calibre round and I didn't know that Federal was offering it in a 220 grain bullet. Here in Ohio we can hunt with just about any straight wall cartridge .

yes, it's been out for a little while. They are also offering the same bullet for the 35 rem - both in their new hoghammer ammo. I bought some about a year ago, but haven't shot it yet. it ought to thump pretty good I'd imagine.

I have shot the 180gr and the 200gr Remington's but did and eventually came up with a couple of boxes of the 220 grain Federal's which I shot a few just to see how they did. I did not shoot for groups, but did notice that the 220 had a little more drop to them and I was hitting some lower on a steel gong I had hanging on a chain at about a hundred yards away. However, I had some failures to feed with the 220's and that might keep me from using them. When you examine the bullets, you wouldn't think the slight difference in nose configuration would matter, but I did have some issues with hang ups in my gun. Maybe it was sensitive to how I was cycling the lever, more experimentation needed.

[FLINT]

Good to know. I wondered if the 220s would be too heavy for the 35. Seems 200gr. is really the sweet spot for 35 rem. the 360 might have enough extra juice to make the 220s work.

[AJMD429]

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Best quote in the video:

"...It's a large loop, but not a huge loop you could stuff a cat through or nuthin like that..."



I also note that he mounted the Skinner Scope on the levergun - (this photo is from the Skinner website)



https://skinnersights.com/products/skin ... ope-1-6x24

I might just pick up one of those for my next scoped-gun project.