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Bad_Ass_Wallace Full Member Offline Posts: 150 Location: Kingaroy, Australia Joined: Jul 29^th, 2005	Alex Henry Mounted police carbine May 26^th, 2008 at 8:39am	Print Post
	Purchased a near mint mounted police carbine made 1878 in 577/450. Truely a classic firearm from a bygone era! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Brent Ex Member	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #1 - May 26^th, 2008 at 9:07am	Print Post
	OUCH! That not a rifle I would like to shoot too much. But a very very nice rifle otherwise! Brent


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thop Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 271 Joined: Jan 12^th, 2008	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #2 - May 27^th, 2008 at 8:20am	Print Post
	B.A.W. Is the picture reversed or is the hammer actually on the left side? Beautiful rifle. Terry

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MartiniBelgian Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1687 Location: Aarschot Joined: Jun 7^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #3 - May 27^th, 2008 at 2:13pm	Print Post
	Typical for the AH military rifles, the hammer on the 'other' side, to facilitate loading - so no, the pic in not reversed.


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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #4 - May 27^th, 2008 at 8:16pm	Print Post
	That's one you can take to the range and not worry about seeing a bunch more like it! Beautiful gun!

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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2853 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #5 - May 27^th, 2008 at 9:58pm	Print Post
	How is the trigger pull? The trigger on my AH rifle is the nicest I have ever found on a side hammer.


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MartiniBelgian Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1687 Location: Aarschot Joined: Jun 7^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2008 at 1:04pm	Print Post
	I traded my AH for 2 martini's and a Snider...


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2853 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #7 - May 29^th, 2008 at 12:41pm	Print Post
	I know you like Martinis, Gert, but AHs are special, even if they are military rifles. They must have been very nice Martinis, with a pretty good cripple-stopper to boot. OTOH, I'm still waiting for .450 Boxer-Henry cases from RMC. Richard


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MartiniBelgian Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1687 Location: Aarschot Joined: Jun 7^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #8 - May 29^th, 2008 at 12:43pm	Print Post
	Richard, There was a BSA Military Mk II in quite nice condition with a VG - excellent bore, anf the other one was a Bonehill sporter in #2 Musket with an excellent bore. The Snider was a Belgian carbine. OTOH, the barrel on the AH was only so-so, so it wasn't really a shooter... I was pretty happy with the trade.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2853 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #9 - Jun 1^st, 2008 at 1:03pm	Print Post
	B_A_W, What firm is the maker of your AH? 1878 seems very late in the production run.


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mwhite49 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1600 Location: Camarillo California Joined: Nov 14^th, 2007	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #10 - Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 7:32pm	Print Post
	These are amazing rifles. To me they look a little like a Wesson, or Steve Earls new Wesson. I expect that I would have better luck looking for almost any other rifle out there than one of these. I like the gracefull lines. What does your carbine wiegh in at? How much do you think the action wieghs? Thanks Mike


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AkMike Ex Member	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #11 - Jun 4^th, 2008 at 2:30am	Print Post
	I've had my Henry sitting side by side with an origional Wesson. There is no way that one was made with out copying the other! There can't be 2 great minds create clones that close to each other. Mine is a RH locked one


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MartiniBelgian Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1687 Location: Aarschot Joined: Jun 7^th, 2004	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #12 - Jun 4^th, 2008 at 1:07pm	Print Post
	Mike, I think you will find that the Wesson is the AH copy... Then again, Henry of course got his ispiration from the Sharps, but made it a much more graceful package.


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AkMike Ex Member	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #13 - Jun 4^th, 2008 at 10:43pm	Print Post
	Thanks Gert! I knew that someone "retro-engineered" someone elses work.. When mine was next to the Wesson it was the "Poor Cousin". That Wesson is a sweetie.


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Bad_Ass_Wallace Full Member Offline Posts: 150 Location: Kingaroy, Australia Joined: Jul 29^th, 2005	Re: Alex Henry Mounted police carbine Reply #14 - Jun 27^th, 2008 at 9:57am	Print Post
	MartiniBelgian wrote on May 28^th, 2008 at 1:04pm: I traded my AH for 2 martini's and a Snider... These are my "Big 4" carbines Top to Bottom 1861 Musketoon 58 1868 J.C. Lord 577 Snider 1878 Alex Henry 577/450 1883 Martini Henry Arty carbine (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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