Well I placed this rifle on layaway on the 20th of January, 2017. I took the day off to watch the inauguration. It is my Trump gun. An all American gun for an all American President. Caliber 45-70, a great American caliber, for our 45th President who will be 70 years old. Who will also be a great American President. Someday I will hang this over the hearth (when I buy a house with a hearth).

Sorry the pics are not too good. This rifle is a work of art. The bluing, the case hardening, perfect. I almost feel bad about getting my fingerprints on it. (almost).

That's a nice looking rifle. The forarm looks a little like a Schnabel in the way that it narrows.

Did you come up with the 45th President/ 70th birthday idea? If so, you're a marketing genius. Henry, or somebody, needs to start cranking out some commemoratives!

Lol no I wish I did come up with the idea. I heard about it around inauguration time and I thought "what they hey, I need something to commemorate this moment".

All American Rifle, all American caliber.

That is one nice looking gun. I love my Henry Golden Boy lever action.

Nice looking thumper- reloading is the way to really afford shooting that beastie and get the best performance from the cartridge- congrats.

Nice gun,and reloading is the way to go.

I keep telling myself I need to get into reloading. Even just a single stage to start.

I don't travel much anymore so I have no excuses now.

Love the octogonal barrel. Classy in my opinion. And heavy. I need to weigh it but wow. Solid. The wood to metal fit is great.

I've been looking at Winchester 1873's on Buds. Color case hardened in 357 I think.

The only 45-70 I ever shot was a friends Marlin (guide gun?) Holy moley what a thumper! And they were 405gr "cowboy" loads. I bought two boxes of ammo from Midway, a Winchester 405gr lead and a Federal 300gr soft point. Yow know, in case there is a rogue dinosaur in the neighborhood.

Just some comments. You almost can't find an easier round to reload. Everything is big so no finger pinching. Depending on the powder you select, you can cover a wide range of velocities. And if you double charge a case, it'll just pour out the top. There is nothing wrong with a good single stage press, but a lot good.

Back in my ill spent youth, I wanted some mild shooting rounds to put through my 1873 Springfield. The friendly local gunshop loaded some up for us. Very cheap back then. Be careful of shooting them across an open field. You can actually see the bullet sometimes. As it does its rainbow arc out to whereever.

Don't go all out at first. Instead look for bargains. Particularly if you want to shoot lead bullets. You can sometimes find them at private tables at gun shows on the cheap. I have no pride and even buy partial boxes of bullets when I see them cheap. The same for brass, sometimes a partial box of shells with a few live ones left, but the empty brass as a throw in.

That's a nice THUMPER!

Sweet rifle! My wife got me the "Trump" .45-70 stainless Henry for Christmas - actually just put the first rounds through it today!!!!! I absolutely love it!

That's a fine looking stick with that octagon barrel!

Nice looking rifle. You're going to love shooting it and reloading for it. So many options.

If you really want to have a ball, swing on out and I'll let you put a few through the Sharps.

I have the "All-Weather" version and I LOVE this Thump-master!!Henry really out-did themselves!
By the way, the trigger is AWESOME!