Henry 45-70 Lever Action: Range Review & Recoil Test
Henry 45-70 Lever Action: Range Review & Recoil Test. Drop it Like it's Scott takes the Henry 45-70 to the range. See how this classic lever-action handles, loads, and hits steel at distance. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/drop_it_like_its_scott#person", "name": "Drop it Like its Scott", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/drop_it_like_its_scott", "description": "Drop it Like its Scott is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/54548b79-ba06-43f8-996a-bcc729823393.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/henry-45-70-lever-action-range-review#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/henry-45-70-lever-action-range-review" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/henry-45-70-lever-action-range-review", "headline": "Henry 45-70 Lever Action: Range Review & Recoil Test", "name": "Henry 45-70 Lever Action: Range Review & Recoil Test", "description": "Drop it Like it's Scott takes the Henry 45-70 to the range. See how this classic lever-action handles, loads, and hits steel at distance.", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The Henry 45-70 lever action is a tube-fed, hammer-forged lever gun chambered in one of America's oldest surviving big-game cartridges — and according to Scott of Drop it Like it's Scott , it hits harder on both ends of the rifle than most shooters expect. In his range review on Greyhive, he ran the rifle with a Burris scope mounted and came away with a sore shoulder and a shopping list. The short version: this is a classic-pattern rifle that still does serious work. Scott describes loading the tube from the front, a trigger he calls \"absolutely divine,\" and the ability to ring steel at hundreds of yards with a cartridge designed in 1873. The recoil is real. The ammo cost is real. Neither one changed his verdict. \"This is a real beast, not a rifle.\" That's how he summed it up after the last shot — and it's a fair description of what .45-70 does out of a lever gun that weighs what a lever gun weighs. Key Takeaways Scott ran the Henry 45-70 lever action with a Burris scope that was still mid-zero — he noted it was \"hitting a little low\" and not yet dialed. Loading is front-tube: remove the top portion of the magazine tube, drop cartridges in, and they slide down into the tube. He counted seven rounds in the magazine on his rifle — capacity varies by Henry model and barrel length, so confirm against the specific SKU. Recoil is punishing: \"My shoulder hurts a little n…