Henry 1860

LRChops

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$2300.00 for a new Henry 44-40 1860. Gorgeous rifles.

I'm not talkin Uberti, I'm talkin original new HENRY.

If its not made in America, Its not made at all!

Worth it?
 
Not to me. My Cimarron 1860 cost $1100 NIB. The extra $1200 would buy me another Cimarron or a lot of shells.

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I got the steel "iron frame" version and it was the expensive one. You could have picked them up cheaper.
 
Worth it?

Howdy

Not to me. I bought my Uberti Iron Frame (really steel) Henry on sale at Dixie Gunworks a bunch or years ago for $800. Street price was about $1000 at the time.

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I'm not talkin Uberti, I'm talkin original new HENRY

'Original'? Hardly. Have you been taken in by HRAC's misleading advertising that they are somehow connected to the New Haven Arms Company, the actual manufacturer of the original 1860 Henry Rifle?

If its not made in America, Its not made at all!

Well, there's provocative statement if I ever heard one. Sorry, HRAC has ticked me off enough over the years with their misleading advertising and half truths that they will never see a nickle of my money, I don't care where they are made.

Very happy shooting my Uberti Henry.

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'Original'? Hardly. Have you been taken in by HRAC's misleading advertising that they are somehow connected to the New Haven Arms Company, the actual manufacturer of the original 1860 Henry Rifle?

I agree! I don't know how many people I've talked to who think that the Henry company of todays is the SAME one that made the original civil war era 1860 Henry rifle! It's silly!

Uberti makes a FINE, FINE rifle in there 1860 Henry. I have been in the market for a brass-framed full length bbl Henry in .45 Colt for years.

OP, go ahead and drop an extra grand (:eek:) on that rifle if you REALLY think it's going to be that much better than an Uberti. Hint: it won't be!

I'm all for buying American when I can afford it, but not when the company uses shoddy advertising and copy cat manuevers to get it's name out there and try to claim a legacy it has absouletely NO business claiming!
 
It's a nice rifle & reflects the costs of producing it here in the US.
Henry did a good job on it, and it's expensive both because of the quality & because of the way it's done.

Henry sources parts & some aspects of machining in several locations, three states.

Whether or not it's worth the price is up to the potential buyer.
Street would be a little lower than that $2300.
Denis
 
I have nothing against the Uberti rifles, in fact I have an Uberti Winchester copy John Wayne commemorative that is a very high quality rifle. And I have two Uberti single action pistols that are great guns to shoot.

I like the Uberti, but I do not care much for American look alike guns produced overseas. I am not a hater and I know that the Japanese Winchesters are super high quality as most Japanese produced weapons are. I just cannot push myself to by a Japanese Winchester.

I agree the $2300 tag is high but most American made products are priced higher due to our federal over regulations on manufacturers and tax penalties for being an American business. The government is to blame for high dollar American products.

I may get an Uberti instead. I am not a cowboy action shooter, but I do love the cowboy guns! I would like to kill a buck with an Uberti Henry Rifle!!!!!
 
Can someone fill me in on why Henry has bad advertising? I've been thinking of getting one, so I'd just like to know what the dislike is about.
 
the rifleer Wrote:
Can someone fill me in on why Henry has bad advertising? I've been thinking of getting one, so I'd just like to know what the dislike is about.

Actually, if you are in the advertising business.. one would say they have a great advertising department.....

Read this first, from the Henry Repeating Arms website:

http://www.henryrifles.com/henry-history/

Now, that sounds all great and wonderful.. right? But, here is the thing... the Henry Repeating Arms company, the site you just read from, has nothing to do with the New Haven Arms company that made the original Henry Rifles.

Now.. while it is true that in the little History lesson you just read they never claimed to be the original maker of the Henry Rifle.... but at the same time they refrained from saying they were not the same company. So, their advertising leaves a lot of people put off because of this play on words that make people think they are the original makers.

So.. is it good advertising or bad advertising? Guess it depends on who you ask.


That all said....

They are an American company, that makes very good American made firearms and backs up those firearms with a lifetime warranty. I've read a lot of posts about how great Henry Repeating Arms customer service is. The action on the lever action rifles made by Henry Repeating Arms are some of the slickest out of the box in the industry (if you don't believe me, go to a gun shop and start working some levers.. I did and it was eye opening). All-in-all ,the customer satisfaction for the product and after service dealings are overwhelmingly reported to be very good on the internet reviews, blogs and forums.


Disclaimer* I do not own a Henry and I do not own any rifle. I'm about to buy my first rifle and have been researching. This is how I learned about Henry rifles and they might be my first... advertising aside
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I don't like that they use the Henry name and infer by silence a connection to the original Henry made by New Haven Arms Co., later known as Winchester. I have a Golden Boy .22 and wouldn't take anything for it but I don't like the looks of the centerfires even tho they look exactly like the .22 only bigger.:eek: I have mixed feelings over the 1860 Henry being made by them but only because they already infer a connection. When you buy American you pay the taxes and fees and you pay for the American wages that produced it but even with all that IMHO it shouldn't cost 2300 dollars. Is it worth it? In my opinion, awww hell naw.
 
I note with pleasure that all of the pictures above are of "Iron frame" Henry's and not any of the brass ones.

My first encounter with a Henry in person was an Iron Framed one and it was a while before I knew that they came in brass (really gun metal originally).

The "Iron frames" are classic pieces and sure look pretty in my mind as compared to the brass ones.

If I had the coin, the original above would be on the way to my house this moment. I would have bought it in a heartbeat!

So you brass framed 1860's guns get some pictures into the post and lets hear why you went brass over iron framed? I am always curious.
 
Well, I don't think I'm going to pay $2300 for the 1860 Henry I have ordered at my local gunshop, but I have that much set aside just in case. Yes, I could be like everyone else and purchase an Uberti, but I really want the Henry. Does Chevrolet, Ford, etc still make cars like they used too? How about those gas mileage claims? My point is, it's advertising. I want the Henry, have the money set aside and will gladly shell out the cost whenever it arrives.
Ralph
 
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