Henry Lever Action .22

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I have found this to be a great gun with good acuracy and a smooth action. Anybody else had any negative/positive experiances with this gun?
 
Have three of them and nothing but positive things to say about them. They are well-built economically priced rifles produced by an American company with outstanding customer service.
 
It is what it is !!

I recently added some white/chartruce hi-lite to the front sight of one that belongs to a shooting buddy of mine and have shot it as well. I'm going to claim that it is the smoothest lever action .22, out of the box. As you have mentioned, very accurate. I really cannot come up with a negative. I also don't have issues with the alloy reciever. ..... :)



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Had one but stupidly put it towards a trade when I was low on cash, most def plan on picking one up again in the future. Very smooth action and very accurate. My range goes out to 120 yards and I used to put holes in bottle caps no problem with a scope on it. Also anyone who has one with a plastic barrel band Henry sent me a free metal replacement. I also stripped off the cheap paint on the receiver and it made it look great. +1 for the Henry lever action

By the way I prefer the base model or octagon barrel model as it has scope rails. The golden boy requires a special mount that Henry sells.
 
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One experience I had was to find out the sights are not the same. I prefer the adjustable rear sight with the insert, and I don't think it is found on the base model. Of course if you mount a scope then the rear sight is not an issue. Another thing I found among multiple rifles also involves the rear sight. In some cases, the gun can be hitting on center, but if you look at the rear sight, it looks cockeyed or favoring one side of the barrel. I made the mistake of adjusting one of mine to put it dead nuts on center. Only to see I was way off on paper. I ended up drifting it back to where it doesn't look right, but it was spot on.
One of my Henry rifles cannot miss very small (one inch) outdoor plinking targets shooting Federal 40 grain Champions. Another will score a maximum of 100/100 indoors shooting Eley Sub-Sonic Hollow Points.
 
I really like mine, but its not accurate enough for shooting beyond 50yards.

Its a light, small rifle for plinking and pest control at 10-40 yards.
 
One experience I had was to find out the sights are not the same. I prefer the adjustable rear sight with the insert, and I don't think it is found on the base model.
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The one I handles yesterday, was the base model and had the exact sight that you have described. It is a new model. .... :)
I guess I don't understand the other type of sight you are refereing to. .. :confused:

Be Safe !!!
 
My Henry shoots as accurate as any bolt action and twice the fun!

Jack

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I really like my Henry. Very accurate well made gun. Not to mention its made in America. I can't see getting rid of the Henry. Its too handy of a rifle.
 
I bought a consignment Henry last year and consider it one of the most fun guns I own. I encourage anyone to try plinking at cans from the hip if your range allows.

I've only found two detractions. Clearing jams is a real pain, and *don't* try to re-fire a dud round as the flattened primer strke jams up the action.
 
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I have sold them for Dicks and Bass Pro, I have had no complaints on the rifle.I was told the action is as smooth or smoother than the Marlin.If you had a problem Anthony Imperato the owner of HRA would be more than happy to solve it! Cliff:)
 
I've never had a jam or a dud round in my Golden Boy. It's the smoothest action out there, even smoother than a 40 year old Marlin.
 
The only negative I've encountered is that my wife has appropriated My H001T, and I now have to buy another one.
 
The stock is a bit short to hold effectively and the rear of the stock drops a lot so it does not take well to a large scope and likes to roll over when the shot breaks.
 
The stock is a bit short to hold effectively and the rear of the stock drops a lot so it does not take well to a large scope and likes to roll over when the shot breaks.
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But aren't you talking about the Golden Boy? The comb drop on that particular model is what I would call severe compared to the other models. I have a H001T and it looks like it has a comb drop similar to pretty much every other lever gun out there.

Define "large scope". I've had a Mueller Eraticator (8.5-25x50) on mine, and at almost 2 pounds in weight, it's what I would call a "large" scope. I don't have any problems at all shooting with it other than the innate weirdness of scoping a lever-action rifle.
 
I've shot the golden boy. In fact, my dad uses his to take out armadillos on his property. Smooth action, fun to shoot and accurate.

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