Henry Leverguns

It bothers me a lot that they play off the Henry name. I have a Golden Boy .22 and it's a great gun but I wouldn't want one of the Big Boy centerfires. I would like to have their version of the 1860 Henry but at the price I'm not likely to ever get one.
 
One of the things that makes me happy is seeing their eagerness to embrace the vintage feel. Deluxe guns aren't turned into composite stocks and heavy barrels, they are engraved commemorative numbers. How many years has it been since a company created a boy scout tribute firearm?

People can interpret this as using all of these organizations as free publicity, but set all cynicism aside, and ask yourself why Remington hasn't even released a gun with a sticker on it?

Commemorative and trophy and presentation guns were popular in the past. It's nice to see that tradition revisited.
 
Every time this topic comes up, you always have the people who will refuse to buy a Henry because of their "questionable marketing". I guess marketing is more important to these people than an actual American company, employing American workers, using American materials that makes actually decent products that they will stand by. Not to mention all the donating for various causes that go to Americans.

I have no problems buying from such a company.
 
I too am a bit surprised in that buying a gun that uses the name "Henry" is somehow a slight on the historic pedigree of a firearm--but in the interest of maintaining civil discourse, I will no longer refer to my lever gun as a "Henry" but instead call it a "Harvey." To the best of my knowledge there was no major historic firearms manufacturer called Harvey. Anyway, despite a few niggling issues, I like my Harvey 41.
 
I too am a bit surprised in that buying a gun that uses the name "Henry" is somehow a slight on the historic pedigree of a firearm--
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That part is no worse than TC and others calling their rifles Hawkens. The thing is TC and the others don't try to make a historical connection to the Hawken brothers like Henry does to Benjamin Tyler Henry. Henry makes excellent guns and I wouldn't let that stop me from buying one. I do have one but their centerfires just don't do anything for me.
 
A pedigree can't be bought, you have it or you don't. And there's no problem with that, if you aren't claiming a false historical connection.
 
I've really wanted a .44 lever gun for a long time now. As much as I would love to have one with a loading gate, but quality of the Marlins I've looked at did not seem all that great where as Henry's seem to have better quality control and slicker actions.

Finally decided on this shooter today.
 

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Nice--let us know how she shoots. I have a 16" rossi 44 mag carbine that is my favorite lever (after doctoring it up) and it loves hot loads.
 
I have a brass .22lr lever gun I bought new that stopped feeding rounds after putting 2-300 rds downrange. Took it back to the gun shop and had it returned no problems. Only complaint I have is the brass finish isn't as durable as I would like.
 
A few more comments regarding Browning…

The Browning brothers did make single shot rifles themselves in their shop in the mid/late 1800s. All subsequent designs for the next few decades were purchased by Winchester and produced or shelved. Upon designing the first autoloading shotgun, Browning and Winchester had a falling out, after which FN began producing that design. About that same time, Browning began partnering with, or selling designs to, other firms like Colt and later Remington. As far as guns bearing the Browning name, there were the original single shots made in the brothers’ shop (less than 600 made, and most of those remaining appear to have been well used), those produced by FN, those produced by Miroku, some produced in the US like the Buckmark, and probably others I don’t remember off the top of my head.
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Here is a little bit more information about the early Browning guns. This photo shows the Browning brothers in front of their store/factory in Ogden Utah circa 1882. Left to right in the photo are the brothers Sam, George, John M., Matthew, Ed, and Frank Rushton. The name of the dog was not recorded. Notice how young they all are.

John M invented his single shot rifle in 1878 when he was 23 years old. He was granted his patent on October 7, 1879. The Browning brothers began producing this rifle about 1880 in this location. These first rifles sold for $25. As already mentioned, they produced about 600 rifles. The Browning brothers continued producing their single shot rifle at this location until 1883 when the patent was sold to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The rifle debuted in the Winchester catalog as the Model 1885.

Notice the misspelling of the word 'ammunition' which was later an embarrassment to John M.

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The story of how Winchester Vice President T. G. Bennet became enamored of the Browning single shot rifle and journeyed to Ogden to obtain the patent is an interesting one. But to me the most interesting side light is that after John M signed the patent over to Winchester he still had enough spare parts left over to build some more rifles for unfulfilled orders. It was only after a letter arrived from Bennet admonishing him he no longer had the right to make the rifle that he stopped making them. But by that time, Browning had moved on to bigger and better things, he was already beginning to design what would eventually become the Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifle.
 
I'm currently shopping for a .357 lever gun. I'm going to buy a Henry.
What made up my mind had nothing to do with historical accuracy... It came down to 2 things.
1. They work very well at a price I can handle.
2. Made in USA.

I've seen enough of my friends and co-workers lose their jobs to overseas manufacturing. I'm not stupid, I know I will and do buy foreign made products, but given a quality choice, I will support American workers. Example is my SR1911 that I chose over other options in the price range. [emoji4]
 
My last purchase is a Henry Frontier. Very pretty, only complain is that it isn't very accurate but it's great on tin cans or clay birds out to 25 yards or a little better. Really a 2" gun at 50 yards. I had hoped for better.
 
I bought a new Henry in 30-30 when they first came out in 2009. The lever did not always lock into the closed position. So I sent it back to Henry twice for this problem. But when this same problem occurred again, Henry returned my purchase price. I've not purchased any Henry products since then. But their customer service is TOPS!

This is perhaps the first truly big game animal taken with a Henry 30-30. I hunted with the factory iron sights; the shot was taken at about 80 yards.

Jack

 
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My last purchase is a Henry Frontier. Very pretty, only complain is that it isn't ver

that doesn't sound right at all. straight out of the box, my frontier was blowing pile of cow crap up at 100+ yards. if the front sight wasn't as fat with my base model h001 it would too. I would call henry on this matter, they will make it right.:)
 
I just bought my son the base model carbine with the large lever for his birthday. He really enjoys it, as do I. It's a little big for him being 9, but he shoots it well and hits steel plates, cans, and empty shotgun shells. I was hitting an 8" plate at 100 yards using .22 shorts! I think Dad is going to need his own. Accuracy and action are fantastic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTtBn-V5_Y
 
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