Arik
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Which part is complete fabrication
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A new lever gun from Henry, with detachable box magazine.
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silentflyer
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I have a Henry .22 and .22 mag, great little guns, smooth, accurate and made in the USA. What's not to like?
sixtwoniner
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Looks to me like some folks around here need to check the details. My Big Boy in 44 win mag has a solid brass alloy receiver not coated very strong. No problem with 240gr. SWC over 24gr of 4227. SMOKEN round. It is one of the smoothest shooting levers I've ever handled. In fact as pistol calibers go it is a big time tack driver. Whats wrong with paying $700 for a very nice lever gun?
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Henry Repeating Arms Company has no ties to the past. They are hijacking the history of New Haven Arms Company.
Specifically these parts are fraudulent: "...of Henry Repeating Arms Company which dates back to 1860." AND "... our founder, Benjamin Tyler Henry." Benjamin Tyler Henry never founded anything. He was an employee of Oliver Winchester.
Henry Repeating Arms Company has no history dating back to 1860. Hell, I don't think they have a history dating back to 1960 (it is actually 1996).
The original Henry Rifle was manufactured by the "New Haven Arms Company." In 1866 Benjamin Henry, angered over what he believed was inadequate compensation, attempted to have the Connecticut legislature award ownership of New Haven Arms to him. The owner of New Haven Arms Company, Oliver Winchester, forestalled the move and reorganized New Haven Arms as the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
New Haven Arms grew out of the "Volcanic Repeating Arms Company" which was founded by Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson, who of course later formed "Smith and Wesson" once they acquired a licence to the Rollin White patent.
There was no Henry Repeating Arms, until the Imperato's started it. Maybe fine guns, but I don't like the marketing practices.
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Arik
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Oh. So it's like Springfield Armory or Auto Ordnance
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Have not looked into Auto Ordnance, but at least with Springfield Armory they do not pretend they are the original US Military Armory. They clearly state that they are not, and do not hide the fact they were founded by the Resse family in 1974.
The equivalent of Henry would be if I started a new revolver company tomorrow called Sammy's Patent Arms Company, and promoted our great tradition of manufacturing revolvers since 1836, since our founding by Samuel Colt.
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Arik
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Eeh. Springfield skirts around it. Their bio starts with 1777 and the creation of Springfield Armory dispite not having anything to do with it. In 74 the Reese family "rescued Springfield Armory" name
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mjr
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Good post, MAJPATT.
Yes, I shared your disapproval for years. My resentment of the company's misleading historical claims kept me from buying a Henry .22 back when I really could have used one. Their appropriation of actual history to "pad their resume" struck me as tantamount to lying and made me doubt the quality of their products. If a person or a company has no integrity in one thing, they probably don't have much anywhere else.
"Stolen valor" isn't just a vice of those guys who claim they were Navy SEALs.
But, you know, I just don't care that much anymore. Life's too short for me to be carrying around resentment on behalf of Benjamin Tyler Henry. If I resented every bit of misleading advertising or deceptive corporate backstory, I'd be a bitter old man.
And that's no way to be.
Looks to me like someone needs to check their reading comprehension. Pretty clear that the references to coated/covered receivers were in reference to their .22 line of rifles.
The brass Big Boys are beautiful rifles. Don't like the awkward drop of the stock, but they are very nicely crafted. And, the rifle caliber rifles have steel receivers, but again, references were regarding their .22s (which I like, by the way...).
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bigwheelzip
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