thoughts on a henry repeater

[EugeneNine]

I have the Henry US Survival (AR7). Sure its not as nice as the others but I just toss it in the truck when driving to the farm so its there if I would want to plink a little. If I ever get around to deer hunting again I want a Henry 30-30.

 

[jimmyj]

HENRY REPEATER ! If us Southern Boys would have had a sufficent number of Henrys- them Yankees would still be running northward !

 

[arjay]

I was unaware of the Henrys until my son bought a golden boy.Neat little rifle with the smoothest action I've ever felt in a lever gun.Accurate too.I'm tempted to buy either a frontier (octagon barrel) or the base model (1 lb lighter) .It would make a great plinking/rabbit gun.

 

[labworm]

Some day I will own a Henry Pump .22, I want to travel back in time when I could shoot a .22 on the sidewalk at Revere Beach.
What a great shooting gallery, "Tesse The Tease" was it's name.
Ducks moving in water, candles, spinners, swinging steel, and if you hit the center steel button Tesse would strip, not like today.

 

[LTC]

I guess I'm partial to Marlins myself. They are becoming dear though. You can't beat a nice mountie or a 39A. The Henry tends to be a lower priced alternative.

You do tend to get what you pay for in a firearm.

LTC

 

[sipowicz]

Don't over think it...if you like the Henry, buy it..it's just a .22 plinker so don't worry about what the naysayers say.

 

[w-30dreamin]

I have had a Henry Golden Boy octagon .22lr for a couple years now and love it.

Have a police officer friend who has one and says he has 20,000 rounds thru it and it shoots like it did day one.

 

[mc5aw]

JM stamped Marlins aren't getting any cheaper, and I've heard good things about Henrys. I think you'd have to put a LOT of .22s down the Henry pipe before doing any damage, and then I bet the company would replace anything within reason. I also heard from my LGS that Henry was hit hard by the Sandy storm, and is working extra hard to catch up on restocking distributors.

 

[Rugskipper]

I was with my favorite uncle last year when he bought one. We took out and shot it, and now a Henry big loop carbine sits at the top of my want list. Quality gun all the way.

 

[Hack]

Own two Henry .22 Commemoratives. You can sorta make them out in the display case:



The top one is the 100th Boy Scout Anniversary Model, and the bottom one is the Eagle Scout Model. They flank the Talo Ruger 1022 100th anniversary Boy Scout model.

They are both nicely built (heavy) rifles. Although I don't intend to shoot either of them (or the commemorative Ruger), I would certainly buy another in either .44 Mag or .45LC.

As for what to sell, I'd probably part with the pistol. Like posted the New Haven Marlins are going up in price.

 

[inspcalahan]

I've got a Golden Boy with the Octagon barrel, a full size .22 blued lever gun, two youth model .22 lever guns (inherited one from dad when he passed) and each of the kids now have their own bolt action single shot youth Henrys. The little lever guns are the smoothest, best shooting 22's I've used. The youth model lever guns get used more than the full size ones! They are just as accurate, smaller, lighter and still pack a handful of rounds. I strap one on the quad every time it hits the woods. It takes the use and keeps ticking. My friend has a Big Boy in .44mag and it'll shoot circles around my Winchester 94 Trapper in .44mag. It cycles smoother, is better balanced plus she's "purdy". Next on my list is the Big Boy in .45lc to match my wheelgun when in the woods.