Not to high jack IA Roy's thread on L H Mossberg.
Caterpillar guy wrote "I would like to get a Henry To try just can't see 700 for a rifle that is not something in particular."
Earlier this year I bought a Henry Big Boy Carbine (Blue steel) in 357 mag for brush hunting. It has the larger lever hoop which is nice when using gloves.
I have compared it to my Marlinf 30AW in 30-30 and my brothers pre 64 Model 94 Winchester. The Henry has the smoothest of the actions. Being a 357 the action is short and fast as well.
I put on the pic rail and mounted a Sight mark core shot sight (similar to EOTECH) on it as the eye no longer work well with standard open sights.
I hand loaded some 140gr Hornday XTP rounds and got it sighted in. It shot 3 round groups with all three hole touching. Did the same for 3 different shooters.
I paid $625 out the door at a gun show for it. While it was expensive I have a nice short fast action accurate brush rifle. I do not regret the cost.
To compare I looked this weekend at a Marlin 336 in 357 new at Scheels and it was around the same price as my Henry.
This is my first Henry but probably won't be my last as I transition away from semi auto's and bolt actions over the next several years.
Caterpillar guy wrote "I would like to get a Henry To try just can't see 700 for a rifle that is not something in particular."
Earlier this year I bought a Henry Big Boy Carbine (Blue steel) in 357 mag for brush hunting. It has the larger lever hoop which is nice when using gloves.
I have compared it to my Marlinf 30AW in 30-30 and my brothers pre 64 Model 94 Winchester. The Henry has the smoothest of the actions. Being a 357 the action is short and fast as well.
I put on the pic rail and mounted a Sight mark core shot sight (similar to EOTECH) on it as the eye no longer work well with standard open sights.
I hand loaded some 140gr Hornday XTP rounds and got it sighted in. It shot 3 round groups with all three hole touching. Did the same for 3 different shooters.
I paid $625 out the door at a gun show for it. While it was expensive I have a nice short fast action accurate brush rifle. I do not regret the cost.
To compare I looked this weekend at a Marlin 336 in 357 new at Scheels and it was around the same price as my Henry.
This is my first Henry but probably won't be my last as I transition away from semi auto's and bolt actions over the next several years.