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- Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:21 pm
- Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
- Topic: Opinions on Henry Lever .22's
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Re: Opinions on Henry Lever .22's
Hmmmm may have to look for one of those.
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:03 pm
- Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
- Topic: Opinions on Henry Lever .22's
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Re: Opinions on Henry Lever .22's
The Henrys are nice, dependable, accurate guns, but I would not call them heirloom quality. Plastic and potmetal rule that out.
In lever guns, heirloom means a 39a or a 9422, neither of which are appropriate for a kid. The first is too big, the 2nd too expensive.
That doesn't mean a Henry won't give good service and many memorable days in the field for your son.
Frankly, if I were buying a new .22 rifle that I wanted to last for a couple generations, it would probably be a Marlin bolt action, tube fed.
But I understand the attraction of lever guns. I have a half dozen or so, including a Henry H001
My first rifle was an Ithaca 49er single shot, a birthday present in the 1960s when I was 14. I sold that thing for $40 ten years ago, and I'm kicking myself ever since. But I mentioned that to a friend, who said his first gun was also an Ithaca 49, and his was like new after a careful restoration. Some years later that one is now mine, possibly for a future grandchild.
In lever guns, heirloom means a 39a or a 9422, neither of which are appropriate for a kid. The first is too big, the 2nd too expensive.
That doesn't mean a Henry won't give good service and many memorable days in the field for your son.
Frankly, if I were buying a new .22 rifle that I wanted to last for a couple generations, it would probably be a Marlin bolt action, tube fed.
But I understand the attraction of lever guns. I have a half dozen or so, including a Henry H001
My first rifle was an Ithaca 49er single shot, a birthday present in the 1960s when I was 14. I sold that thing for $40 ten years ago, and I'm kicking myself ever since. But I mentioned that to a friend, who said his first gun was also an Ithaca 49, and his was like new after a careful restoration. Some years later that one is now mine, possibly for a future grandchild.