Marlin lever vs Henry lever action

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Nah it is not a CNC programming error, the part wasn't put in the fixture straight. They may use the same machines for multiple product lines but the fixtures and tooling will be different because they are different dimensions.

I used to run a Fanuc 3-axis CNC machine at Ruger in their Prescott plant. I was the only guy in my group that actually owned a firearm. The rest were young hispanic immigrants, mostly.

We had to make changes fairly regularly to the programming to keep the parts in spec. And yes, placing parts in the fixture wrong was a factor.

On one machine where I was machining the dots for rear sights, the dots would suddenly be randomly off-center. It turned out to be a worn out fixture. It was for the P-series sights and had been in use for decades. Ruger decided not to repair it since the P-Series was being discontinued, anyway.

I dare say all of modern American manufacturing has fallen prey to "Corporatism" which is a philosophy of maximizing profits at the expense of quality and worker concern. It's sad and is destroying this country.
 
Henry made rifles without loading gates in the late 1800s.


The original Henry came out in 1860, and had no side loading gate. In 1866 a New Improved Henry was introduced with a loading gate developed by Nelson King. From that point on, all lever action, tube magazine Winchesters had the side gate.
The 1895 lever Winchester had no loading gate, but it had no tube magazine, but a box magazine that could accept spire point bullets.

And, as said, today's Henry company is in no way connected with the original Winchester is the "spiritual" descendant, though even that company only exists as a legal entity, since it does not actually manufacture rifles anymore.
 
I want to like the Henry’s but I just don’t. My father in law has one of the 22’s. It’s as slick as butter and a great shooter. I don’t care for the die cast painted reciever but that’s a quibble. The centerfire guns though are to me really heavy and badly proportioned. They look like the Chinese counterfeit cars, they look pretty close, but all the proportions are wrong. They do put great wood on them and are pretty nicely finished though.
 
That’s what cracks me up somewhat about the BLR comments earlier. The Winchester 1895 and the BLR have the same design philosophy but somehow the BLR is not traditional.

I concede though, the thread is about the Marlin 336 and the Henry counterpart so I can understand, within that vein, the Winchester 1895/BLR being different.

In the end though, I have nothing against Henry. I think they are well made and the loading gate lack does not bother me. However; like I mentioned in another thread, for some reason that I don’t understand, Henry’s command a premium and have high resale value.

I have never bought a new gun in my life and when there are spades of Marlins out there a 75% of the cost, I will choose a Marlin every time. This really only is relavent to centerfires too by the way.

As far as the extended market of Henry though, I would like one of their pump .22 Magnums. No one makes one of those anymore besides Henry. Just have to peruse the used market for one.
 
Is a Henry worth the extra money??
I want a new 3030 Win.
Henry, Marlin ? I, have read a lot of the posts. People say no, loading gate on the Henry, Does that really matter? I thought we were hunting, and not defending the wagon train. Loading gate? Why, because you want to reload fast? Lets look back, way back. Who remembers the tube feed .22's, there was no loading gate, and no one complaned about it. If Henry is putting out a good prouduct, then so be it. If Marlin is putting out a prouduct that is questionable, then why buy it. As far as price, it has been said, you get what you pay for.
 
People say no, loading gate on the Henry, Does that really matter?

Yes it matters because to use an incredibly trite term - it’s a free country. In the grand scheme of life does it really matter whether one drives a Ford or a Chevy? Same thing. I can’t stand rifles with DBM’s so I’m not going to own one. They are as utile or more so than a hinged floorplate or blind magazine but I ain’t gonna own one. someguy2800 would rather have his Pacer with racing stripes, I’ll take a Corvette. Most choices we make with firearms are based solely on subjective views whether anyone will admit it or not.
 
The centerfire guns though are to me really heavy and badly proportioned.

Big Boy Steel weighs 7 lbs and 6.6 for the carbines, the .30-30s and .45-70s weigh 7 lbs, and the Long Ranger weighs 7 lbs. Only heavy if you want 'brass' receiver.
 
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