Henry Big Boy Carbine

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Will do, I have a golden boy in .22 smooth actin and pretty darn accurate with open sights @50 y:)
 
That looks like fun. My dad has the full size version. Good shooter. The handloads for my Rossi won't fit in his. Its an OAL issue. But if you load specific for it, no issues. The Henry is more accurate than my Rossi. The brass receiver looks cool. I hope you enjoy it.
 
Worked with a 16-inch .357.
Put three holes under an inch at 100 yards on one group.
Denis
 
They're really nice-looking guns. Personally, I think they're almost too nice to shoot.

The one I shot was heavy for a lever action carbine, and I didn't like the tube feed. The action was amazingly smooth though. I was just shooting offhand, so I can't really speak for its accuracy, but it was putting bullets right where I wanted them. Overall, I really enjoyed it.

All things considered (including money), I'd rather have a Rossi to plink with, but the Henry is a very nice rifle.
 
I have been tempted to buy a Henry carbine in 4570 because of the Marlin feascio
 
mooosie, the Marlin fiasco has been remedied. They have re-tooled and updated. When they moved from CT to the Remington Plant in Ilion, the machines were old as the hills and were sabotaged and broke by the former employees. Made for bad quality rifles. If you check current reviews you can see that quality is back where it should. I have a Marlin 45-70, but mine is a 2003 model 1895G. Its a shooter.

Back to the Henry, I thought the one I shot was a little heavy, but it felt balanced. I do like side feed better than the tube feed of the Henry, but it isn't a show stopper. One thing is, in that Henry's have an old name, but don't have any history like the Winchesters and Marlins do.
 
Picked it up today, first impressions for a 16" barrel things gots some heft to it from the thick octagon barrel. Very smooth action like other Henry rifles, great trigger. Will post range results soon
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The barrel...lands and grooves=wow, very nice smooth and even. See if I can get close up pic
 
Decent looking carbine but I would prefer the look and function of a side loading gate to that of a tube feed design.

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Their is something to be said for the side feed. You can load on the go.

That is one sweet looking Henry Carbine. My dad has the longer barrel version and its a shooter. I wouldn't hesitate to own one. Whats the caliber?
 
I have the Henry Model H0001 .22 I like it . The tube feed can be slow,but I saw an artical in Backwoods magizine about speedloaders for these sort of tubular feed magizine . Not a lot to it,find ahe correct diamiter tube, cut to length ,cap one end,plug other end bingo !
 
dh1633pm said:
mooosie, the Marlin fiasco has been remedied. They have re-tooled and updated. When they moved from CT to the Remington Plant in Ilion, the machines were old as the hills and were sabotaged and broke by the former employees. Made for bad quality rifles. If you check current reviews you can see that quality is back where it should. I have a Marlin 45-70, but mine is a 2003 model 1895G. Its a shooter.

Back to the Henry, I thought the one I shot was a little heavy, but it felt balanced. I do like side feed better than the tube feed of the Henry, but it isn't a show stopper. One thing is, in that Henry's have an old name, but don't have any history like the Winchesters and Marlins do.
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I picked up a new production Marlin 1894c .357 and was pleased to find that the wood-to-metal fit was good, the bluing was even and there were no other obvious flaws such as the ones reported to affect the early Remington-produced lever rifles (such as canted sights). I took it to the range for a function check and it fed my .38 Special cowboy action ammo, no problem.

When I started shooting cowboy action about six years ago the Marlin was considered a very good rifle and it occupied a price point between the Rossi and the Uberti toggle link guns. I was very sorry to hear the reports that their quality had slipped when production was moved to New York. Not only did we lose (at least temporarily) the option to buy a new Marlin for cowboy action, but the price of used "JM" Marlins got ridiculously high.

I have been hoping that Marlin would get back in the game. From reports I have heard over the last year or so it seems that the newer 1894s are well built. My local Cabelas has had a good supply of the .44 Magnum rifles but it is the .357 that we really need to come back strong.

Now we need shooters to do their part and give Marlin a chance. Don't just keep repeating the internet "wisdom" that Remington has destroyed the brand. If they have fixed the problem, good for them. They should be commended, not torn down.
 
I was just in a shop and handled a big boy steel in .357. I think I'm sold. Like many others, I don't care for the way the Henry's load, but the cold hard truth is you can't have everything and overall it's a solid, slick, well built, rifle.
 
I don't own a Big Boy but I do have a Golden Boy .22. I had to return it to Henry for some repair work on the bolt. They got it back to me within 10 days, no charge for the repair. So they have great customer service.
 
Had my golden boy for about 3yrs now, no issuesat all. Good to know About Henry customer service....another Big thumbs up for Henry
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Just got back from the range with the Henry. First shots at 25y were low and right as you can see on the paper, from there started to walk it in. Once got it on hold a 6 o'clock there I put 10 rounds
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Then 50y
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so far I'm very happy with the purchase for Henry
 
Thanks MW, never thought of a rear peep sight....thanks. Need to research now
 
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