Anyone own theses 16" octagon barreled versions? Thoughts? After watching this review could not help myself and placed an order for one yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDtzqCnsSWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDtzqCnsSWI
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.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.