wild willy
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6.8 SPC,6.5 Grendel or 7.62x39 would interest me more than 300 BO
Henrys new .223/5.56 rifle
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Understood. I own a BLR. But the addition of a long mag AND a suppressor turns a light handy rifle into something that is neither. Both have their place, but are the antithesis of what I look to a lever gun for. To say nothing about a stock designed to work with irons. Add a scope to see over a supressor and now you have a compromised package that delivers nothing that a bolt doesn't. Simply, they won't be selling one to me.
MachIVshooter
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I thought this had already been debuted? Seems familiar.
I'm sure they'll sell some, just not to me.
I'm sure they'll sell some, just not to me.
wesmonster
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It's weird enough I like it, but I'd have to run aluminum or steel bodied mags instead of a poly mag.
Honestly this makes more sense to me than the 'tacticool' lever actions on the market.
As much as I love tube feed magazines a box mag is required for 5.56 so why not use AR mags?
Honestly this makes more sense to me than the 'tacticool' lever actions on the market.
As much as I love tube feed magazines a box mag is required for 5.56 so why not use AR mags?
adcoch1
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It's weird, but I actually like it...
zaitcev
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Homesteader works perfectly for me.
Granted, I've never shot it with a factory magazine adapter module, but I am pretty sure there have to be issues, even leaving H.O. aside (that man hates P320 because they are unreliable for him). The only other Youtube reviewer, who had any malfunctions was Hickok45. His problem was a false lock back with Syntech. The cause is pretty obvbious: the pawl that activates the bolt stop protrudes inside just a little too much. Bullet tips touch it. This didn't float up at Henry, but Syntech bullets have enough friction to lift the lever and lock the bolt back. It's the same problem that Glock had to resolve with G42.
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doubleh
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I went back to the OP and looked at the pictures again. It still looks rather weird to me. Is the person with long hair with the rifle over their shoulder fixing fence? I blew it up but the quality was so poor I couldn't tell sex or what was being done. I have stung and also fixed a lot fence and a rifle on my shoulder would have made things more difficult. Probably came from a NYC ad agency.
earlthegoat2
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I’m interested but nit 223.
Kind of like ARs. I never liked them until non-223/5.56 versions arrived.
Kind of like ARs. I never liked them until non-223/5.56 versions arrived.
That looks smooth.
Crosshair
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Very true. It's kinda depressing how we gun owners lie to ourselves constantly.
"I'd buy one if it took AR/Glock mags"
Every single one of us knows this is a lie. A $800 gun, $300 optic, and $1,000+ worth of ammo, but it's the $100-300 of magazines that's gonna bust their nuts? If they are seriously interested in the gun, they're gonna buy it regardless of the magazine it uses. If the magazine is your hangup, they weren't gonna buy it anyway so their opinion is irrelevant.
I've bought guns that take $50 magazines and it doesn't bother me because I am genuinely interested in the gun for whatever reason. Magazines are not like ammo. You can use them more than once. (Yes, even AR magazines.) Not wanting a gun because it shoots a caliber you don't stock is fine, but magazines? Lets be honest with ourselves, they're just trying to not admit that they are uninterested in it.
I agree and disagree with you. While mag compatibility can be the determining factor that makes one shine over the other. Its not just bull hockey to not want something that doesn't work on the gold standards of interchangeability. It's not only the purchase price but you also have to consider storage space and parts/future availability. Mags are in fact wear items that do wear out and need to be replaced or rebuilt.
No I am not interested in that abomination of a rifle no matter what mag comes with it.
herrwalther
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I would like one in 308. My AR in 556 already covers what I need in that caliber.
22250Rem
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If this one sells good enough, I'd bet that we will see a 350 Legend chambering join the lineup.
someguy2800
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I looked it up on IG, It's a woman fixing fence. Maybe she noticed a broken wire while out shooting coyotes.
Madcap_Magician
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I think it's cool and different. I can't get over the resemblance to a Crosman air gun, though.
Crosshair
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I hate having to argue this, but you brought it up.
AR magazines are wear items. Magazines are not wear items in most other gun designs any more than the barrel is a wear item. They are designed and built to last extended periods of time. I have 40 year old Mini-14 magazines and surplus AK magazines from the 1970s. They last just fine.
The AR mag is not a gold-anything. It's a ball and chain on the gun community.
AR, AK, handgun, it doesnt matter. They can last many thousands of rounds or they can break when you drop them. Feed lips spread and fatigue, welds break, etc. etc.
I own several guns where the mags will last my lifetime because they simply are not shot as much as others. Mags will not fall apart just sitting there. (unless we are talking about fully loaded early production Magpuls
)I also own guns where mags are non existent too. YMMV
CraigC
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It's growing on me. The idea of a fast shooting .300Blk with no bolt noise. Could also see adding one to the 6.5Grendel collection of they offer one.
GeoW
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Looks like Henry is seeing just how close they can come to marketing a Saturday Night Special and getting by with it. No different than any other modern day Henry.
