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I got this one as kind of impulse buy... was in a good mood, got a decent price, and was already DROSing something else. Perfect time to add another one onto the DROS, right?
I really wanted a Marlin 39A, but it was a bit out of my budget. I took a look at the Henry and it seemed to be put together pretty nicely. Nice walnut stock, no frills, and a pretty decent weight to it.
I finally got to take it out to the range last night and put some lead through it! It has a nice slim profile, so it fits in my case nicely, leaving plenty of room for other stuff. The stock leaf sights are pretty decent. It would be nice to have a rear peep sight and gold bead on the front sight post, but whatever. For a $300 rifle, I am not going to be that picky. Really easy to load. I like not having to lug around a bunch of magazines, loaders, etc. REALLY nice to have a 15 round capacity instead of the usual 10 rounds.
The lever action is really smooth. The trigger has a nice crisp break and it just as smooth. The walnut stock felt good and helped soak up most of the recoil. I had zero jams and zero FTF/FTE through about 250 rounds. Really good rifle out of the box and I think I'll be keeping this one for quite some time.
Got a pretty good feel for it after about 20-30 rounds. Not really sure how to adjust the sights, since I am shooting a little high and to the left. Target was out at 25 yds since I was indoors at the time. I had a couple fliers here and there when I got lazy or lost the front sight post. Put about 25 rounds into the target and I think I'm pretty happy with it. Using regular CCI Blazer 40g stuff, nothing special. It'll be nice to take it outdoors and take it out a little farther.
I really wanted a Marlin 39A, but it was a bit out of my budget. I took a look at the Henry and it seemed to be put together pretty nicely. Nice walnut stock, no frills, and a pretty decent weight to it.
I finally got to take it out to the range last night and put some lead through it! It has a nice slim profile, so it fits in my case nicely, leaving plenty of room for other stuff. The stock leaf sights are pretty decent. It would be nice to have a rear peep sight and gold bead on the front sight post, but whatever. For a $300 rifle, I am not going to be that picky. Really easy to load. I like not having to lug around a bunch of magazines, loaders, etc. REALLY nice to have a 15 round capacity instead of the usual 10 rounds.
The lever action is really smooth. The trigger has a nice crisp break and it just as smooth. The walnut stock felt good and helped soak up most of the recoil. I had zero jams and zero FTF/FTE through about 250 rounds. Really good rifle out of the box and I think I'll be keeping this one for quite some time.
Got a pretty good feel for it after about 20-30 rounds. Not really sure how to adjust the sights, since I am shooting a little high and to the left. Target was out at 25 yds since I was indoors at the time. I had a couple fliers here and there when I got lazy or lost the front sight post. Put about 25 rounds into the target and I think I'm pretty happy with it. Using regular CCI Blazer 40g stuff, nothing special. It'll be nice to take it outdoors and take it out a little farther.
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