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New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:14 pm
by ChuckD
Any feed back?

Found a nice Marlin 39AS, nice shape, heavy barrel, which I like, pistol grip, matches up with the Winchester 94 I use for Big Bore. Got the trigger to not "boink" and is about 3 lbs and crisp.
Stock fits "Kinda Funny" to my face, but....
Every time I pick up my Henry, it screams "this is how it should feel"

Wondering how the longer barreled Henry's are working out.

Thanks
chuck

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:16 am
by rr1220
have not got mine set up for matches yet ( waiting on front sights )
ammo testing with scope mounted this past week shows promise , dime size 5 shot groups at 50yds and a preference for wolf and 22 mag loves cci maxi mags and hornady 45gr
polished trigger and action along with spring change have netted a crisp 2lb break

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:04 am
by cedestech
Wife LOVES hers.... 22 and 22mag. Bore scope barrels when new and now with a couple bricks through them. They look good and are shooting very well. Mag really likes CCI maxi Mag TMJ and the LR show a preference to standard velocity ammo. Real easy to get a clean sub 2# trigger.

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:50 pm
by ChuckD
Any hints on the trigger? Mine is about 4lbs, pretty crisp. Being a SR shooter for many years a 4lb is what I'm use to, but less is better :-bd
thanks
chuck

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:44 am
by Doodaddy
ChuckD wrote:Any hints on the trigger? Mine is about 4lbs, pretty crisp. Being a SR shooter for many years a 4lb is what I'm use to, but less is better :-bd
thanks
chuck
Mine is 2.4lbs. Excellent trigger. Henry tuned up the action for me when I sent it back for a rebarrel and it's devastatingly accurate now.

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Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:31 am
by dhatch
Dodaddy. You failed to mention that I shot that group for you.

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:41 am
by Doodaddy
dhatch wrote:Dodaddy. You failed to mention that I shot that group for you.
Yeah because that's not your group. I decided to show a full five shot group and not four a shot group "and we all know where the fifth shot would have went". %-( :-bd hahahahaha

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:43 am
by Doodaddy
But I'll show yours to appease you lol.

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Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:59 am
by rr1220
I got similar results ammo testing off bench at 50yards with scope 22lr and 22mag

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:54 pm
by 40-65rl
What front and rear sight are folks putting this new Henry? Prefer Williams fool proof if it can be fitted to the rifle and a Steve Baldwin front sight.

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:46 pm
by Doodaddy
40-65rl wrote:What front and rear sight are folks putting this new Henry? Prefer Williams fool proof if it can be fitted to the rifle and a Steve Baldwin front sight.
I used the Williams Fool Proof with target knobs, extended elevation screw, Merit disc, 17AUG, and Sullivan fiber optic sight.

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:08 pm
by dhatch
I don't know where 4 shot group come from, I count 5. \:D/

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:22 pm
by Doodaddy
dhatch wrote:I don't know where 4 shot group come from, I count 5. \:D/
Math has never been your strong suit. B-)

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:59 pm
by dhatch
Don't forget who provided your DNA. =)) =))

Re: New Henry with 24" barrel

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:24 pm
by Doodaddy
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