As a birthday present to myself, I have been contemplating a Henry .22 lever action with the aluminum action as opposed to the brass. (mainly for the money reason)I have shot the entire gammet of rifles and am pretty well versed in the care of bolt action weapons, but a lever action would be a new realm for me. Any advice/ comments on the Henry .22s and are they mechanical monsters?
being only 5'1, the size of the rifle can be critical at times. Im assuming you have taken it apart, how much more complicated is it then say a bolt action .22?
It's not nessary to dis-assemble this gun. Plainly in the manual it says not to disasemble the action. Use a bore-snake or clean from the muzzle. I'm not gonna take it apart and find out when it tells me not too. And so far after 1000 rounds it's doin fine.
You cannot go wrong with a Henry! Accuracy, smoothness. fit and finish, etc. etc. I will say only one more thing......congratulations on your upcoming purchase of the finest lever action 22 EVER made!
I bought the Henry .22 Lever Action with intentions of giving it to my 7 y.o. grandson eventually. It holds around 20 rounds in it's tube, is well balanced, and most importantly, it's fun to shoot.
Listen to every preceeding this post, it IS the best .22 ever made.Its smooth, extremely accurate, easy carry, I could go on and on, buy it, scope it and use it.
My brother has 2 of them and likes'em. This is gonna piss some people off but here goes. Its kinda like the Pace salsa commercial. Their made in NEW YORK CITY. WOAH.
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I bought the Henry .22 Lever Action with intentions of giving it to my 7 y.o. grandson eventually. It holds around 20 rounds in it's tube, is well balanced, and most importantly, it's fun to shoot.
What? 20 rounds? They don't make one that holds more than 16???
I got mine used from a guy who must hate cleaning guns. Great lil gun, I love it. Taking it apart is not bad however I would highly recommend that you do break this gun down and clean its insides atleast every few couple thousand rounds. If not you will have a chewed up mess under the reciever and all the inner workings will look like mine with grooves on every thing. It'll get gummy and not throw as like it should. Any one with a good mechincal background shouldn't have any problem with it take it to them and after they tear it down and show you once or twice it shouldn't be a big deal. There is a synthitic piece inside the gun that is used to transport the cartridge from the magizine to the ramp. if allowed to get dirty pieces of brass will chew it up. Mine still worked and still does the gun was the worst i've ever seen by far proof these are tough lil guns.
As a birthday present to myself, I have been contemplating a Henry .22 lever action with the aluminum action as opposed to the brass. (mainly for the money reason)I have shot the entire gammet of rifles and am pretty well versed in the care of bolt action weapons, but a lever action would be a new realm for me. Any advice/ comments on the Henry .22s and are they mechanical monsters?
i have one of these nice little guns. they are fun and accurate. i would not advise disassembly without looking at manual first. ive been there, and putting the firing pin mechanism and receiver back on can be tricky. the only issue ive had with mine is that it WILL jam using Remington Thunderbolts and Winchester Wildcats. as a result i shoot nothing but good quality hollow points. i use it for groundhogs now anyway. great gun though. especially for the money
I know this is an epic bump, but I have something to say about cleaning the Henry .22 lever action model H001. That is the Blued lever action.
As for cleaning the gun, removing the outer housing and the firing pin assembly is very easy to do and will make cleaning the gun extremely easy. Also, replacing everything is easy too.
First, one must remove the stock. To do this you will need a flat head screwdriver. There is one screw on to of the stock that connects it to the rest of the gun. Remove that screw and simply pull the stock off.
Next, to remove the housing, were the chamber is, there are four screws. Unscrew them and remove, there are also washers that you will need so dont lose them. Then, cock the weapon and pull the housing back and up.
Third, this will expose the firing pin assembly, one big piece of metal. To remove simply work the lever a little bit and pick it up.
Once the assembly is removed the rest of the gun is open to cleaning. Powder Blaster is extremely effective. Simply spray it into the inner working and let dry. You can also run a cloth through most of the inner workings. Oil after you clean, THAT IS IMPORTANT.
So, five screws and you can "field strip" the gun. I recommend doing this after 800-1000 rounds. I failed to do this and my bolt (firing pin assembly) started to rub on the housing and it ate some of the metal of the housing.
To replace the bolt simply work the bolt simply work the action a little bit and place the bolt on the up turned piece of metal, you will see it, and close the action.
Remember to oil the working parts. I have shot well over 5000 rounds through my henry and the action gets smoother after every cleaning. It is to the point that my pinky can open the action and close it will no effort worth mentioning.
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