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Henry lever 22 LR
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Thing about buying one of these for one of my grandkids for Xmas. Is this a quality firearm or what? Opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
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That being said, there's a a bit of plastic in the internals and the parts are plated.
For a fun little plinker, Henry's are great.
When I picked out a rifle for my boy, I picked a CZ-455. Just another option for you to consider.
One is the standard brass model which I added a classic style scope because I thought it looked cool [8D]. The other is a limited edition Silverado.
I ran a box of ammo through my cousin's run-of-the-mill Henry today and it is an accurate, good quality gun. Well worth the money, in my opinion.
The design of the Henry H001-series rimfire leverguns is about 45 years old. It was designed by the late Louis Imperato, father of Henry's current president, Anthony Imperato. Erma produced them for Ithaca, which sold them as the Model 72. Later, Iver Johnson sold them as the "Wagon Master". Erma also sold their version. They all could be had in both .22LR & .22 Magnum. When Erma went belly-up, the Imperatos brought the manufacturing of those rifle to America.
I bought my first-ever rifle, the Henry Model H001L, in 2003, I have shot far in-excess of 10,000 rounds through it, and there appears to be no end to it. Since then, Henry has replaced all of the few plastic parts, that some early rifles had, with metal parts. Some of the metal parts are ZAMAK castings, and some of them are machined STEEL. The wood is American Walnut. The design was good, back in the Seventies, and it is still a good design, now with a lifetime warranty. Here are some pictures & articles, showing the Henry, and the older versions:
This image shows the guts of the Henry, after you remove the RECEIVER COVER:
...and, if you want to see a little more of the Henry rifle, then you can watch the maintainance videos, here:
https://www.henryusa.com/own-a-henry/henry-instructional-video-series/lever-action-model-h001-22lr/
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Maybe with CNC we can return to the all milled steel construction that went to the way side due to labor costs. Plus it could open the path to new designs with better/lighter materials.
Good to know Henry ditched the plastic parts.