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Lever Action .410's - Help Me Understand Why? **UPDATE**
Frogdog
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**UPDATE later in thread**
I don't often require a reason or purpose for a new gun purchase, but these lever action .410's are leaving me scratching my head a bit. Just not sure what they're good for.
Help me understand. Local place has a Henry on sale for $398, which seems like a steal. It's beautiful.... but I still can't help but wonder what I might do with it.
Thoughts?
Comments
You shoot it and enjoy it. If I needed a reason or purpose for every gun I own I wouldn't have 95% of em. Go blast some rabbits or tree rats. Or clays, that would be a challenge.
Small game animal gun. ?
Do you really need a reason?
I'd love to have one for ground squirrel control. Not near as much chance of a Rick O'Shea into one of the neighbors places using a .410 with #7 shot as opposed to a .22 Long Rifle.
yes sir, ^^^^^
Yes, it’s working! I’m slowly coming around. A few more posts and I’ll be convinced I can’t live without it.
At only $398 I'd wager a lot of us here are wondering why you don't already have it in hand!
Small town Walmart at 9pm. No chance I was getting any help with it tonight. Maybe tomorrow….. if I’m lucky.
Because you don't have one.
Repeating shotgun that's not a pump? It's a little different, and more compact so it works better than a 12 gauge lever action would.
That there's "big game" and you're lucky .410 comes in buck shots.
Neo........
How about chambering a 45LC round in it?.......any rifling?
Didn't TC make some 45/410 barrels?
I've had cravings for one of those except the price of .410 shells has given me pause. All I have ever come across have been priced way over the 400 dollar mark as well! (like double that)
At that price, I'd have owned it! They just look SUPER COOL!!
WAKE UP! WAKE UP! It's time to go get that Henry!
I have .410s in top break, side-by-side, bolt action, semi-auto, pump and twist barrel (Bronco).
NONE of them make any sense! But as bunny busters they are great. I'd get the lever action.
EDIT: HOLY CRAP! Unless that was a typo, $398 IS a steal!!!!!!!!!! Have you seen the price on those things????
Maybe some of these for use inside the barn! The darn squirrels get in there and go to town on the chicken feed.
If I didn't already have a stockpile of 410 ammo, such a strange 'shotgun' wouldn't be anywhere near my want list(and I'm still not interested).
"Rick O'Shea"
I see what ya did there, Hipshot....
Wasn't he a famous Disc Jockey sometime back?
Some people just love lever guns. Some folks dote on the .410 shotgun. If there's any overlap at all, these guns are lust worthy.
They're also surprisingly practical, as several posters have shown.
Way back when I worked in a gun store, Henry lever .22s were $110. Customers shunned them because they weren't Winchesters or Marlins, but those who actually handled one learned how "smooooooth" they were. I didn't buy one back then, to my regret.
I purchased a Henry .410 @ my local small town (Franklin, NC), Walmart last month for $850, only because it was a good buy. I suspect your store has that gun incorrectly priced. I purchased mine to replace a Rossi revolver carbine. I fish quite a lot in middle to south Ga, and normally encounter more snakes than fish. The .410, loaded with #6 shot is very effective on them. Problem with Rossi is 5 shots, & spent shells have to be driven out with a screwdriver. Lever is just a much more fun gun.
Success this morning. Hit the Walmart early and just happened to catch the one guy who handles the gun sales. Clearance price was correct ……$398.
And under the tree it goes. Thanks for convincing me I needed it! Now that it’s in-hand, I can see/feel how nice it really is. Very pleased. My daughter and I are going rabbit hunting in January, and this may be just right for that.
Yes, you are correct. My mistake I was thinking of Rick O Shay, a western comic strip that used to run in rhe papers.
$398 was a complete no brainer steal!
I'm going to see if my Walmart has one for that price.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
You got a great deal on a really nice shotgun. Congrats
But can you shoot slugs through it. For that matter, is it fixed choke or choke tube.
Good idea. They told me the pricing all comes down from corporate.
@Frogdog
Do you have my address so you know where to send it?
Well, of course! You should probably go stand at the end of the driveway and wait for the delivery. 😁
Yer killin' me!
Congrats on that buy, Frogdog. That was a once in a lifetime find.
That is great @Frogdog , congrats. I'm jealous.
This one is the 20” fixed cylinder bore version, so slugs are a yes. I believe Henry also makes a longer barreled version with screw-in invector chokes.
For me, slugs would be the thing.
Well, how does it shoot?
Wish I could tell you. Story of my life…..no easy access to a place to shoot. Will have to wait until I can get to the range (an hour+ away).
2.5 years to go. Then it’s retirement, land, and my own range….finally!
Send it to me, I'll shoot it for you and let you know.
Great slug deer gun out to about 50-60 yards
Man, won't @NeoBlackdog be jealous.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
He already is!