Any total haters of Henry rifles have probably never actually owned one. I have 5 Henrys...45-70. 44 mag, 22LR, 357, and a Henry Pump action 22 Mag....All beautiful, All work flawlessly, And If I Ever Have A Problem, Henry has the Best Warranty And the Best Customer Service! Rock On !
I do NOT need another 22lr. I have 3 Henry's and one is a 22 lr and I giggle like a child when I fire it. But the pump action, strike me dead. Grandma took me to the fair when I was, maybe 10. There was a 22short gallery and spent all day there. My memory is it was a Winchester, but I could be wrong, Gosh darn it, I don't need another 22, but this is making me frisky. lol. Blessings to you all.
Nearly every gun owner I’ve ever met has owned a Henry lever action 22 and had no problems with it. When I bought mine the gun store sold 3 of them as I was waiting for my background check to come back. I think they’re fine lol.
Back in 2023 at the age of 66 I bought my first ever gun, a Henry classic lever action 22. Had problems for the start with feeding jams. Send to Henry the first time and it came back with the same problem and ejection problems also. Before sending it back the second time I emailed a Henry representative server Al times about the problem and she finally got it and said the head guy at Henry was going to check it out himself. They replaced the ejector and polish the feed ramp and has been working perfectly ever since. I clean the chamber and barrel every time after shooting and about every third or fourth time I do the field strip cleaning and lube. Thinking about getting a Henry 22 pump in 22 magnum in the future and hope it works good out of the box.
I worked in guns and ammo for the local Bass Pro Shop store 2007-2018 and sold hundreds of Henry .22s, mostly standard lever actions and Golden Boys, although I did sell a few of these pumps. I admit to wishing I had one for myself, but I didn't have the funds then, and am still kind of in trouble. But the point I make is that we got almost none back on warranty work. The haters may not know that. The usual return reason when I was there was not mechanical malfunctions, it was stock cracking problems. They'd split along a grain line. Henry would not only install a new stock, but to be sure the wood was a nice match, they'd usually do the forestock, too. As for the Remington ammo that came in the pails and the 525 round bulk boxes-I found it to be poor quality. I bought two boxes totaling 1050 rounds, and all of my repeating .22s gagged on it. I finished the stuff one shot at a time in my childhood .22 single shot. I used to try to steer people away from it until one of them went and squealed to the store manager that I was trying to sell the more expensive stuff to get a better commission. We didn't work on commission. I was trying to help her have a better range experience. After the chewing-out and threat of dismissal that I got from the manager, I let people buy all the trash .22 ammo they wanted. But poor as I am, I save up and get only CCI Blazer or MiniMag, or Federal 22 AutoMatch.
That action was designed by Heym a German company founded around 1860, and was manufactured by Ithaca in New York, and sold as the Ithaca Model 72 lever action. I carried one in the mountains and loved it. I had a henry but somebody else wanted it so I gave it to them. Now I have a Hopkins and Allen single shot that rocks. I don't need a warranty.
I have a H001T and a Golden Boy .22 LR. I have shot them once a week for the last year. I have never cleaned the barrel, and only shoot CCI Blazers. I have never disassembled it and only clean with solvent and q tips, then with oil and q tips. I wipe it down and wipe down the loading rod. It shoots 1” at 50 yds. Guns don’t need to be taken apart frequently. I am a bullseye shooter and maybe once a year take apart my guns for a thorough cleaning. It isn’t always necessary. A lot of people do more damage to their guns cleaning and disassembling them. It is not necessary unless accuracy or function is affected.
Ive had a Henry pump 22 with the round barrel and Ive had many feed problems with it. I probably should have sent it back to the factory being the original owner. Ive lubed it and tried a variety of types including shorts just to assess the issue. I guess one day Ill have a gunsmith take a look at it. In my opinion the feed ramp is too steep and the bullet then has to make a severe turn after ramping upwards.
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