I looked at one at Whittaker's on Wednesday. Apparently, they've made some improvements to them since this thread was visited last.
The one I looked at on Wednesday was slicker than any of the many, many Henrys on other racks, and it was MUCH smoother than the Browning BL-22 I also fondled. While some folks didn't like the color-casehardened receiver, I didn't think it looked too bad up close. Again, it was a lot nicer than the Henry's painted receivers.
Wood, Henry and Browning beat the Chiappa hands down, the beechwood on the rifle wasn't done well at all, poorly finished, but easily re-done if so desired. The sights were quite possibly worse than a Daisy BB gun, awfully coarse and crude, but the rest of the metalwork seemed pretty good.
I kinda liked it, but opted to buy a Smith M&P 22C, which is pretty nice for a plastic pistol.
