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I had the same problems with my Henry 30-30. After the 3rd time shipping it back, I asked for a full refund. The lady in Customer Service was very gracious and agreed to my request for refund.

The Henry 22 caliber rifles are fine because the design and engineering is from ERMA of Germany. But the Henry 30-30 is their own design with flawed engineering. I recommend seeking a full refund for this poorly designed rifle.

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Anyone know if this carried over into their new 45/70 ?

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The 45-70 is built on the same reciever and shares a lot of common parts. It is pretty much the same gun,just in a different chambering.

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Call up Henry and let them know, they will do something about it. A friend of mine had a buddy that had issues with a new Henry 22, the guy called the owner who agreed to meet him at a local diner for breakfast (we live in New Jersey) and Henry took back the old rifle and gave him a new one.

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I have two other Henry rifles. A 22 and a 22 magnum,both are decent guns that were designed and made by Erma of Germany before Henry began to manufacture them.

The 30-30 is different,the design is fundamentally flawed. And you just can't fix stupid. I called Henry and they told me the action is designed so that if opened to a tiny degree while loaded,the bolt can not be closed. This works in concert with the fact that the action tends to pop open a couple of millimeters when cycled with enough effort to get the thing to feed from the magazine.

Furthermore,the rifle can not be sighted in with factory ammo. The front sight is too short and since it is not replaceable,as no other sight to fit is available from the factory or an aftermarket source.

I plan on returning it to my dealer,I hope I can get a refund because the rifle is an abortion from a design point of view in my honest opinion.

If pioneers had tried to fight plains Indians with this thing,a lot of us would still speak Comanche.

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One of my co-workers has a .45-70 henry and he had a lot of function problems with it. Sent back several times, eventually replaced. He likes the fit and finish and the accuracy once he was able to shoot it.

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