They aren’t light, but fall well within the range I prefer. Walnut and steel aren’t getting any lighter. Get one in .45/70 and you’ll probably appreciate the weight. Most lever-actions are far from light too, compared to synthetic-stocked bolt actions, and I see the Henry SS as competing with those, and winning on price, and often accuracy. Hard to find another rifle as nice as a Henry SS for around $500.
The triggers on rifles produced in 2020 and later are the new, much-improved ones. Based on reviews of new lever actions that I’ve read, most have heavy trigger pulls. They are stocked to accommodate iron sights, but so are most leverguns.
