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#14127394 09/15/19
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Anyone have a Henry lever .410?

What do you think?


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I own an original Marlin 1895 from back in the 30's and briefly owned a Winchester9410 but not the Henry. Based off this, I suspect the Henry will be easier to load from the tube but the rest will be a bit disappointing other than the "neat" factor.

The Winchester had a fixed cylinder choke and a cylinder bore 410 is pretty limited in regard to shot as the number of pellets in a load is rather small and needs about Modified constriction to produce a usable pattern to best use the 410's meager range. The rifle sights aren't much help either, they aren't conducive for clay/bird targets where one needs all the help they can get when using a 410. On the other end, the 410 slug is relatively anemic for game with it being best suited for game up to ~50# and well under 50 yards providing you find an accurate slug from the limited choices. I bought it on clearance and sold it when offered an ungodly amount a few years later.

The Marlin is a fixed Full and has a lot more utility. It loads from the side which is a pain but the choke allows one to take shots to 20-25 yards with a reasonable chance to bag game. This is especially so when used to ground sluice birds or other small game. Moving/flying it is more a 20 yard gun. The rifle sights are a bit of a problem for moving game but it is something that can't be helped.

There is a Henry at the store I work at, it is the 24" model with bead sight and choke tubes. I am not impressed by it. It's balance is too front heavy for me and I don't see how it can be improved adding rounds to it. One could add weight to the buttstock but that would make a heavy gun heavier. I don't know how it would feed compared to the others but the other two would occasionally bobble a round due to the blunt end of the shell. I would need to look at the Henry again- if it fed like a Win 94 then I would have concerns, if like an 1873 then they be less.

The price also puts me off, it's much more than I would want to pay for a novelty gun with little chance to rise in price as I see it. Henry seems to price this (and the 45/70 version) for as much or more than a Marlin 1895 which I think is high for what one gets. The Marlin is high, too, in my opinion but it does have a known track record.


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