Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Henry 22 magnum express

Found this model online while looking around recently . Bought a Savage B22wmr fv not long ago so I'm not in the market now.
Had I seen this Henry first , it would have been no contest . Curious if anyone owns one and if it's a good rifle ?
I'm a fan of raised combs for use with a scope and those aren't offered much in a lever gun .

Henry offers many models, most of them can be scoped. Some receivers have a 3/8 dovetail, some are threaded, some use a cantilever rail that replaces the rear sight, and the Express (with the raised come) comes with the rail on the receiver and no sights. The stock angle drops on the Golden Boy, you have a chin weld instead of a cheek weld.

Yes, the Henry rifles are good rifles. The fit and finish is above it's price point. The lever is buttery smooth, the trigger is good but can be improved, the hammer needs a spur to thumb it with a scope. The wood isn't as nice as the Browning while the rifle design is more robust than the Browning. I've only used 40gr, they've run great. Makes an excellent hunting, action and plinking gun. The lever is hard to work on a bench.

I like the function of a high comb, but think they look goofy on leverguns, going all the way back to the Savage 99s, Marlin .444s, and 94 Big Bores. Add-on risers look goofy too, but come off for use with irons, assuming they’re present.

I view the alloy receiver of the Henrys with some suspicion, but they’ve held up well enough for 50 years or more if you count the Erma Werke models, so I guess you could say the design is “mature”.

I am with you on the way they look on lever guns. I'd rather see them accomplish cheek weld by reducing the drop. I can get great cheek weld on a Marlin Guide gun that has a stock and lines that are pleasing to the eye.