Home Forums Lever Action Central Rimfire Levers henery... just me or a piece of junk?

Do you REALLY need an answer to those questions? Really...? BTW, if a feller doesn't like the Marlin, there are a couple of dandy quality lever .22's made by Winchester and Browning. But Henry, not so much.

Every time I think this thread has died, it pops back up

I can give my own personal experience. I've owned several model 39's over the years, at least half a dozen. Currently, I have a Winchester 94-22 also. The Marlins and the Winchester are quality pieces. They're probably "overbuilt" for the .22 cartridge. However the Henry will not feed properly. It wants to jam unless the lever is cranked smartly. I've never had this problem on a quality lever.

I have no problem with the materials Henry uses. I do have a problem with a gun that won't work. I have to give the Henry a thumbs-down at this point.

Cole, when I first got my Henry, it, too, experienced feeding problems (as an aside, my Model 39 had severe extraction difficulties, so even "quality" lever actions are not immune to problems). I sent my Henry back to the factory, where they fixed it and promptly returned it to me. Problem solved.

Tuco you can have a problem with any gun, but I've only owned one Henry and there are problems with it. Contrast that with half-a-dozen "quality" lever actions with absolutely no problems and excellent accuracy from each. Fooling around sending guns back and forth isn't my idea of fun times. Thanks for the info about your experience. It confirms my decision to trade this one back to the guy I got it from and stay away from Henrys in the future.

Henry's do seem "cheap" but people want disposeable plastic junk now adays. They don't want quality or to pay for quality. I think I'll keep my marlin 39.

With all due respect to bullard, this makes absolutely no sense. Glocks (to say nothing of a plethora of other modern firearms, including most of the current darlings of the shooting community) are ostensible "plastic junk," yet no one would gainsay their quality. The iconic Nylon 66 was also constructed of "cheap plastic junk," yet remains one of the most durable, and accurate, .22's ever built. And, as I noted in my original post, my "quality" Model 39 suffered such chronic extraction problems that I finally got rid of it in disgust.

I am no apologist for Henry, nor any other firemarms manufacturer. I do, however, possess a pair of eyes and a brain. I'm reminded, too, of Kant's observation: "Have the courage to use your reason."

Well Ive never owned as I aquired a golden mountie here a few years back and have looked no more but I have chatted with others that have carried around the same opinion that the Henry 22 levers in their Opinion was a junker that was not worth the effort or money to own...........