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DPris

Thanks, but I like it better my way.

Denis

DPris

Henry stopped using plastic ten years ago.
Denis

DPris

The Golden Boy endurance run was 28,000 rounds as fast as I could cycle 'em, spread out among several sessions.
Didn't clean it till 22,000 rounds in.
Didn't clean the barrel at all till after it was over.
Denis

DPris

I've given Henrys to three younger shooters. The Saturday before Christmas I was invited along on a family outing with two of those kids. One 17 now, one 19 now. Watching them shoot clay pigeons on a berm with their .22s was a lotta fun. I was enjoying that so much with spotting & helping that I...

DPris

It was published a couple years back, don't recall where among the crowd.

Denis

DPris

The CZ mule-eared coachgun I worked with a while back was one of the two nicest ones I've handled.

Right now I've got their new Sharp-Tail hammerless here & so far impressed enough to want to keep it.

Made for them in Tourquay by Huglu, good stuff!
Denis

DPris

Did a shootout between Henry Youth & Browning Micro BL22.
Henry Youth won.
Denis

DPris

The toilet.
Denis

DPris

Summer of 1967 my father & brother & I were sitting outside late night in Idaho, watching for satellites to come over above us. Saw one come up out of the south, just like normal. Normal speed, normal brightness. This one kept on in a straight northerly track till it got roughly above us, an...

DPris

One thing people need to do is stop regurgitating OLD stories about OLD plastic on the Henrys. Those plastic front sight assemblies were ONLY on the bottom entry-level .22 leverguns, never on the higher-end Golden Boys & other models. And Henry stopped using plastic there 10 years ago. As far as...

DPris

I did a head-to-head between a BL22 & a Golden Boy.
The Golden Boy won.
Slicker & more accurate at 50 yards.
Denis

DPris

Good point.

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DPris

Browning "kids" here:
1951 Model 94
Rossi 92
Rossi 92 Mare's Leg
Chiappa 92 Mare's Leg (2)
1918 1911 Colt
Commercial 1911 (3)
Hi-Power (2)

He's well-represented here.
Denis

DPris

Blaine?
Denis

DPris

Naw, and they're so unfriendly to visitors they insist on having a guy stationed at the desk so we couldn't even bust any glass for.....closer examination....

Denis

DPris

Visited the Browning Museum again last week with son-in-law.
Hurts to leave that place empty-handed.

Denis

DPris

I did the Henry Golden Boy marathon endurance run. At 22,000 rounds, when it started to show extraction problems, I cleaned it for the first time. I ran it to 28,000 rounds total, replaced one extractor myself. After the run, shipped the gun back to Henry for analysis, it was returned with ONE part ...

DPris

In the process of switching from a Smith .40 M&P to the new 2.0 M&P in 9mm, soon's I can scare up a couple more mags, as daily carry.
Denis

DPris

Watched it.
Y'know, Jeff's only deficiency as a gun reviewer is that he can't pronounce "lever" right.

He says it lever, when it's really lever.
Denis

DPris

That was one problem with the Browning- the sights were too small & I really had to work at lining them up.
The Henry's sights were dead easy.
Denis

DPris

I have two CZ 455s & like 'em, but they ain't leverguns.

Denis

DPris

A while back, I worked with a BL22 Micro & a Henry Youth Model. I honestly intended from the git-go to buy whichever one impressed me the most. I'd shot two Brownings before & several Henrys, it was a head-to-head between those two for a compact .22 levergun. At the end, I bought the Henry. ...

DPris

I think it was unfortunate that Colt used the Cobra name, it's confusing a lotta people. It's not a bring-back of the original Cobra, not the same frame or action, and it DOES NOT MEAN THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY OF A PYTHON RE-BIRTH. The Python is dead. A Python II would be counterproductive & not ...

DPris

The H&R single-shots were dropped two years ago.
Only used available now.
Denis

DPris

The .30-30 will probably follow.
As for pricing, if I haven't already said it I'll say it now- These are not cheap imports & they're far above the quality levels of the H&Rs.

I would not hold your breath for any interchangeable barrel program.
Denis

DPris

Henry isn't merely "trying" to expand, they're aggressively expanding with new models & new versions of existing models.
Take a look at their new catalog.
Denis

DPris

You are entirely welcome.
If it helps prospective buyers get past the "cheap pot metal guns" BS, the wrist damage was worth it.

Denis

DPris

Good luck with it.
Ever get tired of the thing, just flatten out that buttplate & call me....

Denis

DPris

I had a Uberti .32-20 73 that I'd had cut back to 16 inches because there was just too much weight out front.
Could not tolerate that crescent, finally sold it.

The Miroku 73s are great rifles, I'd love to have one.
If they'd just do the carbine or shotgun buttstock...

Denis

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Griff, Dude! Bro! Buddy! Pal! Compadre! Amigo! I liked Ike. I know what Compound was in a truck & I remember foot starter pedals. I had a Frisbee when it was originally called a Pluto Platter. Been around for a while. Been at the game long enough to know what the crescent is & how it's used....

DPris

Been bugging the "Winchester" people for a carbine buttstock & short 16 or 20-inch barrel version for two years.
If they make 'em, I'll buy.
In the meantime, I can't tolerate that crescent buttstock.

Denis

DPris

Why bother with a tool?
The convertible Ruger Redhawk's clips don't need one.
Very easy to load & unload with just the fingers.
Denis

DPris

I had a Charter years ago & jettisoned it because it did double on me. Henry has tweaked the design, it's still no target gun, but it's a better version than the previous makers, and it's intended to be a self-contained survival/pack gun deal. In that role, fitting everything including three mag...

DPris

Let's just say no.
Denis

DPris

Been interesting, but I wouldn't do it again.

Denis

DPris

When I'm done with the remaining photos & the write-up, it'll go back to Henry for a thorough exam. Nobody's ever done this before & they want to put it under a microscope to see what tolerances may have changed. I'll coordinate with the plant manager & he'll walk it through himself. Aft...

DPris

Decided to remove the locking bar & spring and compare them to the same parts in a low-mileage personal GB, to see if the test gun's spring had shortened, causing the sluggish lockup. Pulled the bar & found the spring under it had broken into three pieces, I'm astounded that it was even prov...

DPris

It was still locking up just fine at that 22,000-round count, despite all that gunk buildup.. :) During the talk with my Wisconsin plant contact, we decided the locking bar spring was the cause of the sluggish lockup at the end of the 28,000 rounds, and the handful of extraction failures after that ...

DPris

After conferring with Henry, the consensus is a weakened locking block spring.
Gun's offline till it goes back for an overhaul, but the wear on the block is minor & not a concern.

Another MIM part that's held up very well.
Denis

DPris

Gun's cleaned & preliminary analysis done. The loose lockup appears to be a combination of the locking bar wear and the spring, and I think the spring's the biggest factor. It's quite weak, and springs do weaken with excessive compressions. Bore looks good, minor wear on the bolt section where t...

DPris

Projected .22LR threaded levergun for early 2017.
Might be kinda fun.
Denis

DPris

Two things that surprised me are the O-ring held up through the whole run, and so did the "brass" finish on the cover, despite being handled extensively by a gloved hand. That's some tough stuff there.
Denis

DPris

In all seriosity, the rifling is strong, neither bore nor chamber appear to be any more fouled at 28,000 than a typical .22 rimfire bore gets after 20 rounds, and I think it'd be a tossup on whether cleaning it would appreciably shrink the groups or not. Better lighting might, but I've put way more ...

DPris

Guys, both the gun and my wrist are very tired. I've gone well beyond the original planned 20,000 rounds, and enough is enough. :) The gun's gotten a good shake, it ain't a carefully controlled lab experiment, and I consider the project has demonstrated sufficiently that the Henrys are far from chea...

DPris

I was kinda annoyed with myself when I realized about halfway through that I SHOULD have gauged the trigger in the beginning & hadn't thought of it. My apologies. I CAN tell you it's sweet right now. :) Finally done with ALL shooting. Using the same four test loads I started out with for pre-gam...

DPris

Yeah.
And some of us are old enough to actually remember those as comparisons.

Denis

DPris

Yeah, in that sense, I kinda regret doing the run. In another sense, kinda glad I did. Have not broken it down to check for what's worn, I want to get the final accuracy shooting done first. After that's finished, I'll take it down, clean it up, and look for wear. I'm thinking that what I'll find is...

DPris

More than a possibility.

Denis

DPris

Finished off the 28,000 run an hour ago. Hoping for the accuracy finals tomorrow. At roughly 27,000 the lockup was getting slightly loose, tonight it finally wore to where the lever will no longer lock fully in place, but the locking bar inside still does & the gun's shooting fine. A handful of ...

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