Henry Now Making Revolvers

[BigBolt]

Henry Reveals First Revolvers, .360 Buckhammer Rifles, and More | Henry Repeating Arms

Rice Lake, Wis., Apr. 13, 2023 – Henry is pleased to introduce a slew of new products, including the company’s first foray into the world of wheel guns, the first-ever rifles available for the .360 Buckhammer straight wall cartridge, and a highly-anticipated overhaul to its flagship series of...

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[farmerjohn]

Henry Reveals First Revolvers, .360 Buckhammer Rifles, and More | Henry Repeating Arms

Rice Lake, Wis., Apr. 13, 2023 – Henry is pleased to introduce a slew of new products, including the company’s first foray into the world of wheel guns, the first-ever rifles available for the .360 Buckhammer straight wall cartridge, and a highly-anticipated overhaul to its flagship series of...

www.henryusa.com

Yes, I saw that too. Looked them up and they look ok. But the price is a bit much, you can buy a shooter grade mod 19, 66 or even a 586 pre lock for the same money and I know which I'd rather have..... John

 

[AccelR8]

I recognize a lot of Charter Arms design cues there.

 

[JSH]

I am not a Henry fan. Sorry to those that are.
First one I ever picked up, just didn’t feel right in the hand. I saw the internals on a 22, not impressed at all. I will spend my $$$ on a Winchester or a Marlin.
Polishing a turd comes to mind when I see plastic mixed with brass bling.

 

[Tommie]

I am not a Henry fan. Sorry to those that are.
First one I ever picked up, just didn’t feel right in the hand. I saw the internals on a 22, not impressed at all. I will spend my $$$ on a Winchester or a Marlin.
Polishing a turd comes to mind when I see plastic mixed with brass bling.

Yeah I’m sorta in the same boat. Got a Big Boy carbine and I’d give it a B- grade. Maybe a C+. Had to fix a couple QC issues. Doubt I’ll buy another.

 

[DShortt]

I bought a Henry Big Boy in .357 several years ago. Barrel was a huge mess. Never going back there again. It was inexcusable and preventable.

 

[ckaberna]

I’m not sure on “grading”, around here we don’t grade rifles in that price range, we shoot them.
I’ll tell you this about CS. I picked up one of their .22LR lever guns at a pawn shop many years ago. Model H001 or something like that? My son took it hunting a couple of times and it came home with a missing tube/spring for the magazine (imagine that) well I called them and the lady took my info with serial number and said let me see what we can do. I advised her once she had a price to call me back.
About 5 days later (roughly) I received a box with not one but two complete tubes with spring/plunger and all.
All free of charge, not even shipping. Find me another company like that… I’m in.

 

[Mark W]

I only have on Henry. It’s a Big Boy 44 Mag and I haven’t found a thing wrong with it. It looks shoots well within my expectations.

 

[mauser284]

I think the hand gun is too ugly to be a henry! I do not want a double action in 357 Mag/ 38SPL with a rear sight that is functionally useless on a modern double action magnum revolver. I actually like to hunt with revolvers and I like to target shoot. I regularly shoot my Ruger Super Redhawk to 275yards with it's factory iron sights. I can easily put a scope on it and then take it off.

If they want to give it garbage rear sights they should make it a single action and load it for a cowboy action cartridge.

It looks very ugly as if someone took design elements they liked from various S&W models and Colt Models and photoshopped them together very crudely. The parts do not look as if they belong together no continuity. It can not decide if it wants to be a single action cowboy revolver or an early or late S&W or Colt double action revolver. It is trying to hard to be a little bit of everything and failing at all at everything.

Even the grips looked odd! The frame size seemed odd too when looking at the entire package. It is as if they spent the money and developed a dud but they are unwilling to take the loss and start over and they are unwilling to fix it before they release it to market. Kind of reminds me of the Ford Pinto and the Pontiac Aztec!

I refuse to accept that everyone along the way looked at that and said yes I want my name and legacy associated with this! This screams everyone signed off because they did not want to lose their job! That is exactly what happened with the Pontiac Aztec. I was there at GM for that disaster with Wayne Cherry. I know first hand what can happen and how bad designs get pushed along via politics and committees.

Outside of having to purchase a Marlin instead of a Henry to get a loading gate I have no issue with them. I think they make some fantastic products. My family owns Henry products. I like vintage products or products designed to look and feel vintage and I like modern designs. What I do not like is things that are a mix of modern and vintage that fail to do other well!

I am sure they will sell well ever since Covid-19 people have been happy to buy anything makers can push out the door. It will be interesting to see how this does once the allure wears off!

 

[BigBolt]

Well just like Ford, Chevy and Dodge, guns are a personal choice and I bet we have had issues with at least one of them. Me, my first rifle was a Rugar M77 from Monkey Wards for 150 bucks and it worked well. Sold it for 200 bucks 10 years later and bought a Marlin 45/70 for 250 bucks. It was a good carbine except it was fussy on rounds found some MFG rounds did not eject well and reloads never failed. Traded it of a new Mossburg 12 gauge over and under silver addition with inlays and change able chokes. I still have it as it is a great shot gun. 20 years ago I bought 2 Henrys both in brass a 30/30 and 45/70 they have always preformed, and the manufacturing was top notch. Last year I purchased a Big Horn Armory High end .500 S&W magnum carbine to go with my .500 S&W BFR revolver. The BHA carbine is probably the best manufactured gun I have, fit, finish and operation is outstanding. It is all SST with their black finish which is just about indestructible. Today's manufacturing of just about any gun is about cheaper materials for larger profits. I do not own any guns that have any tupperware on them and to each their own we all like what we like.

 

[bobm]

Interesting look. Like a Colt SAA and a Smith M10 had a child. Bisley grips, too.

 

[FNSafari]

I can’t get by the fish belly forends on the rifles

 

[john 800]

I have a hard time getting on board with that revolver. Its to expensive to be a budget gun, doesn’t really fit as a vintage type throwback nor as completely modern.

 

[Adam in WI]

Just as ugly as everything else they make.

 

[LAH]

Haven't touched one yet but we shall see how it all plays out.

 

[LHSmith]

Locally here in NE Pa, the Henry brand has a big following. It is has the most appeal of any current manufacturer (with Tikka a close 2nd) for ticket raffle sales for the local R & G clubs. The feedback from those who have them is overwhelmingly positive.

 

[ebb]

After I read this thread I went to the Henry website to see for myself. They don't have a heading for revolvers or handguns so I figured that they were not on the website yet but they turned up under the rifles heading. I wanted you guys to wrong so bad, I wanted the Henry revolver to sleek and well proportioned and just a joy to look at. I was not and you are right. They look like a late 40s era charter arms or something from Kyber pass. why in the world would they do this and shoot themselves in the foot like this? Would it not be just as easy for a CNC machine to make a stylish gun as a clunky gun? I am disappointed, I wanted this to be something to make Smith and Colt cringe in fear.

 

[Adam in WI]

Or even Taurus

 

[brokeasajoke]

I'm just not seeing the appeal with such a high MSRP. I guess we'll see actual street price. Be hard for me to justify when I gave $600 respectively for both of my GP100s (7shot 357, lipsey 5" 44spc). Are the Rugers perfect? No, but I think I got what I paid for anyway.

 

[LHSmith]

I haven't handled any Henry's. Not in the market for another lever gun. I doubt they will have the smoothness and pointability of an early Savage 99. The brass receivers don't do anything for me.