suggestion for Henry

[sghart3578]

I know I am jumping the gun here. Henry has yet to release their new single shot rifles. But the people at Henry seem to be very open to suggestions so here goes.

How about a line of double rifles based on their single shots? I have always liked the looks and the idea of the traditional English double guns. But I could never afford one.

A double 45-70 or 30-30 would be awesome.

What do you guys think?


Steve in N CA

[Weaponologist]

That Sounds pretty good, I wish they would do the singles with the Octagon barrel. From what I've seen their going to have pencil barrels. However, the double Rifle idea in an affordable version would be nice.

[GhostHawk]

Good idea's.

Me I'd like to see more pistol caliber carbines. Single shots are fine IMO.

.357, 9mm, .45lc, .45acp, maybe a .40sw/10mm. I think a .41 mag would be fun.
And it gives you the option to have a carbine/ pistol combo of the same caliber if that is what you want.

If you can put one bullet perfectly into place at 100 yards you don't need 10 shots, one will do.
Light weight, easy to carry, easy to clean, single shots can excel at this.

With the action open can there be a safer firearm for teaching a youngster?



Pistol caliber carbines are popular, they will get the job done with less recoil, lower cost, less powder. More bang for the buck than .22lr.

[sghart3578]

Good idea's.

Me I'd like to see more pistol caliber carbines. Single shots are fine IMO.

.357, 9mm, .45lc, .45acp, maybe a .40sw/10mm. I think a .41 mag would be fun.
And it gives you the option to have a carbine/ pistol combo of the same caliber if that is what you want.

If you can put one bullet perfectly into place at 100 yards you don't need 10 shots, one will do.
Light weight, easy to carry, easy to clean, single shots can excel at this.

With the action open can there be a safer firearm for teaching a youngster?



Pistol caliber carbines are popular, they will get the job done with less recoil, lower cost, less powder. More bang for the buck than .22lr.


I agree 100% with what you said. As much as I would like to see a double rifle from Henry I would be more than willing to wait util they had expanded their single shot line.

I love 357 mag in anything and a single shot 357 would be on my list for sure. I never did buy an H&R when I could.

[GhostHawk]

sqhart I got one, by the skin of my teeth with lots of hair pulling and gnashing of teeth but I got it.

Let me just say that at 50 yards it stacks them all into one hole. It would do it at 100 yards too if I could do my part better.

Tis a joy to shoot, and a pleasure in the hands. I am a very fortunate man. Brian56, this ones for you bud! A thousand thanks.

[2ndAmendmentNut]

Here would be my suggestion for Henry. Make a clone of the original Winchester 1886 and 1892. They did a great job reproducing the 1860 "Henry." I would not mind seeing a rebirth of the whole Winchester line, but I think the Italians have already cornered the market for toggle link levers. If they were to make a faithful copy of an 1886 in 45-70 and an 1892 in 357 I would buy everyone I could get my hands on. No silly safeties or rebounding hammers. With Marlin down the drain and the current Winchesters having all the dumb lawyer safeties I would think a faithful copy of the 86 and 92 would sell like hot cakes.

Edit: Sorry, just realized this was in the single shot forum.


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[oldred]

However, the double Rifle idea in an AFFORDABLE version would be nice.

And therein lies the problem! Building a double shotgun is no big deal but building a double rifle with both barrels regulated to the same POA with the same set of sights is no easy task, it can certainly be done but doing it economically enough to make that "affordable" version might not be so easy! Still it might be possible using modern computer controlled equipment but I still think it would be a bigger problem to mass produce such a gun than they would be willing to undertake, that is even if it could be done. Doubles are nice and I too would like to see and probably even own one but I seriously doubt that is going to happen, just too much complexity to be truly affordably -at least in the context of what we consider affordable when we think of a rifle such as the Henry.

[tranders]

I also would like to see more pistol caliber single shots, I'm waiting for the 357 Mag.
The double rifle would be fantastic,but I'm guessing the cost would be substantial.

[sharps4590]

For new double rifles Chapuis probably has the highest quality at the best price and the lowest I've seen one is around $5,500, and that isn't bad for a good shooting, new double even if it does have a beavertail forearm. Merkel is probably next at a couple thousand higher. Chapuis is using all the newest technology they can and even then a decent double isn't inexpensive to produce. Good used doubles are over $4,000 in old, often obsolete medium bore cartridges. Frequently getting them to shoot to the sights is a handloading proposition and one that can cause no end of frustration.


I think it was Cabela's who imported the Baikal DR and it was at best a **** shoot as to whether or not the barrels were regulated. Remington may have rebranded the same rifle. It was not only inexpensive for a double, it was cheap. Muzzles were ground in an effort to "fix" the problem and some other quick fix "Bubba tricks" tried also. There's a reason good doubles are not inexpensive.


Nice suggestion to Henry and I'd love to see them try but it's as likely as me winning the next PowerBall lottery. It's way out of their league.

[psweigle]

I would LOVE a 357 mag and 327 federal mag in a single shot.

[rockrat]

Heavier barrels on the single shot, instead of the pencil barrels