Henry Survival rifle

man i have shot one and they are nice,used are hard to find but run from $100-150 new $150-200 depending on finish,black/silver/mossy oak,excellent gun with 2 8round clips,I have seen factory 15round mags as well for the Henry US Survival rifle,I will be picking me up one soon if I am lucky...
 
The originals were very cool. I sold mine to a friend and always regretted it. One of these days I'll get the Henry clone and see how it stacks up.
 
I have one and i haven't had a jam yet but have not shot it a lot. my complaint is the trigger pull really sucks! (much too heavy for such a light gun) the sight is reversible and can be modified as well, a scope sight also can be thrown into your pack. What i really like about it is that it is lighter than some of my large revolvers. Perhaps i will do a trigger job on it or shoot it enough to get used to it as is.
 
I had one and it ran 100% and was plenty accurate for it's intended purpose. If you get one make sure to hold the bolt back a bit when assembling the barrel. Otherwise the barrel won't seat all the way and will cause jams. I only got rid of mine because I have so many 22 rifles, it just sat in the safe......Wish I still had it :(
 
Its an old design, been around for ever, and very few of them seem to hold up or work.

a trapper style lever gun, or one of the "guide" series 10/22's that use a modified stock with a simple gun case would be better.
 
I wish people would give some quantification when discussing accuracy. I know people who think 5" at 25 yards is accurate. Others who think it must shoot sub moa. Just saying "it's accurate" doesn't tell us much.
 
The Henry has a really smooth action right out of the box. Can't complain.
 
I have one of the originals I bought in 1977. To quantify the accuracy I can hold a tighter group with my .38 snubnose at any distance.
 
From all the reports I've heard on the gun boards, these are crap. They are unreliable, poorly made and the stock is a bubble of a monstrosity. The one I handled felt real cheap and had a horrible trigger pull.

If you're looking for a take down 22, get a marlin papoose. Its built on a proven design, uses rugged quality parts and is accurate.
 
I own 3 Ruger 10/22 and a Rossi pump that with the removal of a large thumb screw type bolt on the L/h side breaks down quickly but I will purchase a US Henry rifle ,new version to keep in my Survival kit. I used a friend he purchased new in 2005, no mods right from the box 3" grouping at 30-35yds using CCI mini mag 22LR ammo,never jammed or any issues with the one I shot.
 
Bill Siegle said:
I had one and it ran 100% and was plenty accurate for it's intended purpose. If you get one make sure to hold the bolt back a bit when assembling the barrel. Otherwise the barrel won't seat all the way and will cause jams. (
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+1 - I used to have a one made by Survival Arms - it would jam occasionally and sometimes slam-fire too. Besides what Bill recommends for preventing jams, it's also real important to clean the feed ramp at the breech - lead tends to accumulate there and I found keeping that real clean kept the jamming down. A q-tip and some solvent does the trick.

It's a great gun - not because it's reliable or well-built, but simply because it's so lightweight and the fact that it'll fit into a daypack. Wish I hadn't got rid of mine but I traded it for a mountain bike which I was actually needed at the time...
 
I had on of the originals back in the 80's, it was accurate enough, and fed just fine with the factory magazine, but I bought 2 30rd Ramline mags for it, and it hated them both.

My experience bore out what Bill Siegle said, a lot of the jamming could be avoided by retracting the bolt when attaching the barrel.
 
I own one made by charter arms and have been looking for a replacement. The sights are no good for me and it is very inaccurate. It also slips and jams a lot. Decent little pack gun, but if you can't hit stuff with it, it kind of becomes worthless. I have been looking into a youth size .22 for a replacement and I may go with a single shot like a Davey Cricket.
 
I have a Charter. Poor magazines, and extremely frequent failures to feed!!! I consider it a single shot rifle, not an automatic. If you can hit what you need to hit on the first shot, might be ok. I sure wouldn't want to hold off any bad guys with it!!!
 
The only one I have ever shot jammed about every 3rd shot with every brand of ammo tried, some ammo worse. I got so aggravated with the jamming that I never shot it for accuracy other than rolling around tin cans, however I was not overly impressed with the factory sights.

I would much, much rather have a 10/22 with a folding, if legal in your area, stock or at least a compact stock. Some of the youth bolt guns are hella accurate especially the CZ and the chipmunk but I prefer a semi and the 10/22s are hard to beat. Chris
 
If you want a takedown back-pack semi-auto, the Marlin Papoose is a much better choice. With Winchester Wildcat ammo, mine is 100% reliable and will put an entire magazine into one ragged hole, offhand, at 35 feet. It's not a precision rifle, but they hold very well and are more than accurate enough for small game hunting.

I have a soft spot for the AR-7 type rifles, but for the money, a used Papoose is a much better deal. The current ones are stainless and synthetic (70PSS) . Mine is blue and wood (70P), made in 1989. The blue barrel is more suseptible to oxidation (BTDT).
 
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