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Well I finally got to the range with my new henry Survival rifle. I was hopeful that it would feed one or two types of ammo I gave it, and was pleased when it gobbled up almost everything I fed to it. I tried with about 7 types of ammo, let's see:
CCI Mini Mag (Hollow Points)
CCI Blazer (Solid Points)
Federal American Eagle (High velocity, solid point)
Federal Champion solids (Standard velocity, solid point)
PMC Scoremaster (Standard velocity, solid points)
Remington Subsonic (Hollow Point)
Peters (High Velocity Solid Points)
All fed without a problem except for the Federal Champion. This stuff just seems to be fraught with problems. It sometimes fails to feed correctly even in bolt action rifles I have, and is prone to misfires even with good hits on the rim. With the Henry, a couple failed to feed correctly and one or two failed to fire.
I like the rifle but have to say it shot everything low by a few to 6 inches and the sight is adjusted about as high as it will go. Maybe it needs a trip back to Brooklyn for a bit of fine tuning, but I'll have to fire a few hundred more rounds first. It was centered pretty well, and if I aimed at a Squirrels head I would probably hit it in the chest if it was up on two legs. I guess it is ok for a last ditch survival rifle; but I'll have to try a Marlin Papoose too. That is on my wish list.
Best regards,
Glenn B
CCI Mini Mag (Hollow Points)
CCI Blazer (Solid Points)
Federal American Eagle (High velocity, solid point)
Federal Champion solids (Standard velocity, solid point)
PMC Scoremaster (Standard velocity, solid points)
Remington Subsonic (Hollow Point)
Peters (High Velocity Solid Points)
All fed without a problem except for the Federal Champion. This stuff just seems to be fraught with problems. It sometimes fails to feed correctly even in bolt action rifles I have, and is prone to misfires even with good hits on the rim. With the Henry, a couple failed to feed correctly and one or two failed to fire.
I like the rifle but have to say it shot everything low by a few to 6 inches and the sight is adjusted about as high as it will go. Maybe it needs a trip back to Brooklyn for a bit of fine tuning, but I'll have to fire a few hundred more rounds first. It was centered pretty well, and if I aimed at a Squirrels head I would probably hit it in the chest if it was up on two legs. I guess it is ok for a last ditch survival rifle; but I'll have to try a Marlin Papoose too. That is on my wish list.
Best regards,
Glenn B