Henry has released the All Weather 45-70 H010AW. I've been able to get one in for review and testing. From the photos I was a bit unsure about the black colored stock. Soon as the box was opened any doubt was quickly forgotten!! This rifle is in a word, "BEAUTIFUL".
I've always been a fan of pretty wood and most colored stocks leave me pretty cold. Not with the All Weather Henry. The folks at HRA nailed this... The wood is a nicely stained black that still shows the nice wood grain. Not a paint, not rubber, this is a very deep, dark stain.
While we are talking about the wood, let me say this wood fits the frame perfectly. I've become accustomed to some "Gaposis" in a lot of production rifles (both new and older manufacture) No "Gaposis" or ill fitting wood here. The stocks fit tight and are not "Proud" or "shy". My personal taste would be checkered but this (Like our beloved Marlins of old) smooth finish feels familiar and should be good under heavy recoil.
The Hard Chrome finish is flawless. No discolorations, gaps, or weird texture. This rifle is smooth both in appearance and function. Levering the rifle is effortless and positive. Feeding is reliable and has all the great sounds of any great lever action!
The tube feed has a new catch that eliminates the early issues under recoil. This new catch is not only robust it is attractive. Feeding the 4 round tube is slick and simple. Easier in many ways than stuffing through a side gate. If there is a jam for any reason, the tube comes out and the gun can be unloaded from the front rather than locked up with only one way out like a rifle with the side gate. Some have issues with no side gate but this is effective, smooth, and reminiscent of my Marlin 1894 32 H&R Mag. The Henry 1860 loaded through the tube and worked very well.
First order of business was to remove the factory rear sight, install a stainless steel dovetail slot blank, remove the receiver filler screws and install a Skinner EXPRESS Scope Mount with Integral Peep! WHOOP!!! This is looking epic already. I used Warne 7.3 rings to mount a Leupold 1.75 - 4 X scope. (For the record, I'm not a scoped lever gun guy but its always good to try other options and I wanted to get more testing time in with our scope mount. I am 55, wear bifocals, and have no problems shooting a peep / aperture sight using proper technique)
After closing up shop for the evening, I had a chance to only fire three rounds and more accuracy testing will come catch as catch can. What I can say is the first three shots were all dead on hits! That is always promising...
Any negatives? Nope... Not yet... And from all first impressions, I don't anticipate any!
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I've always been a fan of pretty wood and most colored stocks leave me pretty cold. Not with the All Weather Henry. The folks at HRA nailed this... The wood is a nicely stained black that still shows the nice wood grain. Not a paint, not rubber, this is a very deep, dark stain.
While we are talking about the wood, let me say this wood fits the frame perfectly. I've become accustomed to some "Gaposis" in a lot of production rifles (both new and older manufacture) No "Gaposis" or ill fitting wood here. The stocks fit tight and are not "Proud" or "shy". My personal taste would be checkered but this (Like our beloved Marlins of old) smooth finish feels familiar and should be good under heavy recoil.
The Hard Chrome finish is flawless. No discolorations, gaps, or weird texture. This rifle is smooth both in appearance and function. Levering the rifle is effortless and positive. Feeding is reliable and has all the great sounds of any great lever action!
The tube feed has a new catch that eliminates the early issues under recoil. This new catch is not only robust it is attractive. Feeding the 4 round tube is slick and simple. Easier in many ways than stuffing through a side gate. If there is a jam for any reason, the tube comes out and the gun can be unloaded from the front rather than locked up with only one way out like a rifle with the side gate. Some have issues with no side gate but this is effective, smooth, and reminiscent of my Marlin 1894 32 H&R Mag. The Henry 1860 loaded through the tube and worked very well.
First order of business was to remove the factory rear sight, install a stainless steel dovetail slot blank, remove the receiver filler screws and install a Skinner EXPRESS Scope Mount with Integral Peep! WHOOP!!! This is looking epic already. I used Warne 7.3 rings to mount a Leupold 1.75 - 4 X scope. (For the record, I'm not a scoped lever gun guy but its always good to try other options and I wanted to get more testing time in with our scope mount. I am 55, wear bifocals, and have no problems shooting a peep / aperture sight using proper technique)
After closing up shop for the evening, I had a chance to only fire three rounds and more accuracy testing will come catch as catch can. What I can say is the first three shots were all dead on hits! That is always promising...
Any negatives? Nope... Not yet... And from all first impressions, I don't anticipate any!
