Not a fan…. Come on Henry we’re the 24” big boy I asked for in 35 and 444

 

Huh? I don't think so.

ETA: Internal Hammer. I like external hammer lever because you can de-cock with a round in the chamber. I notice on this "Supreme" there is an enclosed lever, so you trigger finger doesn't get caught up while operating the lever.... this is for people that don't know how or have never operated a lever action gun before.

 

Gee... for that amount I could get a couple of used legit lever actions on GB, ones that have some style and substance to them.

 

I wonder if Henry has addressed their barrel problems. Good to know the lever works but how does it shoot? What is the trigger like?

 

Me thinks something got into the water supple at Rice Lake.

 

No external hammer? No loading gate? Blasphemy I tell you! She is quiet though, I'll give her that.

 

Yet another gun manufacturer trying to cash in on the lever action craze by introducing another over priced rifle.

 

I agree if we are talking about just this model but Henry has committed to the levergun well before any levergun craze.

It will sell good in the lib states that make owning a freedom rifle difficult.

 

Kind of a Winchester Model 88, or a Savage 99...with an AR mag. I dunno. The loaner Henry rifle I hunted with last year had the worst rear sight I have ever seen. It kept moving around while I was hunting in grizzly country (and actually seeing grizzlies). We got 3" groups off a rest at 100 yards with both the Hornady and Federal ammo. Now, three inch groups is not bad for a hunting rifle with open sights. It is adequate for the bears we were hunting within 100 yards. But the groups my new 1895 SBL gets are like one inch, with everything I shoot through it. And the rear peep sight is rugged and well anchored. So, no gimmicks for me, thank you. I will just stick with a lever gun that knows it's a lever gun and works like a lever gun

 

More akin to the M88, as it has rotating lugs on the front of the bolt ala the BLR and most all bolt guns. The M99 did have no visible hammer and also a removable magazine on later models true, but was still rear locking.

 

This is definitely the year of the lever gun. I think it would make a good suppressor host in 300 Blackout, though I already have several other guns that fit the bill. Different strokes but it is good to have choices.

 

Not a huge fan of this type of lever gun. It may have some advantages in certain circumstances, but it seems to be more of a tweaked Long Ranger than anything. I'd settle for them to make their 41 Magnum "classic" with a side loading gate. There must be a market for it, as they are relatively hard to find in the non-side loading gate model. Should be easy enough to do since the Big Boy series is already available in 44 Magnum and 45 Colt.

 

Not interested and 99.9% of my guns are lever action. Does not interest me a bit, but differences are what makes the world go round. But for me no thank you.

 

I don't think I would buy one but it made me want to shoot it.

 

Well I guess there might be some people and or a market out there for that.

But it's not something I'm looking for.

I kinda get it. They might be looking at markets with anti 2A and or unconstitutional "bans" on AR's. On one hand getting them a firearm in their hands now. But IMO they should focus on getting rid of the unconstitutional "ban" !

If I want or need to shoot a AR caliber. I'll shoot a AR. If I want or need to shoot a lever action caliber. I'll shoot a lever action.

I wonder how and why they came up with this concept of a firearm ?

 

I'm too much of a traditionalist to have any interest in this rifle.

 

Seems like this "Supreme" should wear the plastic stocks instead of walnut. AR ....tacticool.

 

They could have just added 300 black out to the long ranger’s offered chambering and called it a day. The lack of an external hammer and overall receiver size kind of does it for me.

 

After reading more about this gun I will likely buy one. Henry is touting this model as being capable of shooting sub-MOA with a match grade trigger and a free-floated barrel. The internal hammer is no different than a Savage 99 and those work just fine. 300 Blackout would suit me but a big bore in 458 SOCOM or 450 Bushmaster would be nice to have. Like it or not there is a huge market of younger shooters that don't compare every new product to a design that is over a hundred years old.

 

I'll second a sideload 41 mag. Will pair nicely with the pistol.

 

Just found this online. Forgive me if it's been posted already.

Sorry, Guns America, that presentation really sucked. The camera shooting against the light results in me not really being able to see the rifle. Even a rookie photographer knows not to shoot against the light. Presenting a very poorly shot video with a sound track on a busy firing range -- really? You couldn't at least find a quiet place to present the dialog? I am a lever action fan and I do not like the looks of that Henry rifle - that I could not see very well. against the incoming light. But I saw enough of it that it turned me off. The action appears to derive from the BLR's rack and pinon, rotary bolt. If I wanted that kind of thing I would find a real BLR. A BLR came in serious hunting calibers.

 

Ha-Ha. All they needed to do was have someone standing next to camera operator with a piece of white foam core to reflect the light back onto the subject.
Video recording at shooting ranges.... many have rules against this.....insurance problem, etc. When filming/directing someone and you tell them to move a certain way and something happens... you are the responsible party.
One thing I did notice... shooter playing with the lever... showing how easily it operated, but when he loaded the mag and chambered the first round, he almost double-stoked it.....wasn't as "supreme" anymore.
BLR.... exposed 4 position hammer, 6.5 pounds, and you can get it in 308 or 270 Win. $1,000.
Only difference is the AR mags.....but what for? extended plinking?

 

Those magazines really muck up the profile.

Same calibers as the Long Rangers?

 

Apparently just 223 and 300 Blackout.

ETA: With that big magazine this would not be your woods-walking rifle, as you cannot carry the rifle with one hand under the receiver.
But it might be a fit for some that like levers and have a lot of 223 to shoot off. We don't get thread barrel firearms in California. They are even cracking down on airguns with threaded barrels..... integrated barrel shrouds are OK.

 

Build this in 350 Legend and I’ll buy 2.
I like it

 

Build this in 350 Legend and I’ll buy 2.
I like it

Buckeye33, you touched on something I have wondered about for a while. Back in the days when the M-1 carbine was being designed and developed. What if they had actually fielded the carbine in 350 Legend instead of the .30 carbine round. It seems that the M-1 carbine in 350 Legend caliber would have been a way more deadly weapon.

 

I liked it and applaud Henry for making it. I had a Remington Patrol Carbine pump in 223 and stupidly sold it. It also used AR mags and was fun as hell to shoot. This Henry might make a good replacement. As far as owning this in states where ARs aren't allowed most likely large mags aren't allowed either. But even with just a 10 round mag this would be a fun gun to own. And if 5 round mags are available that would let you carry it at the balance point under the receiver.

To me the only downside is the fluffy price Henry ask for their guns. Maybe if they stopped giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities they could lower their gun prices and I would be able to afford one.

 

Plastic stocks have their place on working guns. I had a Mossberg 835 with a plastic stock I really liked for duck hunting. It could get wet and rattle around in the boat and not show any damage. When I put up wood I carried a rifle on my quads and tractors. Wooden stocks took a beating but the black plastic stocks on the bolt actions held up. Seems like for lever actions they don't just replace the wood with plastic as they do with bolt actions but have to tacticool them. I don't need a suppressor either.
Had they offered a less expensive Long Ranger utility rifle in standard profile, I might of gotten one in 308. Walnut adds expense to a rifle, plastic is cheaper. 223 cases can only do so much. I prefer rifles in real cartridges.

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