Just found this online. Forgive me if it's been posted already.
Henry Lever Action Supreme
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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?
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?
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.
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Those magazines really muck up the profile.
Same calibers as the Long Rangers?
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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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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For those having similar thoughts - I corresponded with Henry about the feasibility of altering one for 6.8 SPC. They replied, in part, with:
"Our Supreme firearms are not designed to have interchangeable barrels, and aside from the magazines, no other parts will interchange with the AR-15-type rifles or any other firearms."
So, unless they add 6.8 SPC to the line-up, fuggettaboutit.
Mentioned in a post above was 350 Legend. That would have been a much, much better choice for a lever rifle than 300 Blackout. All Henry would need to do differently is install a .350 barrel and pair it with a different magazine. It seems like a no-brainer.
"Our Supreme firearms are not designed to have interchangeable barrels, and aside from the magazines, no other parts will interchange with the AR-15-type rifles or any other firearms."
So, unless they add 6.8 SPC to the line-up, fuggettaboutit.
Mentioned in a post above was 350 Legend. That would have been a much, much better choice for a lever rifle than 300 Blackout. All Henry would need to do differently is install a .350 barrel and pair it with a different magazine. It seems like a no-brainer.
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