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Any love for Henry Singleshot break-open shotguns?
- Thread starter The Kurgan
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Just a refund. That was their last one. I will purchase from another retailer that has one in their inventory.
That sucks to see, but at least you were able to get a refund. I hope they didn't give you too much hassle.
Sucks to hear about your misfortune but you're not the only one to have issues with the Henry singles. For a gun at that price point you'd expect better. My buddys would hold its weight on the trigger and not fire. Others I've seen have gaps at the flats. Cracked stocks and rusty parts.
He mentions lots of tape damage on the box, sounds like maybe it was returned once already?
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Nope, shoddy repair. It appears to be filler and a dab of (too shiney) polyurethane. My bet it was a customer return. People can be so f&@king dishonest. Anyway, it is on route back to the retailer. Once I get my refund, I'll buy another. I really liked the feel of it, and it appeared well made.
Did you try out the trigger?
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Yes, this experience really pissed on my cornflakes. However, I'm thinking it was a customer return, and not Henry build quality. I have a tube fed 45-70, and it's excellent.
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No I didn't. Handled for 5 minutes and back into its box.
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One thing I did notice--no checkering on the grip! I guess I can live without it, but at that price, I was quite surprised. Also, the bore is not chrome-lined. Again, at that price, it would be nice! My Turkish Lazer had checkering, a chrome-lined bore, 3 Mobile chokes, and much nicer walnut at 1/4 the price.
Looking at the website it looks like the brass ones don't get any checkering. Seems stupid that they'd checker the cheaper model but not the more expensive one...
https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/single-shot-rifle/
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Yeah, it really surprised me. The bean counters at Henry went all out! BTW, the trigger guard is polymer and the attachment point where the forestock meets the receiver also looked like plastic? I only handled it for 5 minutes, and I was really pissed off so I didn't scrutinize every square inch. However, if you're in the market for a new single shot, I would definitely recommend a Huglu for much less money. Yes, the brass receiver and buttplate were really nice, but come on Henry!!
I handled the lever 410 and really liked it. Haven't played with their never lever action 4570s yet. I really wanted the single shot 4570 but after seeing the single shotguns I lost interest.
It seems the first couple batches of singles had nicer wood. The more recent ones I have seen have been pretty plain.
Imo having owned both I’d take the Henry no questions asked. Better fit and finish, lever break action, chokes, 3.5 chamber and drilled and tapped for Turkey or shotgun only deer
I’m sure guys who have never owned a Henry will chime in though
I’m sure guys who have never owned a Henry will chime in though
I'm not sure the shotguns come drilled and tapped anymore, other than the slug gun version? I noticed that being mentioned in an article (or maybe it was a review, I don't recall) recently, and looking at the Henry webpage they list "scopeability" as N/A for the shotguns, while the rifles (and slug gun) are listed as drilled and tapped.
https://www.henryusa.com/shotgun/single-shot-shotgun/
https://www.henryusa.com/shotgun/single-shot-slug-barrel-shotgun/
https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/single-shot-rifle/
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Yes, mine was drilled and tapped. As much as I was disappointed, I will buy another. A few chinsy corner cutting, but I would expect no less for anything under $1200 these days. CZ 557 being the only exception I can think of (and I don't consider PF an issue and it has its advantages). I still can't believe the brass models come without checkering.
