henry survival Feeding Issues and stovepiping

roseau river rat

roseau river rat

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so i went out and tried my new Henry Survival today.
i like the look and feel of the rifle and i got it because i plan on taking it on a canoe trip this summer and figured it would be the perfect little pack rifle.
it worked ok....but not great.
had some feeding issues and some stovepipes etc...
accuracy was fine.
So how does one make these little buggers more reliable without jamming issues and such?
i read about clipping a few coils off the action springs to lessen the spring tension.
not sure i want to do that.
also i heard they were ammo sensitive....it did seem to function better with remington golden bullet but it still jammed once in a while.
i noticed the mags move back and forth while clipped into the action and if i jammed a twig between the reciever and the mag therefore changing the angle slightly it seemed to function better.
any advice on improvrments or mods would be greatly appreciated.
i only intend on using it occasionaly but i still want it to function well.
thanks.
Dan
 
Mine functions perfectly with Winchester Super X Power Point HP high velocity ammo (1280 FPS) and other high velocity loads. Regular .22LR ammo does not work reliably.
 
I have fired thousands upon thousands of CCI Blazers through my Henry US Survival Rifle and never once had a jam or stovepipe. I had one failure to fire, but I put it back in the chamber and it went off on the 2nd try. It was the ammo not the gun.

Blazers are really the only ammo I use in 22lr, I keep a case of it in the house at all times. I never mess around with the other stuff, it's usually more expensive and not as accurate or reliable.

Make sure that you keep an eye on your front sight if you're walking around in the woods with the gun. If it gets caught on something, it can shift to the left or right because it's just plastic on plastic. I lost a grouse because of that one day when I was wandering around in the woods.
 
Try as many types of ammo as you can afford, see what she jams the least with then put a brick or two of it through it to break it in.

If its still finicky try a different mag for it or shim the original mag with body filler and sand it till u get a perfect fit.

Tape will work as a temp fix or help you figure out where it needs to be shimmed.
 
yah well when i shimed it with a twig it worked better.
i thought i could wrap some hockey tape around the bottom of the mag to shim it out but if i do that i can no longer fit it into the but stock slot where it fits.
i will pick up some blazer ammo on monday and try that.
i dont understand why the mags...both of them dont fit tight without any forward and back play?
its not allot of wiggle but its enough to make a difference.
 
Google "Henry survival rifle" and look at utube clips.

There is one there where a fellow said he took out the return springs (apparently there are two of them) and cut two coils off them.

Then he takes a handful of .22 shells of various "power or strength" and shoots them all off without malfunction.
 
roseau river rat said:
yah well when i shimed it with a twig it worked better.
i thought i could wrap some hockey tape around the bottom of the mag to shim it out but if i do that i can no longer fit it into the but stock slot where it fits.
i will pick up some blazer ammo on monday and try that.
i dont understand why the mags...both of them dont fit tight without any forward and back play?
its not allot of wiggle but its enough to make a difference.
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I think hockey tape is two grippy, maybe try electrical tape, will be a bit thinner so should be able to be tailored to get the perfect fit between the storage area in the stock and mag well.

Will also slide in & out easier.
 
did a slight chamfer job on the barrel breech area ever so slightly with a dremel stone dipped in oil and turning it with my fingers just to help break the edge a bit more.
also went out and bought some Blazers and they work Much better!
seems like maybe the mag isnt the issue but i also noticed the bullet tip on the Blazers is pointier and not as blunt and i think thats the difference coupled with a slightly larger chamfer seems to feed way better! just one failure out of 50 or so rounds.
 
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