Henry big boy brass - abused

[sgt.rock]

Seriously , I didn't take any offence to your thread. I just stated my current situation...........Controlling wife that's like squeezing blood from a turnip regarding money going to gun purchases. So I have to take care of my stuff. If I owned a Henry, it would look like the day I bought it, probably 20 years later. Some guys who have some older ones will chime in shortly. There are less of those kinds of "use it as a tool" kind of guys on a gun enthusiasts forum I would imagine anyhow. Everyone here is too gunnutz to let their guns get soiled.
If I had to choose between tossing my raincoat over a puddle so my wife could keep her feet dry or wrapping it around my rifle to keep it dry......................my rifle stays dry 100 times out of 100 times

 

[jethunter]

So you are looking for the firearms equivalent of a 50-something divorced woman with a bunch of kids who finally broke free from an abusive marriage?

No, more like a 100 year old friend who can still run a 5 minute mile and has seen more great events and life experience than 50 contemporary twenty-somethings. That's more what he meant.

I'm well aware the revived Henry brand hasn't been around for a long time, that's why I can't find pictures of one that isn't pristine.. clearly it was a mistake asking everyone seems to be taking it way to personally. I wasn't trying to offend just looking for a picture...

I don't think anyone took offense people are just saying there is no pictures because these rifles haven't been around long enough to show that kind of character. The only way they could show a century's worth of wear would be if someone purposely made them look like that and that would be distasteful.

The other thing is that the conditions that gave that 100 yr old Winchester so much character simply don't exist any more. In 1900 people bought rifles for protection of family and livestock, supplying food, etc. Today most rifles are just toys for boys.

 

[IanC]

Going to bring a thread back from the dead. I have a couple brass frame Big Boys I use for club level CAS matches. They have been used. I oil the steel but leave the brass as is. They come with reciever socks but prefer them in the brown. I have been using the mare’s leg for a few seasons but picked up the above rifle gently used recently. I normally shoot an 1894 Marlin but cowboy guns break due to the extreme amount of use. The Henry’s are a bit slower to cycle but have amazing parts support. I broke a firing pin and they sent two for free.

 

[New Camper]

I know what you're getting at... kind of like a random burnished pattern just from handling. There are still stores with old brass rub bars on their doors: shiny but brushed and faint tarnish on parts that see less contact. That would probably look neat.