Henry Frontier model accuracy?

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I used to own a basic H001 model and it had a rough portion of rifling and uneven bore diameter when I slug tested it. Shot ok... But terrible groups at 50m. It was a fun plinker but the lackuracy left me wanting more.... Sold it, moved on.

But lately I'm eyeballing them again. I like using CCi quiets and subsonics, and the ability to quickly and reliably cycle them is appealing. Can anyone who owns a frontier model tell me what kind of groups you are getting? I'd like to set one up with peeps and a globe front sight, but im thinking of going the trade route and I'd be offering for trade an accurized pillar bedded and tuned Marlin model 60 deluxe, but not if it's going to cost me accuracy potential.

Unless they are equally as accurate as my M60 which is really accurate, I don't think the trade would be worth it.
 
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I also own a H001 Henry Lever and would agree it’s only a plinker. As no one seems to use the Henry Frontier for any accurate shooting I would say it’s the same, a plinker.
 
dahs said:
Ask Caramel, his is MOA out to a grand.
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Out to 100 metres the Henry Frontier in 22 mag is very accurate, dont own one in 22 lr... JP.
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I own six Henry's, two LR's, one is the Frontier and one a GB... I have Skinner Peeps on both with the Lyman 17A globe and Lee Shaver inserts... They are as accurate as similarly sighted bolt action rifles that I own from Savage, CZ, Remington and BRNO... My Frontier can consistently shoot 1" and under with CCI SV's and Subs @ 50 meters... There is no doubt that it would do better scoped, but since the brass conversion, I can't bring myself to scope it. The GB is close to that aswell... I had a basic H001, but found the accuracy "minute of skeet" and sold it off...
 
I have a Frontier, but I almost always shoot it off-hand/standing so I can't really report on accuracy per se...other than it's on par with my other .22s - although I have most of THEM on bipods/scoped.
I sure like it, though, but I guess I mostly just use it for empty paint cans at 30 paces!
 
That pretty much seals the deal for me. 2" or 4 MOA at 50m is unacceptable for any non-smoothbore firearm, no matter how nice it looks and cycles... IMHO. My Shotgun can do that with slugs.

Thanks for the replies. I think i'll just keep the ol' M60.
 
Thete is a big difference between the round and the octogonal barrel accuracy wise, the octogonal barrel ( very heavy barrel like a bull barrel) in all calibers i own are all very accurate, in 44 mag and 357 mag, they are the most accurate of all my pistol caliber carbines... JP.
 
Are you suggesting there is a correlation between accuracy and the configuration of the barrel or the weight ? The weight may enable a steadier hold but it's very doubtful the configuration(octagon.vs round) adds to accuracy. Octagon barrels are made with an extra machining process, and machining is known to induce stress. That stress is not conducive to consistent performance.
 
Du to their heavy weight harmonics could be advantageous to improve accuracy, this is not scientific, just first hand experience, my heavy octogonal barrel in my BB 357 and 44 are the best in accuracy over my Win, Marlin, Ruger 77-44 and 77-357 and Rossi... JP.
 
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