The original 1905-07-10 were steel..must be why after a 100 years..yhe gun still works as it should.
Henry Homesteader
- Thread starter FLYBYU44
- Start date
As these will too in the true henry tradition
- Location
- ON, North of GTA
Hmmm, that MI hand guard plus a Glock drum mag would have a bit of a PPSH vibe to it...
Aluminum? Casting?..maybe..but Henry, has a good warranty..
Hi Folks. I picked up a Henry Homesteader a week ago from Cabelas. Packaged it with a Vortex Solar Sparc, put the Glock Maxwell in and made two range trips totalling about 150 rounds.
First trip to the range:
Fired flawlessly
Mag seats well
Super accurate. I have a Sub2000 Gen3, S&W FPC, Ruger PC9 (with open sights) and the Henry is by far the most accurate.
Charge handle flew off about 50 rounds in. Good thing I wasn't out walking in a field.
Front stock was loose out of the box. Had it snugged up before I left the store.
Second trip to the range:
Fired flawlessly once again
One of the pins started to work it way out and I needed a punch to get it back in
Front site came loose
Rear stock came loose
Overall I love the gun. I bought it thinking that I would sell it once my other three carbines became legal again (fingers crossed) but I will definitely be keeping this one. One final thing to add, and it's no fault of the gun itself. Being that it is a wood stock, I got about 9 dings in the rear stock after my first use from brass deflecting at the range. Obviously this hasn't been an issue for my plastic stock carbines.
Happy Shooting,
Hammer
First trip to the range:
Fired flawlessly
Mag seats well
Super accurate. I have a Sub2000 Gen3, S&W FPC, Ruger PC9 (with open sights) and the Henry is by far the most accurate.
Charge handle flew off about 50 rounds in. Good thing I wasn't out walking in a field.
Front stock was loose out of the box. Had it snugged up before I left the store.
Second trip to the range:
Fired flawlessly once again
One of the pins started to work it way out and I needed a punch to get it back in
Front site came loose
Rear stock came loose
Overall I love the gun. I bought it thinking that I would sell it once my other three carbines became legal again (fingers crossed) but I will definitely be keeping this one. One final thing to add, and it's no fault of the gun itself. Being that it is a wood stock, I got about 9 dings in the rear stock after my first use from brass deflecting at the range. Obviously this hasn't been an issue for my plastic stock carbines.
Happy Shooting,
Hammer
So you compare a gun with a red dot sight to other guns with open sights?
lots of issues for a gun you love so much
Holy #### what’s going to fall off next?!
Ya they are great guns, and solidly built top quality
Let's hope they will not be banned tomorrow, with the liberal announcement on gun crime reduction.
On the other hand, the gang banger hootings in Toronto might finally stop, once all the Homesteaders are gone.
Damn Homesteaders.
On the other hand, the gang banger hootings in Toronto might finally stop, once all the Homesteaders are gone.
Damn Homesteaders.
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I want to like it, I really do, but after seeing Hickock 45 having troubles with it (minor ones, but still.), and then others on Youtube...then seeing how many are up for sale 2nd hand on GP (Yes, of course all of them are asking more for theirs than one could buy one brand new, I digress.), I'm going to pass. Smells like trouble, and I don't need anymore trouble in my life.
Thunderhog
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootneys
Only one of the four have open sites.
Lots of troubles yes. That's what an honest review looks like.
They are on sale everywhere, it seems some people are in the know.
Hope I am wrong.
Check if the forestock is seated correctly, and make sure the front retaining screw is tightened down snugly (but DON'T OVERTIGHTEN, that's endgrain and might split). As far as I'm concerned, that's a design flaw, because that screw should have a washer spreading out its clamping load.
When I put mine back together, the forestock took a bit of fiddling to reattach firmly.
