Henry Lever .22

[randas]

Picked up a Henry lever .22 this evening. Out of the box the action was nice and smooth... I went and put 300ish rounds thru her and by the end the action was really rough to cycle. It had quite the metal on metal grinding feeling to it.

Is this normal after so few rounds? I'm hoping it just needs a good cleaning?

 

[300Spartans]

Did you spend any time degreasing it before shooting? I degreased mine and then put some oil on. It's a pretty slick action.

 

[Bull's-Eye]

Here are some pic's of the inside of a Henry. Took mine apart. Fairly simple to put back together.

This is a picture of what it looked like before I took it apart

 

[cyclone]

Here are some pic's of the inside of a Henry. Took mine apart. Fairly simple to put back together.

Looks very nice, btw...

 

[Bull's-Eye]

Looks very nice, btw...

Thanks. It is actually one of my favorite rifles I have ever owned. There is something to be said about shooting with open sights.

 

[Yuk]

My week old Golden Boy experienced the same phenomenon. I lubed the action a little and it seemed to improve, but it's still not a smooth as it was out of the box.

300Spartans and Bull's-Eye,

Where can go (online) to learn how to disassemble and do a complete degreasing?

 

[randas]

I completely disassembled, cleaned, and lubed it up. Feels like new again! We put another 300 rounds thru her today and it still feels good.

On a related note.. dose anyone know if the sights are adjustable L/R? It seems to be consistently shooting 5" to the left.

 

[notsorichguy]

Sorry for stating the obvious..... but aim 5" right.......

You should be able to drift the sights over. Use a Brass punch, not a steel one. At least thats what I did, mine is not new tho...... I bought it used.

Cheers