Henry single shot rifles?

I had one in. 308, never killed anything with it,only 30 rounds at the range ,enough to tell me it wasn't for me,less than impressed with the trigger and accuracy ,expected more for such a solid built single shot.
 
Most triggers are junk from the factory. As for accuracy a "layer trigger".. is a little more challenging...
Good thing triggers cam be reworked..

I passed on a nice little 44 mag carbine.. nicely blued octagonal barrel.. good wood .. finish was SO-SO..
but at 500 bucks.... really..
I'll take a good old H&R over a Henry anyday
 
I don't understand the cost of a single shot rifle....single shot shot guns and 22lrs are xheap.....why single shot rifles on average cost more than mid entry level rifles is beyond me...... unless stuck withhorribly Liberal restrictions is just dont get the concepts of single shots on anything but pheasant guns.
 
I had one in hand, never fired it. It reminded me of a CIL single, break action shotgun, clumsy and unpleasant. Price seemed rather high for a single.
 
philhut said:
I don't understand the cost of a single shot rifle....single shot shot guns and 22lrs are xheap.....why single shot rifles on average cost more than mid entry level rifles is beyond me...... unless stuck withhorribly Liberal restrictions is just dont get the concepts of single shots on anything but pheasant guns.
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Limited appeal, small volume of sales from which you can recover development and tooling up costs. I bought my first Handi-Rifle (a N.E.F. SuperLight in .223Rem) brand new for about $420 a long time ago. I had tried a friend's, liked the concept, liked the rifle, but a big part of the appeal was it was the cheapest new hunting rifle on the market in Canada at the time. Within a couple years Savage introduced the Stevens 200 which sold new for $299.99 and the world changed. N.E.F. and H&R had to accept a much reduced profit margin.

What I still like about the Handi-Rifle (and other single shots) is the simplicity. and that they can be compact which is nice for transport and carrying and at a given weight, a compact gun feels easier to carry than a longer one. Most can be made to shoot well with a little tweaking and some came from the factory so well you'd be foolish to mess with them.
 
I have a .308, with iron sights, for close bush hunting it can't be beat, very short, light, so nice to carry all day. Mine doesn't have a horrible trigger, it is decent for accuracy, I get 3-4" groups at 100 yards with it, which is decent with iron sights.
 
I have one in 45-70 and find it quite accurate with factory ammo. Is more accurate with copper jacket bullet over lead cast bullets. Trigger is a bit heavier but nothing that affects my accuracy so far shooting from the bench.
 
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