Henry Supreme or Predator Levergun; concealed hammer?

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I think that a .223 levergun with good accuracy would be a wonderful and fun coyote rifle; I had a BLR once in .22-250 and it excelled at that role. But the two Henry models listed in the thread title both have no exposed hammer, and I am wondering why? Has Henry re-worked the action somehow, perhaps to reduce lock time? There's a tang safety on them, so are we expected to carry the gun around with a loaded chamber, cocked and locked?

To me, one of the major functional benefits of using a lever is being able to instantly see whether the thing is cocked, and to #### or decock as desired very easily. Did Henry change this just to be different, to look cool? The Predator model...AR-style mags, CF barrel, laminated stock, etc....would be something I'd jump on in a heartbeat....if it had the exposed hammer and also a Pic rail that extends further forward to allow more versatile optic mounting.
 
Holy crap. I can use the word cocked, or decock, or decocked, but...the auto censor gets angry when I simply want to type the word ####. It's a friggin' gun forum, for crying out loud.

Wanna see something really amazing? What do you call a timepiece that is typically worn on a strap around one's wrist? Why, it's a wris####ch, of course.

Unbelievable. :(
 
jjohnwm said:
I think that a .223 levergun with good accuracy would be a wonderful and fun coyote rifle; I had a BLR once in .22-250 and it excelled at that role. But the two Henry models listed in the thread title both have no exposed hammer, and I am wondering why? Has Henry re-worked the action somehow, perhaps to reduce lock time? There's a tang safety on them, so are we expected to carry the gun around with a loaded chamber, cocked and locked?

To me, one of the major functional benefits of using a lever is being able to instantly see whether the thing is cocked, and to #### or decock as desired very easily. Did Henry change this just to be different, to look cool? The Predator model...AR-style mags, CF barrel, laminated stock, etc....would be something I'd jump on in a heartbeat....if it had the exposed hammer and also a Pic rail that extends further forward to allow more versatile optic mounting.
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I'm not a fan of lever guns without a hammer as well. I would probably like the Supreme version though but I'd use shorter 5 rnd mags.
The AR type breech block & rotating bolt head makes for very smooth operation and unlike the BLR the Henry is much easier to disassemble
for maintenance. Pity Henry doesn't make these buggers in 6x45 as I'd have a boner fer one if they did.

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As fer the auto censor BS, Fook the whiney, nanny bastards! Bunch of koonts. đź–•
 
Glad to see this thread. I am contemplating a Supreme in either .300 BLK or .223. The hidden hammer is puzzling too - I guess it is mean to be carried around with no mag installed.

Thinking .223 is the way to go since I have sufficient ammo that is sitting around and I own no 300 BLK. Even retail 300BLK is much more than the .223 / 5.56 I have kicking around. We don't have suppressors here so thinking one of the benefits of owning this in 300 BLK is already a moot point.

That is crazy, with regards to the site spell checking. I don't curse myself, but can't understand the auto censor of words that are perfectly fine (like the wrist time piece).
 
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