Henry Survival rifle. Owners opinions and now survival .22 thread

TheManInBlack

TheManInBlack

CGN frequent flyer
EE Expired
Rating - 100%
7   0   0
Location
Sault Ste. Marie
Hey Guys just want to know what you think of this since you bought it. Would you buy it again? I want a nice little .22 for bringing to camp and plinking and I liked this for packing away

h002_survival_lg.jpg
 
Last edited:
There is the issue of the plastic shrouded barrel. You can replace it with an all metal barrel. Magazines are key to reliability; the Henry-manufactured magazines will work best in the Henry. You may find that hyper velocity ammunition functions in the AR-7 better than does high velocity and standard velocity ammunition.

Henry AR-7 .22 LR "US Survival" Rifle
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363981

Henry US Survival: Operating temps?
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=367351

Henry AR-7 Preferred Ammo
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=359918
 
I tried a couple of them when they were called AR-7s - with both, every round resulted in a few more aluminum grindings in the works - and 'every round' meant the ones that actually went 'bang!'. Most attempts to shoot them resulted in (a) failures to feed (b) failures to fire or (c) failures to eject. To fire an entire magazine without a failure was an unheard of event, and the misshapen scraps of lead that actually made it out of the barrel rarely landed anywhere close to your point of aim.

You couldn't even throw the damn things in the river because they'd float, someone would find them, and they'd go on to cause more misery.

Maybe the name change and the paint jobs helped, and they might now indeed be truly remarkable examples of the gunmakers art. I'm sure they have their advocates; they are after all, very "tacticool".:cool:

Personally, I'd feel better armed with a pocket full of rocks.
 
Tumbleweed said:
I tried a couple of them when they were called AR-7s - with both, every round resulted in a few more aluminum grindings in the works - and 'every round' meant the ones that actually went 'bang!'. Most attempts to shoot them resulted in (a) failures to feed (b) failures to fire or (c) failures to eject. To fire an entire magazine without a failure was an unheard of event, and the misshapen scraps of lead that actually made it out of the barrel rarely landed anywhere close to your point of aim.

You couldn't even throw the damn things in the river because they'd float, someone would find them, and they'd go on to cause more misery.
Maybe the name change and the paint jobs helped, and they might now indeed be truly remarkable examples of the gunmakers art. I'm sure they have their advocates; they are after all, very "tacticool".:cool:

Personally, I'd feel better armed with a pocket full of rocks.
Click to expand...

Haha! :dancingbanana:

Personally, I kinda like the thing - it's light, semi-automatic and you can actually feel the recoil off a .22 with it....:D.....

IMHO, the main issue with the Henry Survival rifles seems to be those ridiculously "beefy" springs that - for me at least :redface: - necessitates using higher-velocity ammunition like Minimags :cool:, which in turn makes me want to think about getting a heavier barrel, as the thing is already is already anything but muzzle-heavy......:p..anyhow, felt-recoil + light @ the muzzle "does not =" sniper-like accuracy....:ninja:.....)
 
I gave mine away. Poor guy still feels ripped off.
Concept is good. Light, packable surviving 22 that can be used in emergency situations and carried around without alot of weight and room. However, you can't eat what you can't hit. Unless you plan to shoot a barn from twenty feet away, you're going to miss. My best grouping was 3 inches at 20 yards. And even if it was accurate, can't hit when you can't fire. Constant failure to ejects, failure to feeds, failure to fires. One could get more rapid fire from a single shot. Their was ammo that was more tolerable. CCI minimags comes to mind. However, you'd still get FTF and FTE, just not as often. Henry makes good firearms. This is not one of them.
 
Slithery said:
I gave mine away. Poor guy still feels ripped off.
Concept is good. Light, packable surviving 22 that can be used in emergency situations and carried around without alot of weight and room. However, you can't eat what you can't hit. Unless you plan to shoot a barn from twenty feet away, you're going to miss. My best grouping was 3 inches at 20 yards. And even if it was accurate, can't hit when you can't fire. Constant failure to ejects, failure to feeds, failure to fires. One could get more rapid fire from a single shot. Their was ammo that was more tolerable. CCI minimags comes to mind. However, you'd still get FTF and FTE, just not as often. Henry makes good firearms. This is not one of them.
Click to expand...

You really got FTF/FTE's from Minimag solids? :confused:
 
thanks for the imput guys, I got the same from local dudes they told me to look at the Marlin Model 70PSS
marlin-papoose.jpg


I'd love one of these but I dont wanna pay that much even if I could find one

m6-survival-rifle.jpg
 
not trying to trash henry the levers and pumps they put out are great guns but they seem to have dropped the ball with the survival 22. i went in last year to pick one up the finish was coming off the one on the rack the next rifle would not go together and the third needed pliers to get it out of the stock . i bought the charter arms ar7 in 1990 for a relative and it was great what a difference in quality still shoots good . last winter i found a wooden stocked papoose and it's a wonderful little gun accurate and no jamming have only put a couple thousand rounds through it so far but a buddy liked it enough to buy his own. my first pick survival 22. my savage 24c camper carbine 22 lr/20 gauge shoots to point of aim with both 22. and slugs out to 50 yards. have fun picking one out but then again why just one!
jack
 
They are garbage.
However, I plan to aquire a couple of them,
so when they ban guns I will surrender them.
That way, the RCMP won't say they leave empty-handed.
 
I have one and it isn't enjoyable to shoot. Will only feed stingers consistently, everthing else won't recoil the bolt. I can hit what I shoot at with it though. I would recomend another takedown model before the Henry. Try a browning takedown or an old Gevarm take down. The marlin might be good, but I haven;t tried one.
 
I have an old Charter Arms AR-7.
I had to put a slight chamfer at the edge of the chamber to keep the rounds from hanging up .
It only likes round nose, no flat point or hollow point.
It will fire any number of rounds as fast as I can pull the trigger.
The only thing is, because it is so light, it needs a firm consistant grip for accuracy.
It is a SURVIVAL rifle designed in the 40's-50's for pilots downed behind enemy lines,
not a breakdown Anschutz for minute of whisker.
Understand its limitations, sometimes any rifle is better than no rifle. KD
 
I have two of them... an older Charter Arms Explorer, and a brand new Henry's with the resin encased barrel... Haven't shot the new one yet, but the old AR-7 works great... no issues whatsoever with it... I'd buy another if I found one kicking around the neighbourhood....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom