Henry Big Boy X-model

[Ian]

Looks like Henry Repeating Arms finally figured out how to put a loading gate on their BB so it will accommodate a suppressor. So far none of the other standard revolver-caliber models are yet available with the side loading gate. We can hope?

Big Boy X Model | Henry Repeating Arms

Creating the mold and then breaking out of it is something that we take great pride in. It’s how we progress and continue pushing the boundaries of what lever actions are capable of. The Big Boy X Model does just that and marks an evolutionary step in a product line with quite the pedigree...

www.henryusa.com

 

[waco]

Okay. That's a badass looking lever IMO.

 

[Spindrift]

I like it!
I would have preferred it without the accessory rail at the end of the fore end, though. I don’t like sharp corners where I might want to put my hand.

 

[fiver]

those are wood stocks too.
the rail would have to go, I mean seriously a home defense lever gun with a light rail in 45-70?
that wal-mart bargain bin flash light is gonna last 1 round, your gonna be in the 200$ flash light area.
now if a guy HAD to go looking for a bear or a pig at night he'd want like 5 lights on there.

 

[Rally]

Now if they just made it in stainless. I like the shape of the lever loop also. Appears to be the only pistol grip stock they offer.

 

[fiver]

they do make a stainless model.
I was just coming to comment on their 'all weather' model.

 

[S Mac]

I could be wrong, but I think the all weather is plated.

 

[fiver]

plated?
seriously... WTH?

 

[S Mac]

Yes, I went to Henry's site, a durable chrome plate is their term. I think the stock, forearm is wood with some weather resistant coating as well.

 

[fiver]

hmm.
well,,, my enthusiasm just dropped a couple of notches.

 

[Brad]

You had enthusiasm? For a Henry?

 

[Rally]

I saw the "All Weather' but it doesn't have the pistol grip stock nor that lever.

 

[fiver]

side loading gate and all weather beater lever rifles are kind of my thing.
especially something I can put some type of quick acquisition sight on.

the deer here like to gather up and hang out under the thicker pine groves when the weather gets nasty so the shots tend to be shall we say up close and personal and right now or never.

 

[Ian]

I don't know what they're thinking other than putting cheap lipstick on stuff they already have. The all weather model has coated wood stocks and plated steel parts. The X-models wear the mare's leg lever, and the traditional-looking curved lever/pistol grip stock arrangement is only available on their .410 shotgun model. I get that engineering, testing, and actually producing a stainless-steel receiver with their current tooling may be a no-go, but if it were me I'd make an "all weather X model" instead of a straight-stocked, plated model with epoxied wood stocks. The BB side loading gate is the only real step ahead that they've done so far and I hope they keep exploiting that production capability as much as they can. A brass BB with round barrel, pistol-grip stock, and a side gate in .327 would be sweet.

 

[fiver]

they could go synthetic stocks [foam filled and sealed] and a stainless barrel about 20"s long in 41,44 mag or something like that and I'd be okay with it. [really okay with it even if it was a blued receiver]
I'd have other caliber preferences [shrug] but realistically not everyone wants a 480 ruger or one of the super mag round type of lever gun.

 

[Rally]

I'm with you Ian, but I actually like the tube load idea, for easy unloading. I don't see anything better about the Henry compared to my Marlin 336 SS, and it is cheaper than the Henry. I like pistol grip stocks, and that .410 lever and the X model are the most appealing to me in their whole line up. I don't need either of them, but what's that got to do with anything.

 

[Rally]

That .480 would probably make a pretty good bear gun too.

 

[Ian]

I like the tubes too, except that suppressors get in the way of loading the rifle unless there's a side gate. I don't hate the Marlin side bolt safety, either, it's handy when unloading the magazine, otherwise I just don't use it.

 

[Glaciers]

I'd have other caliber preferences [shrug] but realistically not everyone wants a 480 ruger or one of the super mag round type of lever gun.

I've been after a friend who has a Rossi 480, but, he says he won't sell it to me until he takes a moose with it. Problem is he won't go hunting. He won't just say "it's not for sale".
I believe that Nonneman Custom Guns said he would convert a Marlin 94 to 480. Don't remember the price but if I remember it wasn't horrible. Well the Marlin is still in the box, so maybe the price was higher then I remember.
But now that you brought it up I'm going to go back through my emails.
The 480 with 400 plus grain slugs, with the velocity increase, maybe 200 fps would be good bear medicine in a light handy levergun.

 

[Glaciers]

Got an email back from Regan Nonneman about rebarreling a Marlin 94 to 480. $750 with the upgrades (?) and 8 month turn around time. Well with the cost of the rifle, shipping and the work, I'd be into the 480 for about $1400 to $1500.
I think I'll go back to and up my offer to Ray for the Rossi. Could end up with 2 guns for that price.