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Title: Henry .22
Post by: turkeyfeather on July 17, 2011, 04:47:16 PM

I have been wanting one of these for quite some time. I finally picked one up this week and took it out to run some ammo through it today. I love the feel and action is very nice, but (there is always a but) it is horribly inaccurate out of the box. The real complaint is that you cannot adjust the sights rt. or lt. only up and down. I had to adjust it to its max setting and it still shoots about 4" low & 3"rt. at 25 yards. Anyone else have one of these and did you have any problems. :dunno:

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on July 17, 2011, 05:04:45 PM

Their warranty service is excellent.  Box it up and send it back.  I would call them first, as they might want to send you a repair order slipor number.  You can ship it UPS back to them, and the'll either repair or replace it and UPS it right back to you.  No FFL needed, unless you want to go through your dealer, but he might tell you to just send it yourself.

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: royalbull on July 17, 2011, 08:30:39 PM

I have the goldenboy and it was a tack driver out of the box no adjustment needed

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: BiggMayn on July 27, 2011, 12:57:46 PM

I have one and it is also really bad. My $40 BB gun has the exact same sights. Still a lot of fun for tin cans and paper but my Ruger 22/45 pistol is much more accurate at any range. I'd like to have a gunsmith work over the sights/ install something new. Any ideas on swapping out the sights? (I'd want to keep iron sights) 

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: lokidog on July 27, 2011, 01:08:28 PM

Try some different ammo and see how that works.

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: JKEEN33 on July 29, 2011, 09:09:54 AM

I think it depends on the model you bought. I bought the hex barrel a few years back and it is a great shooter. Brother in law bought the round barrel and I really do not like it. 

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: lokidog on July 29, 2011, 11:41:08 AM

My daughter has the hex barrel as well and it shoots nicely.

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: turkeyfeather on August 01, 2011, 05:41:33 PM

Yeah I bought the hex barrel. BiggMayn if you figure out how to change the sights I would love to here from you on how or what you did. Lokidog- I hadn't even thought about the ammo, seems like a no brainer I can't believe I didn't think of that. Thanks guys! :tup:

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: magnanimous_j on August 03, 2011, 01:10:05 PM

Quote from: royalbull on July 17, 2011, 08:30:39 PM

I have the goldenboy and it was a tack driver out of the box no adjustment needed

I've always wanted one of those.

Title: Re: Henry .22
Post by: marlin on August 06, 2011, 07:59:26 PM

I see the henry .22s everytime I go to wal-mart, but I think Im going to wait and find a Marlin 39A at a good price. After that I want a remington 572 pump .22. As of now I have 5 .22s. Two bolt action, one semi-auto, double action revolver, oh and a .22 conversion for my AR so I guess that counts as another semi-auto. Ive been eyeing the marlin 39a alot lately. Just kind of hard to justify $5-600 for a .22
  But I do shoot .22 more than anything because of ammo prices, so whats the point in my expensive AR sitting at home? Next time I can spend that much Im getting the 39A