I will answer this if I did NOT have my arthritis issues, old accident flare ups, from what I have shot in the past and from what I previously owned.BigAl52 wrote:Ok Id like to see if you had to make a choice and you could only have one Henry which one would it be and why
I would still pick a 22lr caliber FIRST in a rifle.
For the HENRY BRAND:
Henry Golden Boy 22lr and a Henry Golden Boy 22wmr like what I used to own and shoot.
For the 22lr CALIBER:
I liked them (HGB rifles.) more than my/our former 2 Marlin Golden 39A rifles (CT MADE), my Winchester 94-22, my Browning BL 22, and my Henry large loop carbine. I am not knocking those brands or styles and IF I never had a HENRY BRAND to try as I have out here... I would still be VERY pleased with those former beautiful and straight shooting rifles.
I have owned and/or shot several brands in 22lr lever action rifles. Some in CF lever action rifles but I did not own a CF rifle until I moved out west. We had some Wins (94 Trapper) in 30-30, 45Long Colt and 357Magnum calibers.
If we are allowed a CF choice and not just a RF choice... I would choose a 30-30 caliber for woods/wilderness protection like the one that my husband just got IF I still lived out here in Grizz country. I have not shot this rifle of his but I have handled it - it is heavy for my old and arthritic bones.
(I do not hunt and I never did hunt so I am just talking about predator protection for my OWN situation. Re: 30-30 Caliber.)
If I lived back east and/or KNEW that my husband or another person would be out in the wilderness/woods with me here in Western Montana carrying a 45-70 or a 30-30 or ? for PROTECTION... I would feel fine carrying another HENRY Classic Big Boy 357Magnum rifle like what we had previously. We had the brass/walnut one and they did not have the other Big Boy designs when we got ours. That was/is a beautiful and sweet shooting gun with factory and reloaded loads.
I used to just carry a BIGGER caliber handgun (45Long Colt, 44Magnum or a 357Magnum) when I first moved out west hiking alone or with someone else. (Back when I used to own, shoot and carry handguns.) Later on, I realized that it was a wise idea to own and carry a CF rifle when I Hiked Alone in specific remote areas including where I used to Camp AND Live in a tiny log cabin butt up to the wilderness.
The weight of a rifle is even more important to me now. It was before but more so now. Plus I was ALWAYS picky on how any firearm felt in my hands and on my body be it a handgun or a rifle. Holstered = shoulder rig or on my hip - Triple K western rig, on a rifle sling or just in my hands shooting as I prefer - standing up and with NO scopes.
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