Well I previously criticized Henry for using rolled steel as opposed to solid, drawn tubing for mag tubes and I retract my criticism!
While cleaning my 119 year old Winchester over the weekend I noticed near the forward end of the mag tube what appeared to be a small, horizontal crack at the hole where the tube end plug screw goes through and into a small recess on the underside of the barrel.
Well, a closer examination revealed it is not a crack but a slight separation in the SEAM of the mag tube. It appears Winchester also used rolled tubing for mag tubes as well. I will admit the seam is tighter than Henrys, finished nicely and hard to see but it is still a seam.
Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
I Stand Corrected!
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Vaquero
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Re: I Stand Corrected!
Hundred and nineteen, you mean it still shoots? 
Just yanking your chain, I have one that is 106.
RP
Just yanking your chain, I have one that is 106.
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H001, H006, H012
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Re: I Stand Corrected!
Heck yea - and virtually new and unworn on the inside!Hundred and nineteen, you mean it still shoots?
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Need to see more of this 119 yr. old Winchester! What caliber is it? Very nice and clean!!
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Its .30-30.
It cleaned up quite nicely and looks pretty good for 119 !
It cleaned up quite nicely and looks pretty good for 119 !
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