Re: Golden Boy shoots 28,000 rounds
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:42 pm
Took several outings, blistered finger; during the hotter summer months when I started out I had to wear a glove to hold the receiver it got so hot. As Summer turned into Fall, outside temps cooled & kept the heat down enough to hold it bare-handed.
Load & shoot as fast as possible, repeat.
I worked up to speeds that I honestly believe rivalled Lucas McCain.
There's a trick to it, in how you work the lever & where you place your trigger finger.
Firing from the hip was fastest, and I could actually hit small chunks of debris out to about 30 yards occasionally.
The broken locking block spring (into 3 pieces, no less) didn't keep the gun from firing, it just let the lever flop a little loose. When I held the lever closed in a normal firing position, lockup was fine.
I was expecting some other parts to wear, but aside from the extractor I replaced myself near the end, nothing did.
The Henry people were interested to see how the gun would hold up, I took it farther than they ever had in their own testing.
I sent it back to them for a thorough specs analysis to see what was worn beyond specs & needed to be replaced, and it came back to me with a note saying the busted spring was the only thing needing replacement.
I COULD have done that repair myself, the Golden Boy isn't hard to break down.
The gun uses MIM parts, which many of us dislike.
I initially had reservations about the Henry rimfires when I first started working with them years ago, but as time went on, those died.
This endurance run, 22,000 without cleaning the action & all 28,000 without ever cleaning the barrel, was the final nail in the Coffin Of Doubt.
Henry's MIMs are extremely good-to-go, and I no longer have the slightest concern about how they'll hold up over the long run.
I wholeheartedly recommend Henry rimfire leverguns & I've given several as gifts to people I value.
And I still have the test rifle.
Bought it after the testing, it still has a lotta life left in it.
Denis
Load & shoot as fast as possible, repeat.
I worked up to speeds that I honestly believe rivalled Lucas McCain.
There's a trick to it, in how you work the lever & where you place your trigger finger.
Firing from the hip was fastest, and I could actually hit small chunks of debris out to about 30 yards occasionally.
The broken locking block spring (into 3 pieces, no less) didn't keep the gun from firing, it just let the lever flop a little loose. When I held the lever closed in a normal firing position, lockup was fine.
I was expecting some other parts to wear, but aside from the extractor I replaced myself near the end, nothing did.
The Henry people were interested to see how the gun would hold up, I took it farther than they ever had in their own testing.
I sent it back to them for a thorough specs analysis to see what was worn beyond specs & needed to be replaced, and it came back to me with a note saying the busted spring was the only thing needing replacement.
I COULD have done that repair myself, the Golden Boy isn't hard to break down.
The gun uses MIM parts, which many of us dislike.
I initially had reservations about the Henry rimfires when I first started working with them years ago, but as time went on, those died.
This endurance run, 22,000 without cleaning the action & all 28,000 without ever cleaning the barrel, was the final nail in the Coffin Of Doubt.
Henry's MIMs are extremely good-to-go, and I no longer have the slightest concern about how they'll hold up over the long run.
I wholeheartedly recommend Henry rimfire leverguns & I've given several as gifts to people I value.
And I still have the test rifle.
Bought it after the testing, it still has a lotta life left in it.
Denis