Henry H001M disassembly, parts and construction
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:07 am
Hey guys, just thought I would throw this out there.
A few days ago, I was bored out of my mind, with the bitter cold here n’ all. I thought I’d watch the H001M Lever Action Magnum maintenance videos, just to see if I could disassemble my rifle to get a better idea of how these are put together, and to clean it from the inside out.
https://www.henryusa.com/henry-instruct ... 22-magnum/
I followed the video instructions to the letter, and grouped all the related parts together in 4 empty margarine containers, in the order that I removed them. When I got to the carrier, carrier lever, spring and plunger, I realized that there was a layer of oil - or grease, which seemed fairly thick on these parts, including the main receiver body surface, (after the receiver cover was removed)
After cleaning all the grouped parts with WD-40, Q-tips and a toothbrush, followed by a light oiling and wipe down of all the parts with Ballistol, I noticed that there was black smudge on my rags and shop towels that came from these parts:
Bolt
Main receiver body (outside of it with cover removed)
Lever pin, trigger pin, locking bar pin, hammer pin
Carrier body, carrier feed lever
Hammer guide, hammer spring
Putting it back together wasn’t all that difficult, but took some patience and time, fiddling with the orientation of the rifle body (resting it across 2 foam-rubber ladder bumpers), while re-assembling the grouped parts. I found the trickiest part was re-installing the carrier assembly with the spring and tube, WITH the lever, since both parts share the common “lever pin”.
I have to say, I was quite impressed after I put it back together, and it fed and cycled a round into the chamber, and then ejected properly. Not impressed with myself, but how these were designed. It’s an antiquated design, compared to “modern” bolt action and AR style rifles, but in a way, that’s a great thing. They simply work as they were intended. The parts can’t really fit together any other way. The screw holes either line up or they don’t. The pins hammer into where they’re supposed to, or they don’t.
I love this rifle.
A few days ago, I was bored out of my mind, with the bitter cold here n’ all. I thought I’d watch the H001M Lever Action Magnum maintenance videos, just to see if I could disassemble my rifle to get a better idea of how these are put together, and to clean it from the inside out.
https://www.henryusa.com/henry-instruct ... 22-magnum/
I followed the video instructions to the letter, and grouped all the related parts together in 4 empty margarine containers, in the order that I removed them. When I got to the carrier, carrier lever, spring and plunger, I realized that there was a layer of oil - or grease, which seemed fairly thick on these parts, including the main receiver body surface, (after the receiver cover was removed)
After cleaning all the grouped parts with WD-40, Q-tips and a toothbrush, followed by a light oiling and wipe down of all the parts with Ballistol, I noticed that there was black smudge on my rags and shop towels that came from these parts:
Bolt
Main receiver body (outside of it with cover removed)
Lever pin, trigger pin, locking bar pin, hammer pin
Carrier body, carrier feed lever
Hammer guide, hammer spring
Putting it back together wasn’t all that difficult, but took some patience and time, fiddling with the orientation of the rifle body (resting it across 2 foam-rubber ladder bumpers), while re-assembling the grouped parts. I found the trickiest part was re-installing the carrier assembly with the spring and tube, WITH the lever, since both parts share the common “lever pin”.
I have to say, I was quite impressed after I put it back together, and it fed and cycled a round into the chamber, and then ejected properly. Not impressed with myself, but how these were designed. It’s an antiquated design, compared to “modern” bolt action and AR style rifles, but in a way, that’s a great thing. They simply work as they were intended. The parts can’t really fit together any other way. The screw holes either line up or they don’t. The pins hammer into where they’re supposed to, or they don’t.
I love this rifle.