Henry to introduce shotguns in January 2017

[ace73]

I too enjoyed the show! I think a lever action 410 will be cool!

[jstraw]

It was a really good show. Made me feel proud to own a few Henry's seeing all the enthusiasm for an American product. I am glad to see the move into shotgun as well as the single shot rifle lines of product. I think the single shot shotgun is about as American as the lever action rifle. It sure is in the rural areas in which I live. Great to give the imports some real homegrown competition too.

[daytime dave]

I think the new products will be good sellers. I like that lever .410 the best of the shotguns.

I have a single shot .410. My father has a single shot 20 ga. As jstraw stated, they are quite common where I'm from.

[PT7]

My son-in-law owns an H&R 20-gauge single-shot, and that shotgun is a lot of fun to shoot. I hadn't thought about the single-shot s/g being, as you said, "as American as the lever action rifle." I think that's accurate from what I've read on s/g history.

Going to be fun to watch Henry RAC release their new firearms in 2017!

It was a really good show. Made me feel proud to own a few Henry's seeing all the enthusiasm for an American product. I am glad to see the move into shotgun as well as the single shot rifle lines of product. I think the single shot shotgun is about as American as the lever action rifle. It sure is in the rural areas in which I live. Great to give the imports some real homegrown competition too.

[JCN]

After checking out some coach guns I'm really upset they aren't doing a side by side....

[PT7]

Tooling would be a quite different setup for Henry to build a SxS vs. a single barrel shotgun. They are taking the slow and correct step, I think, into this new line of firearms. I'm 100% certain they couldn't handle all the "wish lists" for s/g configurations we would send their way!!

[Danwin22]

My first gun that I owned was a Mossberg .410 bolt-action. Other guys with expensive 12 and 20 gauge shotguns thought a .410 was a joke until we went clay-pigeon shooting.

I don't remember missing a single clay and everyone was amazed. Then someone got the bright idea of throwing up two clays at a time. I managed to shoot the first one, work the bolt and then nail the other one.

At the end of the session all of the expensive big bores were leaning against the fence and the guys were taking turns with my humble little .410. There were several true believers of the ability of a .410 made that day.

I will be waiting for a sale price on the new Henry .410 lever. Sounds like it might also be an ideal home defense weapon and not penetrate neighbors walls.

[RanchRoper]

After checking out some coach guns I'm really upset they aren't doing a side by side....

Maybe it's on the radar depending on how the initial response goes.

[jstraw]

Those old single shot break action and bolt action shotguns were used by those who were mainly hunters. The gun was a tool to get the job done. In these hunter's hands they were deadly on game. These hunters wanted a plate full of squirrels and gravy not an heirloom stowed in a bedroom closet to avoid getting scratches or rained on. These guns were most always handy and in reach if needed quickly. They were not worth much to others but priceless to the younger generations of the family years later. They weren't safe queens. They were in the woods on cool October mornings when real memories were being made by families and hunting buddies.
I believe the new single barrel break action shotguns will have to be at a very competitive price point to enjoy continued strong sales once the initial hoopla of their arrival subsides. I am excited myself and hope we again have a quality made in the USA single shot shotgun that will have strong sales for many years.

[JCN]

Yes, let's hope the price point is right. There really isn't much technology involved in a single shot shotgun and it didn't appear to be overly embellished. I'm hoping for $600ish. But I still want the coach gun!