Centerfire popularity is amazing

[beaverislander]

I had no idea how many Henry Centerfires were out there until I joined this forum. Sure, I knew they made a few different calibers here and there but I always thought of Henry's as basically rimfire rifles.

[CT_Shooter]

I love my H001 Henry .22. It's the first gun I ever purchased and it's so much fun to shoot; however, it inspired me to purchase a H006M Henry Big Boy .357 and I might love that one a little bit more than the rimfire because it's what led me to begin reloading, another part of this shooting hobby that I love.

Now I own three .357s... one Henry rifle, one Uberti SAA revolver, one Colt DA revolver, and a Colt .38 special revolver.

How many times can I say I love this hobby?

[beaverislander]

Maybe starting with a .22 and then adding a 357 is natural progression as the same thing just happened to me.

[Rifletom]

I love my H001 Henry .22. It's the first gun I ever purchased and it's so much fun to shoot; however, it inspired me to purchase a H006M Henry Big Boy .357 and I might love that one a little bit more than the rimfire because it's what led me to begin reloading, another part of this shooting hobby that I love.

Now I own three .357s... one Henry rifle, one Uberti SAA revolver, one Colt DA revolver, and a Colt .38 special revolver.

How many times can I say I love this hobby?

CT, I'm right there with you. Except my deal is with those pesky .45 Colts! One Henry BB steel and two Italian 1873 clones. Which I've been shooting a lot of. Gads, those things are a hoot!

[fortyshooter]

My first Henry was the .22 Pump Action and Henry was the only game in town for that. Liked the quality of it and when I was looking for a .44 Mag Carbine I picked Henry again. Then the "enablers" here got me and well got a .357 rifle and later a very nice CCH .45 Carbine.

[beaverislander]

My first Henry was the .22 Pump Action and Henry was the only game in town for that. Liked the quality of it and when I was looking for a .44 Mag Carbine I picked Henry again. Then the "enablers" here got me and well got a .357 rifle and later a very nice CCH .45 Carbine.

I'm starting to see how that could happen.

[Cofisher]

Yeah, those Henry 22’s are definitely gateway drugs.

[Conax]

The bigger bores give a lot better pin action on fun targets. The .22s are great for plinking, target shooting and small game. The big bores are great for plinking (with more destruction) target shooting (with more cost, kick and noise) and medium/larger game hunting. I like the heft and the power of the big classics. I like em all. There's nothing like walnut and blue steel with an external hammer. Just feels right.

[BigAl52]

Im gonna say the 41 mag for me. Looked for a long time at getting a Marlin in 41 mag but the prices were way over the top. When Henry finally decided to do a 41 I was all over it.

[GunnyGene]

I had no idea how many Henry Centerfires were out there until I joined this forum. Sure, I knew they made a few different calibers here and there but I always thought of Henry's as basically rimfire rifles.

Henry also has a significant International market. Take a look at the countries represented just on this forum. Scroll down on this forums home page to see the flags of our international members.

[beaverislander]

It would be interesting so see the ranking and number of Henry's sold, by caliber.

[GunnyGene]

It would be interesting so see the ranking and number of Henry's sold, by caliber.

You could email them and ask, but they may not want to release that info for business reasons.

[Yornoc3]

I went the opposite direction . I had three H 015 single shots (.45-70, .243 and 30-30) and an H 09 30-30 lever action before I finally got around to buying a Frontier .22. But I did get there .

[JEBar]

per Henry's website, they offer 44 Mag in 25 of their lines, 45-70 in 21 lines, and 45 Colt/357 in 20 lines .... considering they offer 22 LR in 46 lines it would be reasonable to believe that rim fires still constitute the largest portion of their production

[Conax]

per Henry's website, they offer 44 Mag in 25 of their lines, 45-70 in 21 lines, and 45 Colt/357 in 20 lines .... considering they offer 22 LR in 46 lines it would be reasonable to believe that rim fires still constitute the largest portion of their production

The .22s are the most popular among new shooters, as gifts for kids, the choice of small game hunters and cost the least.
I would expect them to sell twice as many .22s as all the rest combined.

[ol'pole]

I started with a Henry Big boy GCCC in 45 colt, it matches with my Uberti 6 shooter case colored
might have to think about another Henry in 357??
Have 3 Rugers, sr9c, sr40 & Security 6 (my old duty gun)
a pair of 1911's
2 Smiths, a 40 & a k22 target
I love shooting them all
I roll my own for them all but the 22
My boys don't know about the Henry yet, their putting dibbs on their favorites. If I have anything to say about it they wont get them for a looooooong time

[wjv16]

With Marlin cranking out dubious quality rifles for several years, and Winchester requiring a mortgage re-finance to purchase, Henry filled a void in the market by providing good quality products at a reasonable price. When when they do mess up on a rifle, they are very good at making things right the vast majority of times.

[Sir Henry]

Henry makes centerfire?

[Hatchdog]

Henry makes centerfire?

Naaa, that’s just an urban rumor.

[Grunt67]

Currently, here in Mid-Tenn, we have black bears migrating in from the East, cougars moving in from the West. Myself & my 45/70 are just waiting til the bison start heading this way,