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Picked up my X model .44 last evening. Have not had a chance to clean and fire it yet, and cannot wait! It fits like it was made for me (maybe I'm short?) Smooth easy action, love those FO sights, and trigger exactly right for me - I don't like 'em too light or too heavy. Hopefully Saturday afternoon I'll take it for a run.

Nice! Handloads or factory ammo?

Handloads - hard cast 190 over 4227. Figure I'll shoot it, clean it, shoot it, clean it... ha.

congrats indeed .... looking forward to your ongoing post as you become better acquainted with your new Henry .... be sure to follow the link below where you may be able to add it to our forum's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 74#p230974

Done and did!

Congratulations. Shoot and enjoy it.

Congrats on your new Henry X-Model. I got one in .44 about a month ago and agree with you about the smoothness of the action, the trigger pull and the the "exactly right" feel of the gun. Here's a pic of how mine is set up....
I got the Ranger Point quick takedown screw because I like to clean from the breech end and it takes about 30 seconds to get the lever and bolt out of the way. The O-ring on the screw keeps it from loosening. The Ranger Rhino picatinny base has a "trench" in the center that allows use of the iron sights if you remove your scope or reddot. I went with an Ultradot 30mm Gen 2 reddot in low Warne rings and the quickly removed Streamlight TLR1-HL weapon light.

Just in case you needed any ideas on how to spend even more money.

I didn’t set out for the X model, in fact it did not appeal to me but 1,000 rounds later it’s my favorite in the safe! Trigger, weight, balance, length and those sights are awesome. I’d like them on my traditional looking rifles.

5shot: Since you mention it, once I take out the lever and bolt, I just reach in and pull out the extractor, is that right? Watched a youtube, looked like just the 3 simple steps. I plan on adding a fore end light to mine at some point as well , just gotta gather some more pennies

Luvthe lever: Funny story, I went into Stateline back in July to put in an order for the new Marlin .44, and the old fella just laughed at me lol. He said we'll order you one if you really want it, but gonna be a while and pretty pricey. Why not check out the Henrys? So after a week of researching, this X seemed ideal. I go back the next week to order the Henry, and the younger guy says, hey we got a Marlin coming in if you still want it. I opted for the Henry and am so glad I did. Definitely worth the wait.

Congrats on the X 44 Tubby! I have one in 45 Colt and a nice shooter when I want to shoot big lead quietly with the suppressor screwed on.
Those 190's you have ought to be moving along right well.

Tubby wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:15 am

5shot: Since you mention it, once I take out the lever and bolt, I just reach in and pull out the extractor, is that right? Watched a youtube, looked like just the 3 simple steps. I plan on adding a fore end light to mine at some point as well , just gotta gather some more pennies

You won't need to pull out the extractor. It'll fall out as soon as you tip the rifle on it's right side. No problem though. When you put it back together just get the extractor pointed in the right direction, line it up in the groove and see that the peg falls into the hole in the left side of the receiver. Keep the rifle on it's left side when you reinsert the bolt.

I don't mean to sound like an authority here....after well over a half a century of being a rifle nut I had to ask the guys on this forum how to disassemble a lever! All my experience was with bolts and single shots. Everybody was nice and helpful but now that I realise how simple it is I just gotta wonder if there wasn't a snicker or two behind their keyboards.

^^^^^^^

Doubt there were many snickers, all of us have been in your position field stripping our first lever action that isn’t a Winchester. Most of us had Marlins before Henrys became available which are exactly the same for lever removal.

Learn by doing and looking up info. on your particular gun....Youtube is great for disassembly info.! Lots of help here also.

Yeah to the ease of removing the lever on the Henry's for cleaning. Just like Marlins; easy.

So I walked up the hill and stuck a piece of scrap plywood against a tree. Stood about 60 paces/50 yards away and shot offhand without taking too much time. I *think* when I bench rest it, I'll have to adjust for windage to the right some, but the wind was blowing this morning and Lord knows I'm no sniper anyway. I'm actually real happy that it shot as well as it did; seems to shoot to point of aim. The way I was huffing from the walk and the sights were wiggling around, I can't complain about the rifle, for sure. I'm certain a better shooter would have gotten much better results.
I'm very impressed with the action now I've shot it. Trigger is great, lever is smooth. The only hangup I had was feeding into the side gate after about 6 rounds or so, I think the lead was building up a little and getting sticky. It's way easier tube loading anyway for me. In short, I'm pickled tink!

Oh, and I had the plywood leaning a bit left of where the rifle is in the first pic.

Tubby wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 15, 2023 5:20 pm

Oh, and I had the plywood leaning a bit left of where the rifle is in the first pic.

We can tell...
Glad you got to put a few rounds through it.

RP

Lol! Didn't want y'all to think I missed by that much

I’m pickled tink too. Looks like a great day in the woods.