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I've been shooting Henry rifles for about 12 years now, mostly rimfire. But in the beginning only open sights on my rifles would do (yes my eyes were a bit better then), but then I decided a small scope would look and work well...and it did. Scopes on lever guns just don't look right I thought, but as time goes by my scopes are getting bigger on these lever rifles. I recently mounted a Vortex 4-12x40 on my H001M and it's perfect for this rifle as I shoot out past 100 yards on a regular basis. So what say yee, who's got a big scope on their Henry rifle?

Big Enough?

Yup, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Very nice, looks good to me.

I just took a Pine Ridge 17 caliber specific 4-18x40 off of an H001V. I didn’t take it off because it was too big but rather because it was too cheap.

Nope, 40 is too big for a lever gun. I use that size, or larger, on a bolt action, but for a lever gun or single shot rifle it just looks wrong. I have a Leupold 3-7x33 on my BBX .44 Mag and it looks just right.

John Davies
Spokane WA

I'd love to have that Vortex on my Rem. 700 , 22-250. 12 power max is just about right, anything more and mirage plays with your eyes. Used to have a scope on it with 18 power but sold it but I was able to nail groundhogs between the eyes at 360 yards , the length of my hayfield, as they just popped their little heads out of their hole. It sports a 3-9x now. As we get older, we have to use what we need to in order to make meat.

Nikon 3-9x40 on my .41mag BBSC. Function rules for us old guys.

GunnyGene wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:00 am

Nikon 3-9x40 on my .41mag BBSC. Function rules for us old guys.

understood on function ruling .... we also have Nikon 3-9x40 mounted on our BBS 44Mag .... it has and continues to serve us well

Hey you old farts, I only have a 2-7x Nikon on 44 mag. Henry. Just kidding. Kind of hard seeing the bull even with that with this cataract that need removed. Good grief. I don't know what happened with tis picture. Lol, my Henry really ain't that short.
I'm trying a different picture but it is of my 45-70 Guide Gun. I didn't reduce the size like I did the pic of the Henry 44 mag. I see that showed up better.

Team Roper wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:03 am

Hey you old farts, I only have a 2-7x Nikon on 44 mag. Henry. Just kidding. Kind of hard seeing the bull even with that with this cataract that need removed. Good grief. I don't know what happened with tis picture. Lol, my Henry really ain't that short.
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When you resize you need to check the "Proportional" box when you reduce the width or height. That will retain the original proportions of the pic.