Hi folks, first post, sorry but .357 HO12GMR misfires 100%

[Mags]

Just a quick update, per UPS the rifle arrived at Henry last Wednesday. I called on Friday, the lady said 7-10 business days for them to get to it.

They must be getting a lot of returns for repair. When I sent one of my rifles in, it was on it's way back 3 days after they received it. I hope they get to yours sooner than their standard quote.

[Richd]

My rifle just arrived back. Broken firing pin. I’m gonna call and ask for a spare, not sure why it’s a “restricted “ part .

[Mags]

My rifle just arrived back. Broken firing pin. I’m gonna call and ask for a spare, not sure why it’s a “restricted “ part .

Maybe ask for a spare bolt assembly as well. That firing pin broke for some reason not explained.

[Richd]

Just called, a whole lot of nope! The lady said they used to send out firing pins but management says it’s restricted. I said let them know a customer is not happy, she laughed. She said they even yelled at them lol. I said tell them to fire the lawyers and please your customers. I asked if there was a bad batch of firing pins, she said they don’t tell them anything, maybe it was “ processed “ too long whatever that means, maybe her way of saying yes without getting in trouble. Test firing tomorrow. If you don’t hear from me all is well… thanks for the support here! Might trade in a Marlin but I’ve set this up they way I need it, lop cut, optics and light.

[Richd]

Trade in on a Marlin I meant

[Vaquero]

My rifle just arrived back. Broken firing pin. I’m gonna call and ask for a spare, not sure why it’s a “restricted “ part .

Maybe ask for a spare bolt assembly as well. That firing pin broke for some reason not explained.

Maybe that would have been a good question.
How about just send me a new bolt.
Glad you finally got it back, hope it performs to your satisfaction.

RP

[Richd]

When I sent it in I asked for a full bolt, they said it needed to be head spaced. Not sure if that’s valid for a rimmed revolver cartridge but it’s moot, the answer was no.

[Vaquero]

When I sent it in I asked for a full bolt, they said it needed to be head spaced. Not sure if that’s valid for a rimmed revolver cartridge but it’s moot, the answer was no.

I call bs on that one, now if we talking changing a barrel, then yes.
Not the bolt
I've pulled the bolt out of one my 35 Remington Marlin's once and put in the other one.
It went bang just fine. And they were made like 15 yrs. apart.

RP

[BigAl52]

Glad they got you up and running. Ive said this before I think there is to many Henrys going back for repair. Seems as though quality control isnt what it should be.

[fortyshooter]

I wonder if Henry gets the firing pins from another vendor?

[Richd]

Well I’ve had trouble with Glock, Keltec, MSAR, S&W and now with my first Henry. My only frustration with Henry is they won’t ship a simple part, makes no sense. I get the legal concerns so maybe there’s some variance in parts and they have to version them, diff pins for the same gun that needs close attention due to tolerance. Probably not easy to determine outside of factory. I’m guessing giving benefit of the doubt they have a good reputation.

[Richd]

Put about 30-40 rounds through it today, not a hitch.
I did chrono underwood.357 120gr penetrators, 2040fps average
And buffalo bore 180 gr hardcast at about 1929fps average.
Got home checked screws, several were loose, snapped one on the front hand guard with not a lot of force. Just gonna drop some locktite on it and call it a day.

[JEBar]

what was your impression of how it shot ...how close were the impact points for the various loads you fired

[Richd]

The range was pretty busy so I only shot at 7 yds to test and chrono.
I did rezero the delta point pro RDS it was off a bit after removing and reinstalling. At that distance they all hit
pretty close but the 120gr seemed to shoot a bit higher than the 180gr Buffalo bore. I fired a bunch of 38 and other .357 too
all about same but I’ll get back and check zero at 25 and 50 yards.

[Richd]

Rifle still running good since returning. I swapped out the delta point pro, I used it because I had it but as a pistol red dot I found it had 6” or more of parallax at 25 yds. I bought the at3 tactical on Amazon for $99 and initial impressions are very good. Time will tell on durability and I have equivalent aimpoint rds on other rifles this seems as good. Zeroed for 180 gr .357 underwood and buffalo bore. Very close poi .

Rich