Small Game Carbine

[popdad]

Wonderful Carbine, the handling and point ability is great! Henry has a real winner on this as far. as I'm concerned. Now for the down side. The sight in was 5" high and 4"right. The factory front sight was .450 in height. Called Skinner and they recommended .525 and I was sent a Guide series Brass. I installed and sighted in. Happy days unless your a squirrel ! Mine likes 36grhp and 40grhp from Winchester.

[Sir Henry]

The SGC is my favorite.

[popdad]

The only problem I had was the carbine was shooting high. I called Skinner and they were vary good to deal with. I told them the rifle was shooting high. The carbine comes with .450 I put an .525 guide brass front sight on and a little trimming now dead on at 25yds. Next time I will do the partridge for looks not that the guide series is bad just personal preference. The other problem was front sight haze. The sight comes with .096 aperture. I tried the Ghost ring and I couldn't see that. I had them send me an.125 and .155 aperture and all is well except for the chipmunks they aren't talking much! Its really quiet! I can hear the grass grow now!

[markiver54]

I too have the SGC and really like how it feels and shoots.

[jstanfield103]

Only Henry 22lr. I have is the Evil Roy which I believe is the SGC. Great rifle and like it very much. I have the Marbles Bullseye Sight on mine with a taller front sight. Works great.

[markiver54]

Only Henry 22lr. I have is the Evil Roy which I believe is the SGC. Great rifle and like it very much. I have the Marbles Bullseye Sight on mine with a taller front sight. Works great.

The Evil Roy has a shorter LOP at 13". The SGC has a 14" LOP.
The Evil Roy was designed to appeal to children and adults alike. Though discontinued, it is a very nice rifle.

[jstanfield103]

Yes correct another reason I bought the Evil Roy, LOP. I just forgot about that point. Thanks for the reminder.

[Mags]

Other than finding a pre-owned Evil Roy, you can sorta make one DIY in .22 S/L/LR.
Buy a Youth Silver .22 H001SY and replace the lever with a large loop HL2214L. You'll have what looks like and Evil Roy without the Evil Roy(R) in the stock.
LOP: 13"; BL 17".

[popdad]

I like everything about the Eval Roy Except the name on the stock. I often wondered if they could have accomplished the name in another way on the carbine. Never thought of buying the youth model that's a really good suggestion.

[Vaquero]

I made something similar years ago before Henry ever came out with the ER.
I stripped the reciever cover and barrel band, but instead of leaving it shiny. I let mine tarnish then clear coated it. Also stripped the factory finish on the stocks and finished them with boiled linseed oil.
A few years leter I found an old Winchester saddle ring and d&t'd the reciever and installed it.

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RP

[popdad]

Nice looking and good idea!

[jstanfield103]

vaquero

That is a Beautiful rifle. Job well done. I like the saddle ring which I usually put on most of my levers, I think on my Evil Roy I used the Henry Saddle ring.

[The Wiz]

Just put through a 100 rounds on mine. Just so much fun. Was using Rem Thunderbolts that I had and never shot. Had a 3x9 Tasco on it. Hardly left the bulls eye @100 meters. My first Henry that I got about 6 yrs ago back in Illinois at a gun shop that is sadly no longer. It was run by a delightful lady who knew more about guns then I would ever know.

[jstanfield103]

I prefer to shoot Thunderbolts out of my 22lr's also. 40 gn. and shoot great.

[popdad]

Mine likes Winchester 36grhp and the Winchester small game 40gr hp. These have the POI, how can I get so lucky!

[Redthies]

I made something similar years ago before Henry ever came out with the ER.
I stripped the reciever cover and barrel band, but instead of leaving it shiny. I let mine tarnish then clear coated it. Also stripped the factory finish on the stocks and finished them with boiled linseed oil.
A few years leter I found an old Winchester saddle ring and d&t'd the reciever and installed it.


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RP

Looks shockingly familiar!


My SGC with my .357 MGC (medium game carbine). I have a 1-4x Nikon scope on my SGC now.

[jstanfield103]

I have that same rifle in .44, what a great rifle. Mine has LOP cut to 12.5" and Marbles Bullseye sight on it. Compact and very good running rifle.

[Redthies]

I have that same rifle in .44, what a great rifle. Mine has LOP cut to 12.5" and Marbles Bullseye sight on it. Compact and very good running rifle.

I have it in .44 as well, but it is an older one (2015) which has the slow twist barrel. It was not a great shooter at all (my .357 is shockingly good!), but Henry just put a new 1:20 barrel and mag tube on it for me (free of charge) so I am in the process of dialling it in with its new 1-6x Vortex I have high hopes for it now.

[jstanfield103]

Love to see her after she is dialed up.

[popdad]

Thought I would update. I couldn't get use to the Guide series and the partage front sights. I have shot beaded sights all my life and Skinner sells the Marbles. I ordered the Marbles in .530 and installed. With the Skinner sight installed with the 1.5 turns half a turn later and it was sighted in. I put two more sights on my rifles From Skinner with beads and got them both sights in also.