It's a favorite of mine, this is the third rifle of this caliber for me.
I will say that right out of the box I was impressed with the fit and finish, and the action is as smooth as any Henry I've ever handled. The trigger is a little stiff, but it is smoothing up nicely for sure. I have no complaints or regrets.
I've tried a few rounds before this real test, it cycles, chambers, fires and ejects just like it is suppose to.
It even ejects loaded rounds and I tested this specifically because I have read where a few had issues with it.
So yesterday I stole a scope and mounts off one of the 30-30 rifles and installed on the Trapper to see if it could really shoot.. i will say it does, it only took a few rounds to get on target. I used a cast load to get that done.
I then changed to the factory Hdy 265 gr ftx ammo, I didn't adjust the scope and figured they would be higher, but at 55 yds no big deal, I was looking for group size. I only had 6 rds. left so I shot 3 and am saving the others for some 100 yd shooting at a later date.
Next up was on own personal handload that shoots quite well in one of the Marlins. I was not disappointed, they shot well, not as tight but definitely deadly.
I will be carrying this bad boy to the deer woods this season.
RP
I forgot to mention in the above post, but I'll be adding one of the safety deletes also in my order to RPP.
