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My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by daytime dave » Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:10 pm

I was putting away my favorite Henry after a quick trip in from the barn. Which of the Henry's is my favorite? I've mentioned it before. I have at least a half dozen Henry's, surely more. Of all of them, my favorite and most used is my garden gun. It might rankle a few feathers, but I find it to be my favorite by far. It's just the right thing for varmints in and around the barn and garden. I use the little .22 shot shells in a couple of handguns too, just for vermin.
I had gone to the barn to start all my small engine equipment yesterday and today. The weather was right and I got everything started in and around the barn. Three tractors, two garden tractors, two push mowers, two weed eaters, and two rototillers. A few of them are kept in the barn, but the rest are kept outside, tarped. There is always a good chance that mice have made a nest in any or all of them. I have to check them first and then start them. If I have missed something, the mice usually abandon ship when the engine starts. Having a short range .22 shotgun makes the difference in stopping the hordes or letting them set up elsewhere.

I take the garden gun out the most. I use it the most and I like it the best. I appreciate it for what it is.


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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Cowboy Gun Fan » Sun Mar 16, 2025 6:53 pm

My favorite is my simple 'ol H001. Looks great, cycles great, shoots great.

The reason why it's my favorite Henry, is that it's the only Henry I own, but it's my go to gun more than any other.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by JEBar » Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:55 pm

my favorite is my BBS 44 Mag .... its fun to fire

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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Ernie » Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:04 pm

Toss up between the small game carbine and the pump for rimfire. Like the sight and balance of the small game carbine and the pump stays on target when cycling. Shoot more rimfire than anything else in long gun.

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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Mags » Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:09 pm

Mine is the Color Case Hardened 45 colt.
For squirrel and moles I use my Mossberg .410.
For nutria my .30-30.
For mice, glue traps and Mouse-X
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:20 pm

Mine is a tie. I cant decide. SS 357 and BBS 41mag.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Sir Henry » Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:09 pm

It’s hard to choose just one so I’m going to say any of the .22S/L/LR. They are far more fun then the .17 and 22 mags. And more fun than the .223 Ranger and the two .410’s I own. I just plain like 22 rimfire. It’s surprising because for decades I shot surplus military firearms like the 03, M1, M1 Carbine and Enfields and Mosin Nagants. Not to mention Mausers and Schmidt-Rubin’s
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Hatchdog » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:15 am

With out a doubt my favorite is my BBS 357. Accurate, reliable and just down right fun to shoot. I have always said that shooting a 357 carbine makes us giggle!

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Post by HenryFan » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:18 am

My single shot Henry in .30-30 is a prize to me. Something about a single shot appeals to me for some reason. Obviously.

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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by CT_Shooter » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:32 am

I only own two Henry's; an H001 and an H006M. Neither is a favorite. I love them both; each for their different qualities and, of course, their Henry DNA.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by GFK » Mon Mar 17, 2025 2:08 pm

I only have one: H009. Yet, it seems to have the best wood out of my Marlins or Steven. So, it is my favorite wooden hardware. In fact, that is what caught my attention. As yes, it shoot fine as well!
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by RetiredSeabee » Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:05 pm

I have confess that I only have one still. My half a Henry mare’s leg 22. So by default it is my favorite. But it is also my favorite fun gun to shoot followed very closely by my Uberti Stallion single action 22 revolver.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Cofisher » Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:52 pm

I own two. But, there is no comparison. The Henry Survival Rifle 22 is a fun little gun and it has good uses. But as someone said before my big boy steel carbine in 357 wins hands down. I agree that is a fun gun to shoot.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by 5shot » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:48 pm

I have 4 Henry .357's ... A scoped Xmodel, a reddotted BBS carbine, a scoped single shot and a dotted single shot. So to answerer the question...my favorite is the Henry .357. :D

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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Vaquero » Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:57 am

Hands down, it's the 41 mag.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by markiver54 » Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:17 am

I too enjoy my garden gun Dave. If I had to choose though, I think my SGC is the most fun.🙂
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by Steve51 » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:47 pm

I have 9 Henry rifles.

My personal favorite is the simple .22 LR classic carbine (H001L)

When my grandkids were young, I put a scope on my .22LR H001 classic. They all learned to shoot on that rifle. They are young adults now but when they visit, it is still their rifle of choice.
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by FormerParatrooper » Wed Mar 19, 2025 7:32 pm

After a lot of thought and introspection, my favorite has to be the one I get next. Don't know which it will be, but right now that is my favorite. :D
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by BigAl52 » Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:40 am

5shot wrote:
Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:48 pm
I have 4 Henry .357's ... A scoped Xmodel, a reddotted BBS carbine, a scoped single shot and a dotted single shot. So to answerer the question...my favorite is the Henry .357. :D
And which one of those gets shot the most
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Re: My favorite Henry is.......What is yours?

Post by brm4450 » Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:50 pm

H003T pump in s/l/lr is my favorite and my granddaughter shooting partner’s. Had a lot of very special memories!
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