Conundrum

[brm4450]

At my LGS I found a Henry rifle listed as a H001v Varmint Express In .17 HMR. That is also what the box label expressed. I bought it and took it to my shop to clean I looked it up on the Henry catalog. It does not look like picture in the catalog, it looks exactly like the Magnum Express H001ME which only come in .22 WMR. The only difference in them was that the magnum express had a flat picatinny style scope mount and mine had a cantilever style scope mount. I’m more confused than normal

H001V Varmint Express

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H001ME Magnum Express
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[Ernie]

Are you confused about the caliber of the rifle?

[Mags]

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The rifle caliber should be stamped on the barrel near the rear sight. Or similar location on the sightless WMR. With newer made, might also be able tell from the serial number. The Hseries model # and caliber are becoming more common in Henry rifle serial numbers.
Example:
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[brm4450]

I guessing i’m confused because Henry in there catalog do not have a .17HMR listed for the magnum express just .22 mag. .17 is stamped on barrel

[Sir Henry]

I also have one. It’s listed on their website.

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/varmint ... hmr-rifle/

[brm4450]

I also have one. It’s listed on their website.

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/varmint ... hmr-rifle/

That is not the rifle I bought, mine looks like the magnum express

[Mags]

I guessing i’m confused because Henry in there catalog do not have a .17HMR listed for the magnum express just .22 mag. .17 is stamped on barrel

Maybe you got a free cantilever scope mount thrown in by your LGS. An actual picture of the rifle setup you got from the LGS might help our understanding.
Some other thoughts...
Henry's rifle should be stamped "Cal .17 HMR" as well as "Henry Repeating Arms".
Check the serial number on the box compared to the rifle.

[Sir Henry]

I also have one. It’s listed on their website.

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/varmint ... hmr-rifle/

That is not the rifle I bought, mine looks like the magnum express

The picatinny rail would have been easy to change by a previous owner. Or was this a new rifle that came from Henry like this. I’m a bit confused myself. Can you take a picture?

[RetiredSeabee]

As Mags said, check the serial numbers on both the rifle and the box. If they don’t match you should call Henry customer service. Give them the serial number on the rifle and they will be able to identify the rifle. Even if they do match call them they can tell you what the gun was manufactured as.

[brm4450]

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[BigAl52]

Might be a brand new model and they just havent updated there catalog or website. Looks good BRM as Tuco says dont talk shoot it

[Mags]

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I found a review from 2017 (England), for a sightless version of the Henry Varmint Express. https://www.gunmart.net/gun_review/henr ... tion_rifle

Though lacking iron sights the Henry shows an integral ½” dovetail on top of the receiver

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[Mags]

Here is an old advertisement from when Henry was still making rifles in New York.

https://www.rrarms.com/henry-17hmr-leve ... arrel.html

[brm4450]

Mags
That explains a lot, thanks for the info

[Mags]

Mags
That explains a lot, thanks for the info

Now go have some fun with it. Get some of those Dacotah varmints.

[brm4450]

Problem is the Dacotah varmints buried under 3ft of snow

[pennsylvaniapete]

Looks like the stock on the varmint models…..I wish they would make a stock with a high profile cheek piece for the regular Golden Boy models.