Howdy, now that is what I am talkin' about, way COOL!

I like it. Surprised they didnt just go with a 16" barrel. Wonder if theyll do 300bo if this one does well. A similar gun in 308 would be really nice too (IF they can keep the weight down).

that's sweet looking!

You read my mind! First thing I thought was
"Thats cool, checks a lot of boxes, would it not be sweet to have it in .300 BO."

Interesting time to see lever action nostalgia battle AR / semi auto practicality.

I get it lookes cool and hardens back to yester year, but does a heavier gun, easier to blemish wood, and less shots on target actually make sense compared to other options?

Appears to be a niche luxury option for those with high disposable income that just want a pretty predator rifle.

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AgLA06 said:

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Interesting time to see lever action nostalgia battle AR / semi auto practicality.

I get it lookes cool and hardens back to yester year, but does a heavier gun, easier to blemish wood, and less sjotsnon target actually make sense compared to other options?

Appears to be a niche luxury option for those with high disposable income that just want a pretty predator rifle.

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No. Put me down as not a fan. Not sure what this even accomplishes.

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I'm not a fan either, but I can recognize a few things that it does accomplish whether intentional or not:

1. Detachable mag - defeats the mantra from politicos and the left and antis that detachable mags somehow make a gun an automatic and a "weapon of war". This is a lever gun and I'm not sure even the ATF can find a way to make it anything more than a single shot rifle, which technically it is.

2. Suppressor - same thing really. Normalizes suppressors in the "see! Even old west guns have suppressors now, they are common and aren't items only used by special forces and assassins." And that is a good thing really - the more common we make them, the harder it is for the feds to keep up a stupid argument that they are not in common use.

It's also chambered in .223/5.56, which traditionally lever guns couldn't do because of the tubular mag. So you'll get bolt rifle ballistics out of a lever, which I suppose there is something to be gained from that. Faster shooting than a bolt gun, quieter suppressed than a semi auto.

Other than that, yeah, it's just taking something old and modernizing it because you can. I don't disparage anybody for doing it - we are kind of at that point in firearm development right now as technology, outside of a few areas such as ultra high pressure ammo development and optics, has more or less peaked at the moment. So you get old ideas and old tech that becomes updated.

Edit - I will also say that at least it doesn't have that Henry ugly AF bolt and stock design, so there's that.

I like it.

Don't like that it's $2,500.

Why just lever guns and O/U? I like all firearms with beautiful pieces of wood. Wether it be a old handcrafted muzzleloader,
bolt gun, side/side, semi auto, whatever. No two pieces of wood are the same so it gives each firearm its own character is what I like.

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Why just lever guns and O/U? I like all firearms with beautiful pieces of wood. Wether it be a old handcrafted muzzleloader,
bolt gun, side/side, semi auto, whatever. No two pieces of wood are the same so it gives each firearm its own character is what I like.

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I do agree with that. I can just accept the ugly synthetic on other guns....it just pains me to see it on the two classics.

Yes sir.

I like it. Lever action with a magazine opens up a lot of options. Can easily see a .300bo being their next version of it.

Nope, not for me. I'm a traditionalist.

I am as well. But I've looked all over and can't find a pre 1898 manufactured Model 1873 in .223.

Anyone make a barrel for this in 6x45?

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I am as well. But I've looked all over and can't find a pre 1898 manufactured Model 1873 in .223.

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It's out there, I just know it. Keep looking.

That's half the fun…. the searching, right?

Not to derail. The old man still has the Colt and Vaqueros. He's all healed up and cogerty as ever about them. I'll keep trying.

I'm in if you can break him down. Group buy should sway him

How does that lever-action impeded prone shooting - if that's your jam, and for that price, I'm just grabbing a Christensen or Seekins and calling it a day.

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The gun industry with another solution to a problem that didn't exist.

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Obligatory username checks out.

I kind of agree. But I really like the detachable magazine on a lever gun. It opens it up for so many cartridges.

Don't really understand your comment. I don't think Henry was necessarily trying to come up with a solution to a problem. They just offered a new lever action, as lots of people still like shooting lever guns…and that's kinda Henry's niche.
I mean Cimarron Firearms in Fredericksburg just introduced some new Colt SAA's. The originals were built in 1873.
Lots of companies build new models of everything that are basically just the same.
Boats, cars, trucks, lawnmowers, weed eaters, etc.
If folks don't like them they don't have to buy them.

I'd add that this mag fed rifle solves the issue of bullet damage often associated with a traditional tube fed lever action. The leverevolution round alleviated some of this, but a mag solves it for most any round.

Edit to add: I still don't like it.

Love the idea of a lever action varmint rifle that's why years ago I settled on the 219 Zipper. The originals are expensive and hard to come by, so I took a couple Marlin 336 A's in 30-30 and rechambered to the Zipper. They have made great varmint guns especially equipped with 3x9 compact scopes.