earlthegoat2
Senior Member
I know it’s not everyone’s thing but I am excited about it. Love the 35 Remington but ammo is scarce and this is pretty much the same thing in straight wall form and ammo is becoming available and should be for a few years even if it flops.
I was perusing an LGS and came across a 360 Buckhammer Henry lever gun.
I really didn’t want the X model but the price was $100 less than the lowest I had seen online and who knows if I’ll see another before hunting season so I got it.
I told a few folks here I would buy the first one I saw and even though I really meant the first wood stocked one I saw, I just couldn’t resist.
I already have a box of ammo with 4 more boxes on the way thanks to a GrabaGun deal last week I had posted about.
This is going to get one of the blemish Leupold Freedom 2-7x33 scopes that I bought from Midway a bit back. I got 2 and one was slated for a 360 BH rifle was going to buy in the near future and here it is. Going to get some Talley low rings I think or whatever will work with the hammer spur.
This is my first Henry and my first impressions are:
Likes:
Larger loop lever of the X model is nice. Not too big like a John Wayne 1892. Good for gloves and it just feels better than the squared Marlins and looks a bit better than the big loop Marlins.
Large sized and fiber optic open sights.
Threaded barrel of the X model is nice as well.
Slim forend. Most Marlins have too fat of forends. Especially the more recent ones. They should all have forends like the CB models.
Dislikes:
Plastic open sights
The stocks are plastic of course as well but they are straight hard and somewhat slippery plastic as well. We have come a long way in plastics engineering and it feels like some rubber inserts or some better polymer formulation is in order. Maybe that is asking a lot.
Butt “pad” is HARD rubber. This is what they should have made the stock and forend out of. It is a bit grippy but still hard enough to have structural integrity. This cartridge shouldn’t be too punishing on the shoulder at least.
Here is a pic. It looks pretty boring.
I was perusing an LGS and came across a 360 Buckhammer Henry lever gun.
I really didn’t want the X model but the price was $100 less than the lowest I had seen online and who knows if I’ll see another before hunting season so I got it.
I told a few folks here I would buy the first one I saw and even though I really meant the first wood stocked one I saw, I just couldn’t resist.
I already have a box of ammo with 4 more boxes on the way thanks to a GrabaGun deal last week I had posted about.
This is going to get one of the blemish Leupold Freedom 2-7x33 scopes that I bought from Midway a bit back. I got 2 and one was slated for a 360 BH rifle was going to buy in the near future and here it is. Going to get some Talley low rings I think or whatever will work with the hammer spur.
This is my first Henry and my first impressions are:
Likes:
Larger loop lever of the X model is nice. Not too big like a John Wayne 1892. Good for gloves and it just feels better than the squared Marlins and looks a bit better than the big loop Marlins.
Large sized and fiber optic open sights.
Threaded barrel of the X model is nice as well.
Slim forend. Most Marlins have too fat of forends. Especially the more recent ones. They should all have forends like the CB models.
Dislikes:
Plastic open sights
The stocks are plastic of course as well but they are straight hard and somewhat slippery plastic as well. We have come a long way in plastics engineering and it feels like some rubber inserts or some better polymer formulation is in order. Maybe that is asking a lot.
Butt “pad” is HARD rubber. This is what they should have made the stock and forend out of. It is a bit grippy but still hard enough to have structural integrity. This cartridge shouldn’t be too punishing on the shoulder at least.
Here is a pic. It looks pretty boring.
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