Just for the record... No plastic parts on the Golden Boy .22...if you dont like the std Henry, stop complaining and get the GB!!

NO, The barrel band on the GOLDEN BOY are not plastic, they are metal! Please don't confuse the golden boy with the much cheaper blued version which does have some plastic on it! Please see the specs and "finish" section on this link: http://www.henryrepeating.com/h004_goldenboy.cfm notice...

I just bought one today... very impressed so far, but I have yet to shoot it.

I too live in Maine (Wells), I would have bought yours, but I didn't see the ad soon enough.

I got mine for $342 new...w/o the extras

I had an H001T Octagon and it was an oustanding "value". It does not have the plastic parts like the "Golden Boy", a Wiliams FP-GR easily attaches to the grooved reciever, never had any functioning problems, it was as accurate as any Marlin I own and it's American made. I only p...