Gun alert henry big boy

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:33 am

Check this link i think this guy at gunbroker put his stock on upside down

am I right

other than that the buy now price sounds good

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... m=90316093

CowboyTutt · Post by **CowboyTutt** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:37 am

Yep, its downside up!

What a maroooon! Thanks for the laugh!

-Tutt

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:40 am

Swifter than WHO?

handirifle · Post by **handirifle** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:19 pm

"Shipping may need to be in two packages and will be determined based upon your ship to location."

"missing gold infill in barrel lettering on one side of barrel"

That's the part I like. No telling what this clown has done to this poor rifle. What a shame he doesn't have a clue.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:24 pm

Obviously, you people don't know squat !

That is a "special order" Henry Big Boy, from their Custom Shop- made for someone that's hunting by sitting on a tree limb and swinging down backwards, to hang upside-down for the telling shot !

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:38 pm

Naw, previous owner had a real, real long red neck! Used to work with a guy like that. We called him "peckerneck".

45-70- · Post by **45-70-** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:54 pm

Thanks for the laugh. His seller name is "Swifterthanyou" Me thinks he is about as swift as molasses in winter. The auction id says 45 caliber but the description lists it as 44. So........ what is it, an upside down 45? Does that make it a 44?

You know, instead of a 4473 to own a firearm, how about an IQ test?

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:36 pm

He bought it like that?

Tumbleweeds · Post by **Tumbleweeds** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:52 pm

Look at his other auctions. He has a .22 Henry for sale also, and it has the stock on right side up. Most people who are swifter than I am would have noticed the incongruity.

He says he fired the .44/.45 200 times like that. From the hip, I presume, unless his real name is Jim Peckerneck.

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:25 pm

I have never taken the gun down all the way for any reason but have been diligent in cleaning immediatly after each use. All of my guns are stored in a safe w/ dehumidifier after protecting all blued steel prior to putting away. Thanx for the heads up and good shooting, Jim

I find it real hard to believe it left the factory like that & that he actually shot the gun that way.

handirifle · Post by **handirifle** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:30 pm

Leverdude wrote:
I have never taken the gun down all the way for any reason but have been diligent in cleaning immediatly after each use. All of my guns are stored in a safe w/ dehumidifier after protecting all blued steel prior to putting away. Thanx for the heads up and good shooting, Jim
I find it real hard to believe it left the factory like that & that he actually shot the gun that way.

If he did, that might explain selling it cause I'm sure it whacked the snot out of him.

Pete, you're right, never looked at it that way!

ohwin94_61 · Post by **ohwin94_61** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:30 pm

If you read now I guess he's updated and going to changing it around

jazman · Post by **jazman** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:03 pm

I cannot believe Henry, of all companies, could possibly let one put together bassackwards out of the factory. If he didn't take it all the way down someone did. How is the world could he not notice it was different than the rest of his collection he mentions he is selling?

Swampman · Post by **Swampman** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:06 pm

I don't believe it would fit in the box from the factory.

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:16 pm

...dare I say it?...

I might get a spanking for this, but here goes:

The upsidedown stock is a secret sign, to those "in-the know", that the seller is "in-the-know".

Seriously, people complain about the stock-drop on the Big Boys, but this is the mother of all stock-drops!

Shawn

*************

jazman · Post by **jazman** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:59 pm

This is the worst stock drop since 1929!

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:16 pm

Probley a attention gitter for his ad, or maybe left his wife to put it together and take pictures for the ad. Be nice to actually know.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:34 pm

I'd say the fellow is pretty smart, and put it on upside down just for the pictures. Look at all this extra traffic it has generated for his auction.

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:36 pm

Thanks for posting. This is a wonderful laugh! Thanks again!!!! Art

mod71alaska · Post by **mod71alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:46 pm

I sent SwifterThanYou an FYI email and this was his reply:

"Again have not idea what the cataloq states however, I purchased it this way new from a dealer on Gunbroker. com about two years ago, and have never taken it down completely for any reason."

Now we know there are at least 2 real "Swifter than you's" on GB.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:24 pm

jazman wrote:This is the worst stock drop since 1929!

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:42 am

Pete44ru
I think you have the most plausible explanation, but only because the most logical is too horrible to deal with.
Do you think he really shot it like that?

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:53 am

I think that.........If anyone shot it like that - whether the factory (Monday/Friday gun) or he owner installed the stock - It would slam the shooter's face hard enough, that he would immediately sell the gun !

I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole, thinking "what else"could be screwed around with, inside ?

Unless, of course, that is exactly the plan of the seller - who may not want to sell the gun, but is being pressured to.

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:15 am

Speechless.

Dastook · Post by **Dastook** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:01 am

Never seen anything quite like that.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:33 am

What a LOAD OF BULL. I have never seen any shipping box from the factory that looked like a dogleg. I would PAY to see that guy shoot that gun with factory loads. It would kick the snot out of the shooter. Jim.

g5m · Post by **g5m** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:42 am

But it is entertaining. It's appears that 'swifter than you', isn't.

otteray · Post by **otteray** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:57 pm

If the stock mounts to the frame anything like a Marlin, it would have to be badly damaged to get it to fit tightly to the receiver. The relieved sections for the tang are different on the top and bottom!

LeverBar · Post by **LeverBar** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:10 am

It's the last sign--truly, the world is at end!

What a sad display--
of rifle.
of common sense.
of Bad Karma!

Gun alert henry big boy

Gun alert henry big boy

It gets worse and worse.