Henry Golden Boy

[S.B.]

in .22 LR. Has anybody owned one of these and how does it work for you? From their commercials on tv, they're all made here in the good ol' USA?
Steve

[rodeo kid]

S.B. I have two Henry's, a large loop lever carbine in .22lr and an Acu-bolt in .17hmr. The lever has stock iron sights and the bolt action a 4 power scope. I use the lever for plinking and for squirrels up to 25 or 30 yds. farther than that I use the bolt due to old eyes. The .22 has become my favorite firearm and I shoot it every day. They are both decently built for the price, I only paid $239 for the lever and $299 for the bolt including the scope. God Bless.

[S.B.]

Just checked Henry's website and the brass lever gun is over $500MSRP now? Still cheaper than a used 39A Mountie used.
Steve

[Birdman]

I've had my Golden Boy for 5-6 years. I really like it. Super smooth. I've put around 5000 rounds through it without a hickup.

[ollogger]

have a goldie in a 22 mag, also a 357, next 1 will be in 22
they fit & work great

[jkbrea]

I bought one from a forum member(mod71alaska) about three years ago for my son and he loves it. It has the smoothest lever I've ever seen. Great shooter and looker.

[Rube Burrows]

399.00 at Academy Sports. Seem one there yesterday.

[El Chivo]

I held one and it felt great, balance and the action. I would have bought it but I already had a 39A (which jams a lot). Not crazy about the brass, but I hear they have a version in blue now.

I also have my eye on their single shot bolt .22.

[azzhandler]

if you are going to mount a scope on it, you might want to go with the regular levergun, the golden boys are not scope friendly, because of the drop in the stock

[Pete44ru]

The Henry's used to be made in the Brooklyn section of New York City, but moved last year to New Jersey - I dunno 'bout 'Jersey being in the US, though, what with their gun laws (even though I lived there in high school).

I had a LR Golden Boy, and found I didn't like the weight, not the abrupt way the face of the action transitioned to the barrel.
Henry sells a cantilever scope mount, that replaces the rear barrel sight - but as posted above, the GB's stock drop is also a bit excessive for scope use. It's a sin to scope a lever gun, anyway.

I also have had both a Henry H001 Standard LR, and a H001T Octagon Frontier, but liked the H001 Standard best, and sold the H001T.
I have a very small peep sight mounted atop the receiver of mive, between the scope mount grooves - and find that it works just fine for hunting with a drop of orange paint on the front sight.

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