OAKVILLE SHOOTER
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Several weeks ago, I ordered a cantilevered scope mount kit and a gun case for my son's Mini-bolt. The order shows up on a Friday. The following Monday, another box, just like the first, shows up. Sure enough, another mount kit and gun case. I checked my bank statement, yes, I was billed twice. No problem. E-mailed Henry, they e-mailed me back, then called me. "We are not sure what happened, but we will credit your account for the duplicate. It's not worth the shipping to send it back, so just keep it, or give it to someone who can use it." 
O.k., that was pretty pain free.
Then I look at the mounting kits. Everything is identical, except the instructions. One set is for the Mini-bolt, the other is for the Golden Boy. I am not sure what happened here, and based on their product number, they are not the same mount. Not really a big deal, as based on the size of the mount, barrel contour, etc. I am sure that I have the right one. Wrong paperwork in the correct package I guess. I am just glad that I was paying attention since the location, size, spacing, and DEPTH of the holes are different based on which gun you have. Since this mounts directly to the barrel I probably would have drilled all the way through if I had followed the Golden Boy directions.
It gets worse. The Mini-Bolt inst. says to tap using 6-48, the Golden Boy saya 8-32. The screws that they sent were 8-40 in both kits. Not only that, the screws were not long enough to reach through the mounting base plate, let alone go into the threaded holes in the barrel. Well, thats o.k. too. At that point I was too mad to go back to Henry. Midway had the screws. $4.50 for 10, and I had to get taps anyway, right. So I ordered the screws, a taper tap, a plug tap, a bottom tap, and a drill bit.
It only gets worse from here. I drilled the first hole. The taper tap bottomed out without hitting the sides of the hole (the hole is only .155", based on their directions.) The plug tap hit the sides, but bottomed out before cutting any threads. Starting with the bottom tap didn't seem like a good idea, so I shortened the plug tap with a file so that it was somewhere between the plug and bottom tap. Turned a 1/4 turn, backed out, turned back in and the tap broke
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With some help from the gunsmithing section, I got the tap back out, so all is not lost. I know that the tap breaking was not Henry's fault, but after everything else, I have gotten pretty mad. If only I could find a gunsmith in my area.
Should have just bought another 10/22 and cut down the stock to fit him and been done with it.
O.k., that was pretty pain free.Then I look at the mounting kits. Everything is identical, except the instructions. One set is for the Mini-bolt, the other is for the Golden Boy. I am not sure what happened here, and based on their product number, they are not the same mount. Not really a big deal, as based on the size of the mount, barrel contour, etc. I am sure that I have the right one. Wrong paperwork in the correct package I guess. I am just glad that I was paying attention since the location, size, spacing, and DEPTH of the holes are different based on which gun you have. Since this mounts directly to the barrel I probably would have drilled all the way through if I had followed the Golden Boy directions.
It gets worse. The Mini-Bolt inst. says to tap using 6-48, the Golden Boy saya 8-32. The screws that they sent were 8-40 in both kits. Not only that, the screws were not long enough to reach through the mounting base plate, let alone go into the threaded holes in the barrel. Well, thats o.k. too. At that point I was too mad to go back to Henry. Midway had the screws. $4.50 for 10, and I had to get taps anyway, right. So I ordered the screws, a taper tap, a plug tap, a bottom tap, and a drill bit.
It only gets worse from here. I drilled the first hole. The taper tap bottomed out without hitting the sides of the hole (the hole is only .155", based on their directions.) The plug tap hit the sides, but bottomed out before cutting any threads. Starting with the bottom tap didn't seem like a good idea, so I shortened the plug tap with a file so that it was somewhere between the plug and bottom tap. Turned a 1/4 turn, backed out, turned back in and the tap broke
.With some help from the gunsmithing section, I got the tap back out, so all is not lost. I know that the tap breaking was not Henry's fault, but after everything else, I have gotten pretty mad. If only I could find a gunsmith in my area.
Should have just bought another 10/22 and cut down the stock to fit him and been done with it.
