It’s been a long tale, but it’s now one of my favorite 22s and intend to use it for silhouette competitions with iron sights.
When I got it I intended to use it for Quiet and CB rounds. It turns out it doesn’t work very well with those. Accuracy isn’t what I wanted for the intended purpose of quietly shooting rats in the back yard.
After some experimentation I found out the factory front band sight was too short and I couldn’t lower it to zero at 50 or 25 yards. I tried a scope but it overpowered the rifle so I pulled it off. I contacted Henry and they sent out a new front band. I swapped them out and was thrilled to see the windage did not change. POI was quite low though.
My logic was to file down the front sight to zero with high velocity ammo at the lowest setting of the rear sight. That took two trips or so and a lot of funny looks from the younger guys at the range. When done it would set shots about 1/4 to 1/2 inch high at 25 yards. This was using Thunderbolt ammo but seems to have worked for a variety of on hand 1,250 fps ammo.
This weekend I tried out some standard velocity (1,080 fps) ammo. I think this will work as well but might require one more notch for the proper elevation at 50 yards. I have one more session to formally catalog the different ammo categories at the different notch elevations. I also plan to revisit the CB, Quiet, and Short rounds.
I like the factory pistol style sights pretty well, as opposed to the semi-buckhorn sights on my 336. They are flat across the top instead of having sweeping ends in the rear. I did remount a 4x scope for ammo testing purposes. It seems to prefer Aguila HV Super Extra and Federal Automatch from the supply I have. I pulled the scope off again and as long as I can find something to aim at, it seems just as accurate as with a scope.
When I got it I intended to use it for Quiet and CB rounds. It turns out it doesn’t work very well with those. Accuracy isn’t what I wanted for the intended purpose of quietly shooting rats in the back yard.
After some experimentation I found out the factory front band sight was too short and I couldn’t lower it to zero at 50 or 25 yards. I tried a scope but it overpowered the rifle so I pulled it off. I contacted Henry and they sent out a new front band. I swapped them out and was thrilled to see the windage did not change. POI was quite low though.
My logic was to file down the front sight to zero with high velocity ammo at the lowest setting of the rear sight. That took two trips or so and a lot of funny looks from the younger guys at the range. When done it would set shots about 1/4 to 1/2 inch high at 25 yards. This was using Thunderbolt ammo but seems to have worked for a variety of on hand 1,250 fps ammo.
This weekend I tried out some standard velocity (1,080 fps) ammo. I think this will work as well but might require one more notch for the proper elevation at 50 yards. I have one more session to formally catalog the different ammo categories at the different notch elevations. I also plan to revisit the CB, Quiet, and Short rounds.
I like the factory pistol style sights pretty well, as opposed to the semi-buckhorn sights on my 336. They are flat across the top instead of having sweeping ends in the rear. I did remount a 4x scope for ammo testing purposes. It seems to prefer Aguila HV Super Extra and Federal Automatch from the supply I have. I pulled the scope off again and as long as I can find something to aim at, it seems just as accurate as with a scope.