Just got this Big boy Henry

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20210810_202620.jpg 20210810_210216.jpg So i just bought this Rifle yesturday. Always wanted a winchester/Henry lever action style rifle. Cabelas had a bunch but the only Brass framed were a brand new 45LC big boy henry.. and a used 44 magnum big boy.

I opted to get the used one. The features on it. Show me its an older one. Probably made 10-15+ years ago. All the newer ones from videos 7-10 years ago show the modern made in USA stamping. And the scope sight mounts on the brass frame.. and the way they stamp the serial number.

Mine has the made in NY stamping and no scope mounts. And so forth. It was taken care of well.. only one scratch/scuff an inch long on the brass frame cover. Wood is in perfect nint condition.

Bolt has wear as the black is rubbed off in spots. But the action is smooth and the gun is tight.

Funny enough is the new one in 45lc. Had scratchs all over top and bottom on the brass. The barrel the wood had 4 deep dings in it that you can feel and see easily.

I constantly see new guns in cabelas in bad shape.. the employees dont care.. they said they stack then on a cart and toss them on top of each other in the safe every night. No wonder their new guns look worse than old ones.


Anyway.. here is a picture of it. I spent 810$ before tax. They wanted 900$ which is more thsn a new one lol.. oddly. But i got the manager to go to 810 after he realized i wasnt putting up with his car salesmen techniques. Trying to tell me someone else just happened to called about it the same day i did.

And how easily hed sell it. and how stock is all gone. Told him. Look im here now.. not the other guy.. many places online have em new in stock for 850-860$ and we cordially argued over it lol. But he did 810$ so i feel i got a good deal.

Spent 300$ on 300 rounds.. half 44 special half 44 magnum. Not sure ehich ammo will run better so i got both. Ungortunatly no one locally has 44 mag so i had to order online.

Anyway. Here are a fee pics. And pics of it with my 1851 navy.

Only thing i gatta figure out is how or if i should polish the brass.. its pretty dull need a good polish.. but maybe i should leave the age on it.
 
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I think you will like it. I have one in .44 mag I bought several years and she shoots well. I run full house mag loads in mine since I load for it and and my other .44mags. I put a Skinner peep sight on mine instead of a scope and really like it. She is accurate out to a 100yds and that's all I need. I use Flitz to polish my brass and stainless. I use to worry about scratches and such until I put my first nice one on the butt-stock in my Jeep. She's my Jeep gun so it was bound to happen...
 
I use Semi-Chrome polish on brass. The person that introduced me to muzzle loaders used it. If the rifle were mine I would polish it and then wax it with paste wax. The wax will slow down the oxidation process a great deal. That is a nice rifle.
 
Wow Henry Rifle company just emailed me back very quickly. They said my Rifle was made in their Brooklyn factory in 11/8/2004. She said it was drilled and tapped factory on the barrel for a scope. And she even asked for my address to send me an original rear sight because i have no sights for it with this scope mount on. Which i took off btw.

Wow the Big boy Henrys were made in 2003. So i have one of the originals pretty much in their old factory ? With it being almost 20 years old and in near mint condition with 0 dmg on the wood and one scuff or scratch on the face plate, Am i wrong to assume its worth alot more than the 810$ before tax that i paid for it ?


As for worrying about scratchs. Well maybe if it were a gun to be used for hunting etc i wouldnt carr.. but a gun i go to range to plink with and want to keep in good shape.. scratchs and bad marks bug me.. especially if it was a brand new gun. That 45 LC in their store. Im actually mad on how badly scratched and damage th3 wood and brass is on it.

Cabelas really niss treats their weapons.
 
You have a pistol caliber lever action rifle and two single action revolvers. You should check out a Cowboy action shooting match.

The Henry Big Boy is actually based on the Marlin 336 action but a pistol caliber lever action rifle in any configuration is fun to shoot.
 
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But i got the manager to go to 810 after he realized i wasnt putting up with his car salesmen techniques. Trying to tell me someone else just happened to called about it the same day i did.
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One time I believed the salesman about that line.

Because as I was checking out, after the 4473, he goes "I was wondering when you'd come in, that was pretty fast." I certainly frequented the gun store, but had no idea what he meant.

Turns out someone *had* called asking if it was there about 15 minutes before I walked in and it was not me.
 
Nice pics of the rifles, but next time you can post them full size. They're automatically resized to the limit for the post window. We love members' pics of their guns here.
 
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One time I believed the salesman about that line.

Because as I was checking out, after the 4473, he goes "I was wondering when you'd come in, that was pretty fast." I certainly frequented the gun store, but had no idea what he meant.

Turns out someone *had* called asking if it was there about 15 minutes before I walked in and it was not me.
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If it were true and he was desperate enough to get 900$ for it. Than he wouldnt have gone down that much in price with me. I actually dont believe that someone else wanted to buy it. Nore do i believe theyre hard to find. Im finding tons for sale right now
 
wiscoaster said:
Nice pics of the rifles, but next time you can post them full size. They're automatically resized to the limit for the post window. We love members' pics of their guns here.
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What do you mean ? The pics when i click on then are large and pretty clear to me
 
candymancan said:
What do you mean ?
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When you upload an attachment you have a choice of displaying it as a thumbnail or as full size. Your pics are represented by thumbnails and they need to be clicked on to display full size. If you select full size when you're uploading then they're already displayed full size in your post body and don't need to be clicked on. I hope that explanation helps.
 
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View attachment 1017361 View attachment 1017362 So i just bought this Rifle yesturday. Always wanted a winchester/Henry lever action style rifle. Cabelas had a bunch but the only Brass framed were a brand new 45LC big boy henry.. and a used 44 magnum big boy.

I opted to get the used one. The features on it. Show me its an older one. Probably made 10-15+ years ago. All the newer ones from videos 7-10 years ago show the modern made in USA stamping. And the scope sight mounts on the brass frame.. and the way they stamp the serial number.

Mine has the made in NY stamping and no scope mounts. And so forth. It was taken care of well.. only one scratch/scuff an inch long on the brass frame cover. Wood is in perfect nint condition.

Bolt has wear as the black is rubbed off in spots. But the action is smooth and the gun is tight.

Funny enough is the new one in 45lc. Had scratchs all over top and bottom on the brass. The barrel the wood had 4 deep dings in it that you can feel and see easily.

I constantly see new guns in cabelas in bad shape.. the employees dont care.. they said they stack then on a cart and toss them on top of each other in the safe every night. No wonder their new guns look worse than old ones.


Anyway.. here is a picture of it. I spent 810$ before tax. They wanted 900$ which is more thsn a new one lol.. oddly. But i got the manager to go to 810 after he realized i wasnt putting up with his car salesmen techniques. Trying to tell me someone else just happened to called about it the same day i did.

And how easily hed sell it. and how stock is all gone. Told him. Look im here now.. not the other guy.. many places online have em new in stock for 850-860$ and we cordially argued over it lol. But he did 810$ so i feel i got a good deal.

Spent 300$ on 300 rounds.. half 44 special half 44 magnum. Not sure ehich ammo will run better so i got both. Ungortunatly no one locally has 44 mag so i had to order online.

Anyway. Here are a fee pics. And pics of it with my 1851 navy.

Only thing i gatta figure out is how or if i should polish the brass.. its pretty dull need a good polish.. but maybe i should leave the age on it.
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Right after Christmas I bought a new RAR in 556 at Bass Pro that had scratches as well. I guess their corporate sibling uses the same policy
 
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