A new revolver maker enters... Henry

Look like something that would have been made at the beginning of the last century. Kind of look like a Colt Police Positive.
 
Pat Riot said:
Kind of hard to get that .451” bullet down a .357” pipe. :rofl:

But I agree, a .45 Henry with dual .45 cylinders would be great. A .45 ACP model would be really neat too. I would have to install a lanyard ring. :cool:
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Like I said, I won't be interested until it's chambered in something bigger than .357Mag. Not exactly my favorite cartridge.
 
The investment Henry made to produce their first revolver was likely high, so the first offering has to be chambered in the most popular caliber to recoup the money asap.

Which would indicate a 9mm cylinder is next and then a .45 convertible.

Those holding out hope of a .41 or even a .44 Special are going to be waiting a very long time.
 
When the engineer showed off the quick cylinder release it did give me hopes that high quality double action convertibles in the henry style is the eventual market that henry is aiming for.

45colt/45 acp, 22lr/22wmr, 38spc/357mag/9mm are all very tempting to me.

If Henry combines that with some fun top breaks in the low pressure calibers, that are double action too they could really cement themselves as a serious long term revolver company with a distinct flavor that truly sets them apart.
 
I don't think you're are going to see a 45 on that frame size. The Henry Big Boy does not look much bigger than a K-frame and you need at least an L-frame to have a chance at a 5-shot 45 and even then the cylinder walls a super thin. An N-frame size gun does a 6-shot 45 revolver. but the N-frame is just barely big enough for 45 hence we get 45 ACP and 45 Colt N-frames but none of the high pressure 45 stuff like 454 Casull on the N-frame.

I took the image of the Big Boy with the open cylinder and did some measurements with a graphics program and it appears the Big Boy has a roughly 1.52-inch diameter cylinder. This puts it between a K-frame (~1.45") and a L-frame (~1.56"). That does not leave much room to got much bigger than 357 Magnum. That said my measurements are an approximation and a skewed image is not the best. Any one get a set of caliper on a Big Boy yet? :D
 
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Oninotaki said:
I am a fan myself after picking up a H&R Sportsmen Model 999 in .22LR. Top breaks in 45 ACP/45 Colt, and the .32 family would be day 1 purchases for me. I cant even imagine how well modern top breaks in .38 Special, .380 auto, or 44 special would sell. Could they do top breaks in the higher pressure calibers safely now?
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Anderson-Wheeler in the UK made this 7 shot break top .357, supposedly for an exorbitant amount.
 
Speedo66 said:
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Anderson-Wheeler in the UK made this 7 shot break top .357, supposedly for an exorbitant amount.
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That gun hurts my soul in unimaginable ways. The Webley Mk VI is one of, if not my favorite revolver and the craftsmanship of the Anderson-Wheeler copy is amazing, BUT they went and chambered it in my most hated revolver cartridge the 357 Magnum.
 
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Mark_Mark said:
after shooting a ton of hot reloads .460 magnum, everything else is mild! bruuugghh
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And one day you’ll look back in this time and say “Yeah Doc, I know exactly what destroyed the cartilage in my wrist. At the time I didn’t notice anything wrong…” ;)

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I was rereading the Henry website this morning regarding this new revolver and as I scrolled down I got to the Henry’s Guarantee:

THE HENRY GUARANTEE
From Owner, Anthony Imperato

“Henry owners have my personal guarantee to make certain that they are 100% satisfied with their purchase of our rifles. If you are going to spend your money on a Henry, I can assure you that we will do whatever it takes to make sure that you are happy that you bought a Henry.” - Anthony Imperato

I wonder when he’s going to add revolvers to his pledge? :D
Then I thought “Many gun companies will offer an alternative model should you be unhappy with a gun for reasons obviously to the company and yourself. What would Henry do if their revolver falls flat on its face. Offer a comparably price rifle to replace it?”

I truly hope Henry is successful with this revolver but this is something new for them. I would hate to buy one only to end up being really disappointed. There are other revolvers on my list of wants. For example, if I bought an S&W K frame that was a problem child the company could offer me another model or even a semiauto to replace it. I don’t believe I have ever heard of a gun company offering full price paid reimbursements on guns.
 
Oninotaki said:
If Henry combines that with some fun top breaks in the low pressure calibers, that are double action too they could really cement themselves as a serious long term revolver company with a distinct flavor that truly sets them apart.
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I would bet against Henry or anybody else bringing out a new production top break.
Now where is my bookie's number?

Has the Anderson Wheeler imitation Webley ever been seen in person?
They couldn't have sold them in England, the Colonies are the only feasible market.
 
Jim Watson said:
I would bet against Henry or anybody else bringing out a new production top break.
Now where is my bookie's number?

Has the Anderson Wheeler imitation Webley ever been seen in person?
They couldn't have sold them in England, the Colonies are the only feasible market.
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If I was a betting man I would bet a one armed man could count the number of Anderson Wheeler Mark VII's without taking off his shoes.

At the 2015 Shot-Show Webley and Scott actually said they were going to make Mark VI's again. After Shot Show they had even setup a website to sign up on. The deal was if they had gotten at least 1000 people to put $100 down payments they were going to make new Webley Mk VI bases on the original prints they still had.

The website was: http://webleymkvi.com/ (It's no longer active but Wayback Machine still has archives of the site)
https://web.archive.org/web/20150311062034/http://webleymkvi.com/

I had signed up but they never contacted me for my $100 and a few month later the program imploded. Never did hear why. The website went dark a year later probably due to not paying for the domain another year.
 
mcb said:
If I was a betting man I would bet a one armed man could count the number of Anderson Wheeler Mark VII's without taking off his shoes.

At the 2015 Shot-Show Webley and Scott actually said they were going to make Mark VI's again. After Shot Show they had even setup a website to sign up on. The deal was if they had gotten at least 1000 people to put $100 down payments they were going to make new Webley Mk VI bases on the original prints they still had.

The website was: http://webleymkvi.com/ (It's no longer active but Wayback Machine still has archives of the site)
https://web.archive.org/web/20150311062034/http://webleymkvi.com/

I had signed up but they never contacted me for my $100 and a few month later the program imploded. Never did hear why. The website went dark a year later probably due to not paying for the domain another year.
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I remember that. I signed up too. I got a thank you for signing up and then nothing.
 
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