It was not anything I needed. I bought an RIA M200 last year, a Colt-ish clone, and then spent last winter dry-firing it about 100 times a day, until it did not skip or hang up. I like it now. But it is still a $200 38 revolver, but I think a decent one. And it does feel like a Colt.

Saw the Henrys at the LGS. Not inpressed.

 

It was not anything I needed. I bought an RIA M200 last year, a Colt-ish clone, and then spent last winter dry-firing it about 100 times a day, until it did not skip or hang up. I like it now. But it is still a $200 38 revolver, but I think a decent one. And it does feel like a Colt.

I had one of those in 4", it was a neat little gun

It's like a Colt Commando clone

It's been over 10 years but I recall the timing / carryup going off after a few hundred rounds so just dumped it as a project gun for basically nothing. There may have been nothing wrong with it, I was going through guns like Kleenex back then and trading and buying everything

 

This is one case where the internet influenced me. I didn't appreciate them until I saw Jeff's brother review them on Gunblast changed my perception. I like them.

 

Now that I've fired LSWC's and LWC's with it, I find it's a decent 38 revolver. Accuracy is good. I think for me It's a good car/truck gun.

 

My dealer called the Armscorp .38s "Sock Drawer Guns"😀

 

But, we were commenting on the Henry, and are now going sideways. Ok, what about the Henry, other than it's expensive?

 

For $750ish it's a tough pill to swallow unless you are a Henry fan or a revolver fanatic. Because that's solidly into GP100 plus some ammo territory so I don't think these are aimed at the entry level or first revolver buyer market

 

I would buy a Ruger first as a good range gun / shooter.. I saw both of those and they look OK but really they are just a copy of an old revolver.

 

I understand the sock drawer reference. I also have two GP100's, and many Smiths. I'm covered for what I might need in 38-357 caliber revolvers. My GP100 4" 357 will handle any ammo I load it with. And it shoots almost everything 38-357 well.

 

They look like Colt Official Police .38s with a little restyling

 

Yes they do -

 

I need another .357 like I need a hole in the head,
Henry could have done something different,
If I didn't have a stable of fixed sight 4" revolvers I'd go for one.
They just don't offer anything different other than something new from an American manufacturer.

All of the above pretty much spell out my ambivalence towards it.
The world is full of very fine 38/357 revolvers, why fight the battle there.
Think how cool it would be if they made it in 45AR or ACP then it would be a modern 1917 but better measurements.
Ruger sells out on anything made in 44SPL or 327. Again, it would reek of cool and fill a void.
But as is, just another 38/357 in a sea of very nice offerings.
It's gonna be a tough fight.

 

Yeah.... I don't know. These just don't do it for me. I like stainless or nitride. Bluing and brass? Not my style, especially with the exposed ejector.

 

I need to see and handle one before passing judgment.

 

Meh ... I see nothing special. I already have four S&W .357s and two .38s ... so nothing I need from Henry ... to be honest I'm not a big fan of lever action rifles either. But that's just me.

 

I'm a big Henry fan but these are a swing and a miss for me. I think they missed a huge opportunity to build a modern "vintage" and a "vintage" modern revolver sidearm to match the blued/brass Big Boy rifles.

What they gave us was a weird combination of aesthetics from the early 20th century Colt, S&W, Iver Johnson, etc style guns with the bluing and brass of the Henry rifles. I would much rather have seen a blued single action with polished brass grip frame and an octagonal barrel sporting Ruger style adjustable sights and a similar treatment applied to a double action revolver as well. Perhaps something similar to a Dan Wesson or Colt Python but with Henry's beautiful bluing and brass grip frame.

There's several ways they could have gone but a fixed sight, exposed ejector rod, skinny barrel gun at that price point just seems like a terrible idea. I will say the bluing and brass looks great together but the end result fell flat in my opinion. Without knowing how many they sold it's hard to know whether they are a success or not. I'm betting they discontinue them soon but I've been wrong before. It could just be sour grapes on my part because I was super excited when I heard they were going to introduce revolvers styled after the Big Boy and this is what we got instead 😞.

 

Way too expensive. Pass!

 

A few hundred bucks in price never deters me, as I buy at most one gun per year. This revolver, however, just looks a bit odd to me.

I love my .357 Henry lever-action, and Henrys generally, but I pair it with my .357 Blackhawk or GP100. They look nicer.

We bashed on this gun already in another thread. I am sure it works well.

 

I handed one at the LGS yesterday. Was not impressed, especially for the money.

 

Profile of the standard grip model brings to mind the old Colt Trooper. If I were 20 years younger, maybe. At this age, I'll pass.

 

Id rather have a nice used 4 inch .38 smith or colt.

 

No interest to me and I'm a revolver guy. Too funky and clunky looking, and birds head grips do nothing for me, I don't care for them on anything.

 

to my eyes, the platform strikes me as re-engineered H&R stuff from the 60-70s...

for the price point - an old baseball phrase - "swing and a miss!"

 

1) They're not Rugers.
2) They don't look 'complete'.
3) They're not rugers.

Rex

 

I kind of like them but I don't want one.

They are more for collectors. Not really designed for carry. Without adjustable sights they're not really good for dialed in target shooting.

If someone just likes the looks or collects Henry rifles go for it. Otherwise I don't see a good application for these Henry revolvers.

 

They look a lot like the H&R revolver I had years ago.

 

The more I think of it, the more they seem like expensive toys for well heeled Henry fanatics who want one just because. But it does seem odd that a company known for Lever Rifles would choose a DA revolver in .357

Henry also brought out a PCC with the Homesteader so it seems like maybe they're trying to expand their reach

Making these revolvers in a moon-clip less design in .45 ACP or 9mm would have appealed to more people and a "Lighning " style solid frame in DA would have been the way. I'd have one in each caliber already if they made that. I might even have a pair in each caliber

Like a lot of us , the last caliber i need another of in a revolver is .357

 

Meh..

Ugly and overpriced.

 

I'm a big Henry fan but these are a swing and a miss for me. I think they missed a huge opportunity to build a modern "vintage" and a "vintage" modern revolver sidearm to match the blued/brass Big Boy rifles.

Id rather have a nice used 4 inch .38 smith or colt.

Agreed on both comments.

I have a Henry rifle and love it; well-made and beautiful. I think Henry should have followed the SA path and made some stuff like Uberti has. I think Henry could be competitive in the cowboy action arena with a gun completely made in the USA, like their rifles. For comparative prices, I'd sure buy a Henry over a Uberti (and I have a SAA clone of theirs) solely because it's made here.

For what one of those new Henry revolvers cost I can find a nice S&W.