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Posted: 1/10/2010 11:04:19 AM EDT
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I'm the proud new owner of a Henry .22 lever action. It's the very basic but it's a start.
I have a question, how do you clean this thing. The manual isn't much help as far as how to disassemble, and I am meticulous about cleaning all my guns. |
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I'm the proud new owner of a Henry .22 lever action. It's the very basic but it's a start. I have a question, how do you clean this thing. The manual isn't much help as far as how to disassemble, and I am meticulous about cleaning all my guns. You don't usually disassemble lever guns to clean them. Clean the barrel from the bore end (use whatever method you prefer to prevent damaging the crown) and clean the breach w/ spray and whatever brushes work for you. |
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Compressed air is great for cleaning out levergun actions too. BTW, Henrys are fun to shoot and fun to customize. Check out RimFireCentral.com's Henry section and you'll find some great pictures of the various models in all sorts of configurations including my H001:  |
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Thanks guys, I kinda figured it wasn't meant to be taken apart, so I won't. I have just the very basic black model, bottom end...is there really that much to be customized? different sights, Henry makes a big loop if you like those –– but thats about all ic an think of. I bought one about 3 years ago and have left it completely untouched though. After firing many many boxes of rounds through it, i have decided it is perfect for its intended use out of the box (for me that is––-) Were i to change anything at all though, i would start with the sights––- but after i learned to shoot the stockers, they were good to 50 yards |
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Quoted: Thanks guys, I kinda figured it wasn't meant to be taken apart, so I won't. I have just the very basic black model, bottom end...is there really that much to be customized? My silver one above started life just like yours; an H001.  In true ARFCOM spirit, I've done the following: Replaced the plastic front sight and barrel band with metal versions available from Henry for free if you ask nice  (The metal version is thinner and has a white dot for better viability) Stripped the receiver, receiver cover, and barrel band and coated the bare metal with Topflite's LustreKote™ flat clear  Drilled and tapped the receiver cover (simple) and mounted a Williams FP 94/36 TK rear sight and filled in the original rear sight dovetail with a plug  (The target knobs allow me to adjust the sight at the range and I've added tick marks for 50, 100, 150, 175, and 200yds) Replaced the original rear stock with a 1" shorter youth model version to match the std '92 carbine's stock length  (Note how the Henry's youth stock is really the correct length for a '92 carbine as it compares to my Rossi '92 carbine and '92 rifle. The std H001 stock [see above] is an inch longer and really doesn't look correct with the rest of the gun to me.) Polished the furniture to bring out the wood grain with some turtle wax scratch remover  Shot the heck out of this fun little rifle |
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