Older eyes here too. I put an aperture rear sight on my Henry, now I see a crisp front sight. The rifle will easily shoot under 1 inch at 25 yards. Enjoyed the vid, thanks for sharing!
Absolutely, my favorite is a Model 60 my Dad gave me in 1972. 17 plus 1 tube mag, 20 inch barrel. What a great and accurate little rifle. The newer ones are 18 inch barrels and only 14 rounds I think due to stupid gun laws in certain states.
My first firearm was a Winchester 190 that had belonged to my stepdad prior. In 1985, he and I finally convinced my gun-shy mother to let him sell it to me if he showed me how to use it. I was eighteen years old. When he died the following year, his son came around looking for it and I let him have it, replacing it with a Ruger 10/22, purchased in a department store. A few years back, I picked up a beater 190, the first I'd seen since, in a gun store. They actually had two of them; I picked the one that "needed more love", buying it only for nostalgic reasons as I had already acquired several other rimfire rifles over the decades. Haven't gotten around to trying it out yet, though. Incidentally, I still own the Ruger, and also the Henry shown here. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Greg, I agree with you on the Henry. I have one but have a skinner peep sight on it. When I go plinking with it I sent up soda cans with the pull tab raised up and put some painters tape over the hole in the tab. That's my aim point the hole in the pull tab. I usually hit 6-7 of 10 cans through the pull tab at about 25 yards. Can't do that with buckhorn sights but with skinner peep sight I find it easy. Thanks for all your hard work and time Sir.🤠🇺🇲
Thanks Greg. Everybody should have a good .22LR rifle or carbine. I currently have an old highly modified 10-22 with a Boyd stock, Butler Creek graphite barrel and a Nikon scope. Very accurate especially with match ammo. I also have an old Romanian training rifle a model 69 iirc... and it shoots way better than you would expect given its rather rough finish. Apparently they paid close attention to the action and bore and regulated the sighs. I used to have a Henry lever action but it was a victim of financial need... trying never to let that happen again!
I seldom go plinking anymore Greg, that I rely now more on the tactical use of a 22 LR rifle., that I stick to my Ruger 10-22. Every time that I tried buying a new 22 LR rifle, somehow I ended buying another Ruger 10-22. Now I have three of them. I gave one with the scope to my grandson. Your father's rifle looked nice.
Look up a company called Hornet triggers. They make drop in triggers for the 10-22 Ruger. You will love these triggers. I have used them for years on both my 10-22s have had many friends that bought them also. Makes a big difference when you put in a 2.5 lbs trigger in with no creep. The hole a unit drops right in. Takes just minutes.
Greg, great info. I have 2 Winchester 290s , but my favorite 22 rifle is my son’s Henry lever action too! I love lever guns. Wood and blued steel all the way.
Got to agree with you Greg that my .22 LR Henry is one of my favorites. The 10/22 is a great staple of a gun for survival/semi-tactical, but those lever actions, well they are special. I had a bolt action Marlin with that gold trigger and 7 round mags that was a great rifle, but no longer have it for decades. For semi-auto always wanted one of those sweet shooting Remington nylon 66s, but they are pricey now. Thanks sir.
I really like tube fed 22LR rifles,,I have a Speedy Loader that takes no time at all to use.That 290 is a real beauty.I have Glenfield Model 60 that was made in 1965 & a Marlin Model 60 that was made back in 1987,,both have the 21 inch barrels and are real tack drivers.I do also have a Ruger 10/22 I bought new about 4 years ago,,no problems with it rither but for some reason,I prefer the 60's over it by far.I do like the Ruger American bolt action rifles,,hard to beat for the price.Since Ruger bought Marlin,I do wish they would at least do a limited run on the 60's,,would really be interesting to see what improvements they would make.
Hi Greg. My Taurus Rio Bravo lever action 22 LR is my favorite, too. As regards safety, I believe both lever and bolt actions are much safer than semiautomatic rifles, specially for kids. It’s easy to forget a live ammo was automatically chambered. Important to mention, in 22 LR rifles, if you have a live round in the chamber and try to eject it, not always the extractor functions flawlessly (as you’ve mentioned). Visual (and even digital) inspections should reduce the risk of accidental discharge. God Bless. Happy Trails.
Great video Greg i remember my first 22 rifle i was like 8 or 9 it was a Remington bolt action single shot my dad bought it at sears in the mid 1960's Have a blessed day Brother
Great content as usual, Greg. Beautiful pew pews! Love the one your dad passed down to you. Not the best 22, but I still run the Marlin Glenfield that my dad gave me when I was 14. I'm 62 now (where did THAT time go!).
This was fun Greg! The way I figure, every man should have at least one of the following: A .22LR rifle. A .22LR pistol. A .38spl revolver. A 30-30 levergun. And a 12ga pump shotgun. After that, everything else is added goodies. 😏 Over the last 60 plus years I've been through dozens of .22 rifles and settled upon the Henry pump action rifle. S, L, or LR. Octagonal barrel, straight stock, and Buckhorn open sights. Pure heaven to this old man. 🤗 Side note... For those with brass beaded front sight, here's a trick I'd show all my customers in my gunsmith shop. Find a pencil with the light grey/white erasers. (Not the pink ones.) And put the eraser on the bead and rotate it a little. You'll have a brilliant bright sight better than new.!😏 Saved my customers lots of money on unneeded sight replacement.
@LionquestFitness Yes sir, the beauty of this is that only the face of the bead is polished and not the surrounding areas. The rest of the sight remains dull and non-reflective. 😉
Since I retired as a deputy I notice I shoot alot of 22s. Handgun and rifles.But my 22s are old ones most older than me. The trigger on those old winchester model 190 like yours are kinda stiff. They made that winchester in a model 270 pump and a model 150 lever action. all are very accurate. I like the old store guns. I have several made for western auto and sears.
@@LionquestFitness On one of my collector forums A man who was a inspector for sears . He said they were very picky on the guns they put their name on. When they went to say winchester or high standard they would turn some down that wasnt up to the quality they expected.
My first rifle and my most accurate .22 is my Remington 581 I got from my Dad for my 12th B-day. Easy small groups point of aim at 50 yards. Thanks for the memories Greg. Godspeed.
RUclips really really really REALLY doesn't like me posting firearm related comments. It keeps refusing to post any comment I try to make on twenty-two "roofles". Here's my last attempt; I think twenty-two "lee-var roofles" are always a good choice.
I made a comment the other day about the "Trump Slump" experienced in firearms buying after the 2016 election and it wouldn't post. Let's see if this does.
Thanks for the video, Greg. I've never heard of a brand new 40 year old rifle! 😂 Seriously though, that Winchester looks like it's well on its way to being a treasured family heirloom. Thanks again for the video!
Kinda fond of my FILs 1906 GalleryGun i inherited. Like shooting it BUT also kidna don't want to put the finally bit of Wearing it out on it. It's S, L and LR rated on the "new" barrel it has, a 61R that was put on it before HE got it, for his 13th birthday. So it's seen a lot of play. He used to talk about how much easier it was bringing home a load of squirrels or rabbits for supper after going from the slingshot to that. Man hunted with a sling shot for dinner, Anyways, its kinda fun to put a short or Calbri (710 fps) round in the Gallery Gun. Makes less noise then my Gammo Storm BreakBarrel pellet rifle and it has a moderator on it.
What in the world have we let this country become! As I read the posts on this thread, we are reflecting a time when a .22 rifle was a piece of Americana and what many young men grew up with.
@ we would do well to educate young boys and girls in the proper and safe use of firearms, starting with a 22 rifle. A thought on how we got this way. I think of my uncle, served during WW2. His farther my grandfather served during WW1. Didn’t know grandpa. One day my uncle and cousins were visiting. I proudly brought out my BB gun to show him. He didn’t want to touch or even see it. Many years later a Vietnam veteran that I knew after being discharged and coming home, a one time avid hunter, got rid of all his firearms. Said he never wanted to see a gun again. I think this is very understandable. And may have gradually influenced or society’s view of guns in general. Just an opinion. Stay safe and do good things.
Hi Greg, being a southpaw, it makes sense that you pick the lever action. I'd probably pick the bolt gun, just because I'm more used to them. I hope it's not 10 pounds like the Anschutz I used in competition :D
Bom dia meu amigo americano. Ótimo domingo ao Sr e sua família. Que coisa maravilhosa ter uma arma herdada do papai, o meu também faleceu em 2018,mas não se interessava por armas. O Sr tem maravilhas nas mãos , Deus abençoe 🙏🏻. Deus abençoe as Américas 🇧🇷🤝🇺🇲🙏🏻 e sua liberdade 🗽
I couldn't make up my mind if I favored the Winchester or the Henry. I love lever actions as well, but I think I would pick the Winchester. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad you liked the Henry rifle. I bought one just like the one you have, I bought it when they first came out, I've done a lot of shooting with a 22 and this Henry, I can't hit the side of a barn with it. Before I knew this about the Henry, I messed around and bought a Henry golden boy and have not shot it because I'm afraid the accuracy accuracy will be as bad as my first Henry. I'll NOT buy another one.
Fun video! Man, we all love .22 rifles and I’ve got a bunch of em too. My Marlin’s are the most accurate but I also have one of those Winchester 290s. Mine is one that my pop picked up for nearly nothing a long time ago. It was sore of a beater but not really too bad. Its accuracy is tight, right up there with my Marlins. Like you I also have a 10/22. It’s accuracy is good but not great and it’s more of a last resort defensive type rifle for me as well. I have an old savage stevens westpoint bolt rifle that is a tack driver as well as the Marlins. Then my very first .22(at age five) a Remington Improved Model 6 falling block made in 1932… that thing is a tack driver to this day and I still shoot it regularly. Fun stuff!
We didn't realize it at the time, but we had it great growing up in the sixties and seventies. It wasn't uncommon to see students in high school have hunting rifles or shotguns in a rack in the back of a truck. The best part was; you could drive around like that, park your vehicle, and no one would ever dream of trying to break into your truck to steal your guns. At least that is what it was like in many rural areas back then.
True! I drove my pop’s 69 GMC to school with deer rifles in the rack during hunting season and no one ever gave it a second look. It was great to grow up in those times.
Taught my daughter to shoot with a browning buckmark rifle. Put 1 bullet in i just like barney fife! Then moved to a heavy barrel mark 3 stainless. Now did use barrel rest but adain 1 single bullet. Untillshe learned all of the fundamentals such as keeping weapon pointed down rages etc.
Actually barrel length as nothing to do with accuracy, i got quite an education from a custom barrel maker ! Over my lifetime of .22 rifles and revolvers I have discovered some .22 firearms will like one brand better then other brands , that takes range time with 10 brands of .22 lr to find out ! Most of mine produce the tightest groups using CCI Mini Mags ammo ! That’s good shooting!
Older eyes here too. I put an aperture rear sight on my Henry, now I see a crisp front sight. The rifle will easily shoot under 1 inch at 25 yards. Enjoyed the vid, thanks for sharing!
He should have a Marlin model 60 in that group.
Absolutely, my favorite is a Model 60 my Dad gave me in 1972. 17 plus 1 tube mag, 20 inch barrel. What a great and accurate little rifle. The newer ones are 18 inch barrels and only 14 rounds I think due to stupid gun laws in certain states.
My first firearm was a Winchester 190 that had belonged to my stepdad prior. In 1985, he and I finally convinced my gun-shy mother to let him sell it to me if he showed me how to use it. I was eighteen years old.
When he died the following year, his son came around looking for it and I let him have it, replacing it with a Ruger 10/22, purchased in a department store.
A few years back, I picked up a beater 190, the first I'd seen since, in a gun store. They actually had two of them; I picked the one that "needed more love", buying it only for nostalgic reasons as I had already acquired several other rimfire rifles over the decades. Haven't gotten around to trying it out yet, though.
Incidentally, I still own the Ruger, and also the Henry shown here.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Greg, I agree with you on the Henry. I have one but have a skinner peep sight on it. When I go plinking with it I sent up soda cans with the pull tab raised up and put some painters tape over the hole in the tab. That's my aim point the hole in the pull tab. I usually hit 6-7 of 10 cans through the pull tab at about 25 yards. Can't do that with buckhorn sights but with skinner peep sight I find it easy. Thanks for all your hard work and time Sir.🤠🇺🇲
Where did you get the peep sight and is it expensive to put on?
@jeffpaul8260 it came with it from Henry. It's a skinner sight. Not very expensive
I think I had one of those Winchester's back in the late 1990's early 2000's. Great gun.
Thanks Greg. Everybody should have a good .22LR rifle or carbine. I currently have an old highly modified 10-22 with a Boyd stock, Butler Creek graphite barrel and a Nikon scope. Very accurate especially with match ammo. I also have an old Romanian training rifle a model 69 iirc... and it shoots way better than you would expect given its rather rough finish. Apparently they paid close attention to the action and bore and regulated the sighs. I used to have a Henry lever action but it was a victim of financial need... trying never to let that happen again!
Amen to that!
I seldom go plinking anymore Greg, that I rely now more on the tactical use of a 22 LR rifle., that I stick to my Ruger 10-22. Every time that I tried buying a new 22 LR rifle, somehow I ended buying another Ruger 10-22. Now I have three of them. I gave one with the scope to my grandson. Your father's rifle looked nice.
You sound like me and Taurus snub revolvers! But you can't go wrong with a 10-22.
Look up a company called Hornet triggers. They make drop in triggers for the 10-22 Ruger. You will love these triggers. I have used them for years on both my 10-22s have had many friends that bought them also. Makes a big difference when you put in a 2.5 lbs trigger in with no creep. The hole a unit drops right in. Takes just minutes.
Greg, great info. I have 2 Winchester 290s , but my favorite 22 rifle is my son’s Henry lever action too! I love lever guns. Wood and blued steel all the way.
Got to agree with you Greg that my .22 LR Henry is one of my favorites. The 10/22 is a great staple of a gun for survival/semi-tactical, but those lever actions, well they are special. I had a bolt action Marlin with that gold trigger and 7 round mags that was a great rifle, but no longer have it for decades. For semi-auto always wanted one of those sweet shooting Remington nylon 66s, but they are pricey now. Thanks sir.
Thank you Robert!
I really like tube fed 22LR rifles,,I have a Speedy Loader that takes no time at all to use.That 290 is a real beauty.I have Glenfield Model 60 that was made in 1965 & a Marlin Model 60 that was made back in 1987,,both have the 21 inch barrels and are real tack drivers.I do also have a Ruger 10/22 I bought new about 4 years ago,,no problems with it rither but for some reason,I prefer the 60's over it by far.I do like the Ruger American bolt action rifles,,hard to beat for the price.Since Ruger bought Marlin,I do wish they would at least do a limited run on the 60's,,would really be interesting to see what improvements they would make.
Good morning Greg. Oh, you bring back wonderful memories brother. I put in lots of trigger time on 22s as a youth. Take care, God bless, Rob
Glad to do that. Have a blessed week!
Hi Greg. My Taurus Rio Bravo lever action 22 LR is my favorite, too. As regards safety, I believe both lever and bolt actions are much safer than semiautomatic rifles, specially for kids. It’s easy to forget a live ammo was automatically chambered. Important to mention, in 22 LR rifles, if you have a live round in the chamber and try to eject it, not always the extractor functions flawlessly (as you’ve mentioned). Visual (and even digital) inspections should reduce the risk of accidental discharge. God Bless. Happy Trails.
Good point on youth model rifles. Bolt action and Lever action also helps slow them down to work on marksmanship.
Great video Greg i remember my first 22 rifle i was like 8 or 9 it was a Remington bolt action single shot my dad bought it at sears in the mid 1960's Have a blessed day Brother
Bought at Sears! What a different time we lived in.
Hello Greg I lost my mom in 2019 . Your Dad must have been proud he raised a good man . God bless
God Bless you Steve.
Great content as usual, Greg. Beautiful pew pews! Love the one your dad passed down to you. Not the best 22, but I still run the Marlin Glenfield that my dad gave me when I was 14. I'm 62 now (where did THAT time go!).
This was fun Greg! The way I figure, every man should have at least one of the following:
A .22LR rifle. A .22LR pistol. A .38spl revolver. A 30-30 levergun. And a 12ga pump shotgun. After that, everything else is added goodies. 😏
Over the last 60 plus years I've been through dozens of .22 rifles and settled upon the Henry pump action rifle. S, L, or LR. Octagonal barrel, straight stock, and Buckhorn open sights. Pure heaven to this old man. 🤗
Side note...
For those with brass beaded front sight, here's a trick I'd show all my customers in my gunsmith shop. Find a pencil with the light grey/white erasers. (Not the pink ones.) And put the eraser on the bead and rotate it a little. You'll have a brilliant bright sight better than new.!😏
Saved my customers lots of money on unneeded sight replacement.
Thanks for that tip!
@LionquestFitness Yes sir, the beauty of this is that only the face of the bead is polished and not the surrounding areas. The rest of the sight remains dull and non-reflective. 😉
Since I retired as a deputy I notice I shoot alot of 22s. Handgun and rifles.But my 22s are old ones most older than me. The trigger on those old winchester model 190 like yours are kinda stiff. They made that winchester in a model 270 pump and a model 150 lever action. all are very accurate. I like the old store guns. I have several made for western auto and sears.
Boy, that was something I miss, Western Auto. The days of buying firearms at a hardware store or a store like Sears are long gone.
@@LionquestFitness On one of my collector forums A man who was a inspector for sears . He said they were very picky on the guns they put their name on. When they went to say winchester or high standard they would turn some down that wasnt up to the quality they expected.
My first rifle and my most accurate .22 is my Remington 581 I got from my Dad for my 12th B-day. Easy small groups point of aim at 50 yards. Thanks for the memories Greg. Godspeed.
A lot of folks brought back some fond memories of times past from that video. It makes me smile.
RUclips really really really REALLY doesn't like me posting firearm related comments. It keeps refusing to post any comment I try to make on twenty-two "roofles". Here's my last attempt; I think twenty-two "lee-var roofles" are always a good choice.
Congrats, you joined the club.
I made a comment the other day about the "Trump Slump" experienced in firearms buying after the 2016 election and it wouldn't post. Let's see if this does.
RUMBLE
Great collection of .22 rifles !
Thanks for the video, Greg. I've never heard of a brand new 40 year old rifle! 😂
Seriously though, that Winchester looks like it's well on its way to being a treasured family heirloom. Thanks again for the video!
I too have a wood stock ruger 10/22. Have a safe week buddy!
Fun video, Greg! Love my Henry .22, but these older eyes had to paint the front sight.🙂
Me and you both!
My brother in law has his Dads Winchester 190
Kinda fond of my FILs 1906 GalleryGun i inherited. Like shooting it BUT also kidna don't want to put the finally bit of Wearing it out on it. It's S, L and LR rated on the "new" barrel it has, a 61R that was put on it before HE got it, for his 13th birthday. So it's seen a lot of play. He used to talk about how much easier it was bringing home a load of squirrels or rabbits for supper after going from the slingshot to that. Man hunted with a sling shot for dinner, Anyways, its kinda fun to put a short or Calbri (710 fps) round in the Gallery Gun. Makes less noise then my Gammo Storm BreakBarrel pellet rifle and it has a moderator on it.
👍 like most people the first firearm I fired was a 22 rifle. It was at Boy Scout Summer camp in the Catskills.
Thanks for pointing.
What in the world have we let this country become! As I read the posts on this thread, we are reflecting a time when a .22 rifle was a piece of Americana and what many young men grew up with.
@ we would do well to educate young boys and girls in the proper and safe use of firearms, starting with a 22 rifle. A thought on how we got this way. I think of my uncle, served during WW2. His farther my grandfather served during WW1. Didn’t know grandpa. One day my uncle and cousins were visiting. I proudly brought out my BB gun to show him. He didn’t want to touch or even see it. Many years later a Vietnam veteran that I knew after being discharged and coming home, a one time avid hunter, got rid of all his firearms. Said he never wanted to see a gun again.
I think this is very understandable. And may have gradually influenced or society’s view of guns in general.
Just an opinion.
Stay safe and do good things.
Hi Greg, being a southpaw, it makes sense that you pick the lever action. I'd probably pick the bolt gun, just because I'm more used to them. I hope it's not 10 pounds like the Anschutz I used in competition :D
Not quite that heavy Carlo!
Agree, a Henry for me too.
Like my Henry in 22 magnum but have to give the nod to the Browning 22 for the short lever throw. Both great guns.
Bom dia meu amigo americano. Ótimo domingo ao Sr e sua família. Que coisa maravilhosa ter uma arma herdada do papai, o meu também faleceu em 2018,mas não se interessava por armas. O Sr tem maravilhas nas mãos , Deus abençoe 🙏🏻. Deus abençoe as Américas 🇧🇷🤝🇺🇲🙏🏻 e sua liberdade 🗽
Bom dia e bênçãos de Deus para você e sua família esta manhã!
@LionquestFitness amém 🙏🏻
I have a Winchester model 190 that I bought in the 70s it's a Tac driver
thank you sir great vidio and i love that winchester
I couldn't make up my mind if I favored the Winchester or the Henry. I love lever actions as well, but I think I would pick the Winchester. Thanks for sharing.
That would be a good pick. The 290 is a classic.
I'm glad you liked the Henry rifle. I bought one just like the one you have, I bought it when they first came out, I've done a lot of shooting with a 22 and this Henry, I can't hit the side of a barn with it. Before I knew this about the Henry, I messed around and bought a Henry golden boy and have not shot it because I'm afraid the accuracy accuracy will be as bad as my first Henry. I'll NOT buy another one.
If you still have it, I'd give it a whirl to see how accurate it is. No sense keeping it as a safe queen. I'm sure someone would be willing to buy it.
Fun video!
Man, we all love .22 rifles and I’ve got a bunch of em too.
My Marlin’s are the most accurate but I also have one of those Winchester 290s. Mine is one that my pop picked up for nearly nothing a long time ago. It was sore of a beater but not really too bad. Its accuracy is tight, right up there with my Marlins. Like you I also have a 10/22. It’s accuracy is good but not great and it’s more of a last resort defensive type rifle for me as well.
I have an old savage stevens westpoint bolt rifle that is a tack driver as well as the Marlins.
Then my very first .22(at age five) a Remington Improved Model 6 falling block made in 1932… that thing is a tack driver to this day and I still shoot it regularly.
Fun stuff!
We didn't realize it at the time, but we had it great growing up in the sixties and seventies. It wasn't uncommon to see students in high school have hunting rifles or shotguns in a rack in the back of a truck. The best part was; you could drive around like that, park your vehicle, and no one would ever dream of trying to break into your truck to steal your guns. At least that is what it was like in many rural areas back then.
True!
I drove my pop’s 69 GMC to school with deer rifles in the rack during hunting season and no one ever gave it a second look.
It was great to grow up in those times.
Taught my daughter to shoot with a browning buckmark rifle. Put 1 bullet in i just like barney fife! Then moved to a heavy barrel mark 3 stainless. Now did use barrel rest but adain 1 single bullet. Untillshe learned all of the fundamentals such as keeping weapon pointed down rages etc.
And that is a very good and responsible father! 💪 💪💪
Thank you for sharing this video with us! Just found your channel and subscribed!
The CZ452, 455, and the 457 are very accurate 22 rifles and the ones with the adjustable sights are excellent
Anything CZ makes tends to be excellent.
Actually barrel length as nothing to do with accuracy, i got quite an education from a custom barrel maker !
Over my lifetime of .22 rifles and revolvers I have discovered some .22 firearms will like one brand better then other brands , that takes range time with 10 brands of .22 lr to find out !
Most of mine produce the tightest groups using CCI Mini Mags ammo !
That’s good shooting!
Thank you Greg for sharing.
I thought for sure you’d prefer the Winchester. 👍👍👍💥
I do like accuracy!
Love my Henry...makes this old man think he's reliving his youth! 😄
Good lookin’ rifle Greg!
Thanks my friend!
Great vid, thank you sir.
My Henry is a tac driver.
You may need some glass to increase your vision.
I like the Henry... it would look cool if you were wearing 😎 to stop sun glare, and a bandana for good taist 😊
You and the sunglasses! I guess I'm going to have to find a pair!
@@LionquestFitness 😎
Wow😂yt keeps censoring me, love the win 290, still got my dads 😊
Its a great gun.
Good stuff. 👍🇺🇸
I had one of the first henry Lever gun. Went back twice. I dumped it. A real pos. I'll never touch another.
Too bad.
👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's your opinion but they are not the best 22 rifles
Did I say they were the best? If you think that you best readjust your cognitive sensibilities and watch the video again.