Henry Golden Boy .22 LR
Model: H004
Henry Golden Boy .22 LR
Model: H004
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About This Firearm
The Henry Golden Boy is a brass-receiver lever-action .22 LR built for target shooting, small game and collecting. It has an MSRP of $670. Its 20-inch octagon barrel and Brasslite receiver put 6.75 lbs in the hands, which holds a sight picture steadier offhand than a 5 lb rimfire does.
The sights are a brass bead front and a fully adjustable semi-buckhorn rear, and the tube holds 16 rounds of Long Rifle. The safety is quarter cock on the hammer. The receiver is drilled and tapped and Henry sells a mount for it, but no rail is fitted and the hammer has to clear whatever goes over it. Nothing on the rifle adjusts and the pull is a fixed 14 inches.
If you're cross-shopping, the Henry H001, now catalogued as the H1 Classic, has an MSRP of $440 and gives up the brass and 1.50 lbs with a round 18.5-inch barrel. The CZ 457 has an MSRP of $799 and answers similar money with a bolt action, a heavy barrel and a walnut varmint stock for shooting from a rest.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Chambered .22 Short, Long and Long Rifle, so the tube takes more of the shorter cartridges than it does of Long Rifle.
- The guarantee Henry signs covers the life of the rifle, and it carries over to whoever owns it next.
- The rear sight carries a white diamond insert that frames the brass bead front, which gives the eye something to center on.
- Most of the weight sits in the receiver and the octagon barrel, so the rifle hangs forward and tires an arm on a long walk.
- Brass polishes and marks, so a working rifle will look used in a way a blued receiver would not.
- The buttplate is brass and hard, so a long session at the bench is felt in the shoulder more than it would be behind a rubber pad.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the receiver solid brass?
Henry calls the receiver Brasslite and finishes it in polished brass, with a brass buttplate at the back.
What twist rate is the barrel?
1-in-16, the same rate as the rest of Henry's .22 LR rifles.
Are other versions of it made?
Yes. Henry lists a large-loop model, a .22 WMR and a .17 HMR on the same family page as this rifle.
