Henry Side Gate .30-30 Winchester
Model: H009G
Henry Side Gate .30-30 Winchester
Model: H009G
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Henry Side Gate is a walnut-stocked lever-action .30-30 Winchester built for deer and elk in timber. It has an MSRP of $1,135. A gate in the right side of the receiver tops the tube up with the rifle still shouldered, and the tube itself still draws out the front, so unloading never means levering live rounds through the chamber.
It comes sighted with a brass bead under a fully adjustable semi-buckhorn rear carrying a diamond insert, and the receiver is drilled and tapped for a Weaver-pattern base. Brass ejects to the side, so a low scope works and a left-handed shooter runs the rifle the same way as anyone else. Henry uses an internal transfer bar for the safety and fits no manual lever or button, so nothing on the outside tells you the state of the gun. Length of pull is a fixed 14 inches, which is long once a hunting coat goes on, and the muzzle is not threaded.
If you're cross-shopping, the Marlin 336 Classic has an MSRP of $1,359, matches the six-round tube and gives you a cross-bolt safety you can see and feel, at 0.5 lbs more weight. The Rossi R95 Trapper has an MSRP of $984.99 and gives up a round and some barrel to get into thicker cover. Of the three, this is the rifle that loads from the side and unloads from the front.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The transfer bar means there is nothing to find with cold or gloved hands, which is Henry's stated reason for using one.
- Checkered American walnut and blued steel, with sling swivel studs and a ventilated rubber recoil pad fitted and not sold as extras.
- Henry's lifetime warranty follows the product and not the first owner, which holds value on a rifle bought to keep.
- The tube fills one round at a time through the gate, so a full reload is slower than dropping in a box magazine.
- It carries 4.8 oz more than the Rossi R95 Trapper and runs 3.5 inches longer overall, which is the price of the full-length barrel and the sixth round.
- A brass bead is the whole low-light provision, and there is no fiber optic or tritium front offered for it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which base does the receiver take?
A Weaver 63B. Because the rifle ejects to the side you are not pushed into a long eye relief scout mount, and the factory rear sight stays usable as a backup with quick-detach rings.
Is this still the rifle Henry sold as the Side Gate?
Yes. Henry no longer markets a Side Gate family and lists this rifle under the H9 Classic Rifle name, with the side gate shown as an included extra. The dimensions are unchanged.
What else is this rifle chambered in?
.360 Buckhammer alongside .30-30. Henry describes the Buckhammer as a modern straight-wall cartridge developed to meet the straight-wall hunting rules a number of states impose, so that is the version to look at if your county bans bottleneck rifle cartridges for deer.
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