My old Mossberg .410 I have used for squirrels for the last 30 years started having some feeding issues last fall...plus, it was my first gun, my parents bought it for me in the late 80s. I was due for a change...
So I started looking at Henry, especially since I have several of their rifles now and they have been excellent in every way. Picked up a 20 inch barrel lever action .410, and I can’t put it down! It uses only 2.5 inch shells, but that hasn’t been a big deal really, I use 7.5, 8 and 9 shot mostly for the tree rats.
I did pick up some slug rounds since it’s a cylinder bore gun, the 24 inch version has choke tubes, but this one has the rifle sights. No feeding issues, it patterns perfectly at aim at 25 yards, and since they are built on the 45-70 rifle receiver, it’s a tank of a gun that will last forever.
I plan on shooting some rifled slugs through it this weekend to see how it does out to 50 yards or so. I also bought some “defense” rounds, with it being a shorter barrel I figured it wouldn’t be a bad little home defense weapon in a pinch.
Anyway, I would recommend it for squirrels, they love to get into my deer feed and chew on my feeders. Little bastards.
So I started looking at Henry, especially since I have several of their rifles now and they have been excellent in every way. Picked up a 20 inch barrel lever action .410, and I can’t put it down! It uses only 2.5 inch shells, but that hasn’t been a big deal really, I use 7.5, 8 and 9 shot mostly for the tree rats.
I did pick up some slug rounds since it’s a cylinder bore gun, the 24 inch version has choke tubes, but this one has the rifle sights. No feeding issues, it patterns perfectly at aim at 25 yards, and since they are built on the 45-70 rifle receiver, it’s a tank of a gun that will last forever.
I plan on shooting some rifled slugs through it this weekend to see how it does out to 50 yards or so. I also bought some “defense” rounds, with it being a shorter barrel I figured it wouldn’t be a bad little home defense weapon in a pinch.
Anyway, I would recommend it for squirrels, they love to get into my deer feed and chew on my feeders. Little bastards.