I have three Henry rifles, they are awesome

 

I have shot one. I don’t see much of a point unless you are into riding horses or you have a specific use in mind.

Less accurate that a full size rifle, ammo is more expensive than 22lr, your friend will probably end up owning it and not shooting it much. If he needs to ask, he is better off with another Henry.

 

I have shot one. I don’t see much of a point unless you are into riding horses or you have a specific use in mind.

Less accurate that a full size rifle, ammo is more expensive than 22lr, your friend will probably end up owning it and not shooting it much. If he needs to ask, he is better off with another Henry.

The general progression is to shoot several boxes of ammo the day you gat it , then repeat when showing it to a friend or family member, then you 'find" it again 3 or 4 years later. For the most part, interesting and unique, and relatively useless unless youre playing "Bounty Hunter" at Halloween. The real Henry rifle will be much more lasting in your use of it.

 

I want to make one into an SBR. I don't know why, just think it would be cool.

 

Not so much in the 22 but one of the center fires would be better, IMO.

 

Can't think of a single reason to buy a mares leg

 

+1 Neat looking but pointless.

 

They're great when you want to cosplay as Zoe from Firefly.

ammo is more expensive than 22lr

It takes .22LR, no need to use anything else.

 

It takes .22LR, no need to use anything else.

If it is chambered for .22 Mag? That is a no-go for other .22 Mag guns. Is there something about this one that makes it different?

 

Other than playing "Wanted Dead or Alive" it serves no purpose. If you are just going to play and shoot paper with it, better to have .22 LR. I associate .22 Magnum with something like small game hunting, for which the Mare's Leg looks useless.

 

i have no experience with this gun, but i have the same thoughts.
we'll see what he'll do.
it's his money !

i told him I'd buy the Henry rifle in .22

 

IT was so cool when Steve McQueen had one in ???45-70

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jnzj5j9n0

 

IT was so cool when Steve McQueen had one in ???45-70

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jnzj5j9n0

I would have loved to see Steve McQueen try to stuff a huge round of 45-70 into the tiny loading gate of that Model 1892 Winchester, which might be considered a pistol-caliber carbine.

I recall seeing an episode where he said it was a 30-30, which is also wrong. :rofl:

But those 45-70 rounds sure looked big on his cartridge belt. Yea, Hollywood!

 

Cool toy for a rich kid

Or an adult kid

Doesn't serve much more purpose that that

 

I have a Henry carbine length lever in .22lr, it has the large “D” lever. It is not to far away size wise from the gun you are asking about. That gun is phenomenal, great at the range or just making cans bounce. You cannot go wrong with a Henry of any make or model.

 

If I was temped to buy a mare's leg Henry it would be in .22 lr. However I'll stick with the H001 rifle in .22 lr. tom. :cowboy:

 

I have two "Mares Legs".

Henry 22LR and the Rossi 38 Special.

Fun shooting and it's actually surprising how good and fast you can get with these things.

Sticking a laser on them is cheating.
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Fast shooting from the hip at 10 yards.

 

Personally have no use, have a lot better 10 shot 22's in both smaller handguns and actual rifles, that were a lot cheaper and serve a better purpose.

 

To each his own of course.

But I have no interest or purpose for guns like the Mares leg or these similar concept new shotguns with the pistol looking stock that Remington and Mossberg (shockwave?) are making.

These don’t float my boat in the least.

 

Played with one several times at a range.

Can’t hold it.
Can’t aim it.
Can’t hit anything with it.
Chambered fine.

 

I had my Henry Big Boy in .45 Colt out to the range today. Its a fun shooter, and since I reload and cast my own bullets, not much more expensive to shoot then a .22.
The Mare's leg doesn't do anything for me. Just like the Mossberg shockwave. Or AR pistols. Can't see the point.
But I don't begrudge others their toys.

 

The bulk of comments seem to say that the mare's leg has no real practical purpose and I have to say I agree with that. It should be relegated to the "cool toy" column.

 

I have shot one. I don’t see much of a point unless you are into riding horses or you have a specific use in mind.

As a horse rider, I see little use for it in that area.

But in the cool AF department and possibly HD it has a home.

And BTW: I have an H001 that's put it's share of game on the table and vermin in the ground.

 

Buy a real gun , not some do nothing well model . Buy a good revolver or a bolt rifle and move on .

 

I think they’re cool and have been tempted to get one in .22mag as well.

Practical? No, but if it’s fun and you enjoy it, do it. Personally I’d rather have .22mag for the extra noise & fire, and a rimfire Mare’s Leg won’t have much recoil.

I have a Henry pump rifle in .22mag and it’s a great shooter and a lot of fun.

A friend of mine bought a Fightlite Raider pistol in .300bo. At first I thought he was crazy, seemed to not really serve a purpose but with subsonic ammo it was actually fun to shoot. And that was twice the cost of a Mare’s leg.

 

The Henry's Mare's Leg is like someone owning a Mossberg Shockwave! I should know because I just ordered a 20 gauge Shockwave and I can't wait to shoot this gun! By the way, I purchased it from Palmetto art a very great price!

 

I'm not above buying a gun I know I'll never shoot and I have been very tempted to get one of those things just for "grins and giggles." Even for that though, I'd want it in 22 LR. I'll spring for a gun I don't intend to shoot, but I won't buy expensive ammo to not shoot in it.

Maybe if I still lived "out in the country" I'd have one by now.

 

.44 mag is the plan, just in the dream stage right now.

What fun would the sport be if we only bought what we needed?