henry answers the prayers of levergun fans

Not only is Anthony Imperato one of the nicest guys in the industry but he listens (and responds) to the appeals and requests of his devotees! A couple of years ago we wrote to Mr Imperato requesting the features you see on the rifle above, and he replied "Thanks for your email, watch this space." Clearly plenty others implored him also because lo and behold Henry just launched the new Big Boy X line at this years SHOT Show in Vegas. True to Vegas' gambling spirit I'm betting everything that this'll be one hot seller among fans of the levergun platform for uses outside the cowboy action shooting arena (CASS require guns with original/traditional features). For the modern civilian outdoorsman - who is not partial to the AR - this original assault rifle promises to be the zenith of practicality and power. I’d rather have a Henry 45-70 or 44MAG over my shoulder than any AR in the American wilderness because I know so long as I can place one good heavy round on target I’m fairly likely to implement a full-stop to the threat, no matter how large or pissed off it is. To illustrate this point further I had a neighbor a few years back who was a Vietnam Army Ranger vet who’d fallen foul to a friendly fire incident around the time of the Tet Offensive. He and his team had just detonated an NVA ammo dump and were retreating back to the forest along a dyke when a Cobra gunship came over the brow, mistook them for Vietcong and strafed them. He and one of his team were thrown into the rice paddy, whereupon he dragged the other guy to safety despite bleeding from eight through-and-throughs. Both survived though he spent a year in a Japanese hospital before being sent home with two Purple Hearts. He was one tough son of a gun, and smart, and went on to start a Fortune 500 company in California. Anyway, he was over visiting me in my garage one day where I’d been reloading some 45-70 extreme penetrators and he picked one up to inspect it: “Damn!” he said, “I’d rather have been hit by my eight 7.62mm’s than a single one of these!” From the horses mouth, that just about says it all. The new badass Big Boy X rifles come in all the large calibers from 45-70 to 38spl so whatever your application there’s one for you, and they all boast that exciting new Henry feature of loading gate PLUS loading tube allowing for safe extraction of unfired roads . MSRP is $970 dollars but I’m seeing street price at around $700 which is a heck of a deal for an all-American made rifle that’s tapped for a scope, has hi-vis fiber optic iron sights, a black synthetic stock with swivel studs, a large loop lever, M-Lok and Picatinny rails and has a threaded trapper-length barrel. From personal experience I can tell you if you buy a bone stock Marlin guide gun and add those features via a skilled gunsmith, you’re looking at spending around $1200-$1500. So, if you’re in the market for a 21st Century levergun, then Henry has just provided the apex configuration for true-grit outdoorsmen and I unreservedly predict outstanding sales for this remarkable New Jersey gunmaker. As far as I'm concerned, this is the most exciting new product to debut at SHOT this year, hands down....just sayin'. GOM. Visit the Henry Website here!