Just held one of the new Henrys at my local Cabela's. Not sure how I feel about birdshead grips. Definitely a different feel. I'd also slim the barrel so there's no need for that undercut. Otherwise the look is great.
Just held one of the new Henrys at my local Cabela's. Not sure how I feel about birdshead grips.
revolverlet here, what's the difference between the two styles of grips?
I'm not sure what a birdshead is supposed to do differently.
the bigger grip is focused on comfort while shooting. It's bigger, lets you grip more, shaped for your hand, has space for your support hand, etc.
The smaller grip is for comfort while NOT shooting. Its rounded out so it doesnt poke at you while you have it holstered, it rubs around and doesnt poke you in the ribs if you have it in waistband, its curved so if you brush up against something you dont just scratch it or knock it over, etc.
Birds head is for gentlemen, gunfighter grip for workers
It's plow handle not "gunfighter"
thats only what your mom calls it
Yeah when she grabs your hair and starts pegging you.
Nice
The thought back in the day is that birds heads were easier to conceal. That's why you usually see them on pocket pistols and smaller revolvers. A little later on there were larger revolvers with them like the Colt double actions, various Webleys, and so on but that was just a matter of them being in style at the time.
On the Henry, it's merely a callback to those older revolvers.
Rounded grips are easier to conceal and prints less.
The other grip is standard, better for recoil management and control.
Snub nose revolvers have 1 key advantage over semis and that's the print is significantly less than a sub/compact and great candidates for pocket carry (.380 bros and .32acp bros can do this too but won't be .38 or .357)
>picrel my everyday/where carry
An important thing to note about double-action revolvers - the grip geometry is really important, and what fits one individual's hand better will not fit another's very well at all. 10 pounds is a lot of trigger to pull through without disturbing the sights. You can say "one is for concealment, the other is for shooting", but the birds's head may fit small to medium size hands better for shooting. Smart of Henry to offer two styles to start.
Did the screw at the top of the grip ride into the web of your hand at all? I remember some anons speculating that could be an issue
No, didn't notice it at all. Granted, recoil might dig that into your web.
Check'd
those sights looks like crap
You're right. I didn't look closely until you mentioned it. I wonder what Henry was thinking here. It seems they were reaching for a very traditional look with a bit of modern spit & polish ... but, that rear sight really should have been designed to be swapped out. The front doesn't look like it can be swapped either, but it's the lesser sin. There should have been a way to make the rear sight look "mostly traditional" and still have a reasonably standardized block set in place with screws that could be replaced with alternates. Either provided by Henry as optional from the factory or after-market by other people. That would vastly reduce my personal interest.
I was also going to comment that It would be great if the gun could support 9mm, in everything from 9x18 up through 9x23 (I've forgotten if 9x25 or 9x27 is a thing or not), to maximize its flexibility. Leave it up to the owner to decided what brass to run through it and play around with custom handloads ... just make sure the engineering supports Very Spicy +P+ while allowing someone to run boxes of cheap 9x19 through it for maximum fun. I love me my .357, but it's just become far too expensive to blast 100 or 200 rounds every week or so.
Also also, 7- and 8-shooters should always be a consideration in today's world. A 6-gun doesn't turn me off, but if they want to really open their market it would be nice to hear they are at least considering more versatile options.
In summary, I think this gun is meant to be a cowboy aesthetic to compliment someone's Henry levergat. No real complaints there, but I'd appreciate that aesthetic combined with more practical capability. I wouldn't own one just to larp as a cowboy. If I had to reach for this as a home defense weapon, I want more.
Surprised they didn't make one chambered in .22 first. The hump on the top of the grip gives it a nice old timey look.
It's probably what they should have done. I have doubts about how strong this gun is. Someone's going to blow one up with high pressure .357 mags
>doubts about how strong this gun is
> Someone's going to blow one up with high pressure .357 mags
Any actual evidence to support that? Or just a speculation in your head? Because, how could a modern firearm ... designed & manufactured by one of The Names in firearms ... possibly make it to the sale's room floor and not be tested & overtested beyond mortal comprehension?
Has *ANY* Henry gun of any type "blown up in someone's hand" at any time in the last 50 years? Or 100? I'd be very interested to review that incident and how it happened.
You seriously underestimate how moronic hot people load their 357. People have blown up rugers and blamed their Blackhawk instead of considering maybe replacing powder with RDX might be the reason it kaboomed
what are you even trying to say? what does that have to do with the reliability of these new henry revolvers?
like step back and logically think about what you're trying to say here you are coming off as a pathetic boomer
>the farmer vs. the Englishman.
Bisley.
Yeah I don't like that undercut. What were they thinking?
why are modern revolvers so blocky and soulless?