Henry’s 1-millionth rimfire lever action up for grabs at SHOT auction (VIDEO)

By Kristin Alberts

In December, Henry Repeating Arms manufactured its one-millionth lever-action .22-caliber rifle in their flagship model H001. As with all Henry products, it was “made in America or not made at all.”  And this particular rifle has high aspirations of setting a record, having been selected by the NSSF as SHOT Show’s auction rifle. Guns.com had the chance to sit down with Henry’s president and owner Anthony Imperato to get the scoop.
The hand-finished rimfire features a silver receiver with hand-engraved scroll patterns, done by the Connecticut-based Baron Engraving. The engraving is embellished with inlaid 24-carat gold.  The whole package is dressed with some of the finest AAA exhibition-grade American Walnut stocks we’ve ever seen, and which, according to Imperato, is “one of the finest examples of American walnut ever to leave our factory.”
The company has come a long way since the first Henry lever action .22 rifle shipped out of the original factory in Brooklyn in 1997.  After a move, expansion, and the addition of many more models, Henry now cranks out a full line of rimfires, big bores, and even shotguns from their plants in Bayonne, New Jersey and Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
“When I attended the SHOT Show in 1996 I

Source: Guns.com