Paradigm Shift at Henry Rifles Enter the Model 24 Side Gate

By Van Harl

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- It has finally happened, the Henry Repeating Arms new Model H024 side-gate rifle has been announced to the shooting public. I for one have been waiting for almost two years.

Have you ever been in on a secret so close-hold that you could not talk about it with anyone to include your spouse? This situation is what happened to me back in 2017 when Andy Wickstrom, the Vice President, and general manager of Henry Repeating Arms told me about the future new Model H024 / side loading gate, lever action Cowboy Carbine, that Henry was working on.

If you own a Henry rifle or have shot someone else’s Henry you understand that Henrys are loaded through a tube magazine located under the rifle barrel. Unlike almost any other centerfire lever action rifles currently or historically manufactured in the past, there is no side loading gate or a King’s gate as the original patent on the old Winchester Model 66 ( an improved Henry designed rifle) was called.

Without the side loading gate, you could not top off a rifle as you shot rounds. You had to disengage from shooting and take …Read the Rest

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