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A LGS has a pump action 22LR Henry on sale for $400.

I don't have any pump rifles, but do have a Mossberg 500 shotgun.

Normally I'm into lever action rifles, but this 22 pump look sweet.

Anyone have an opinion of the benefits of pump vs lever?

cal44 wrote:Anyone have an opinion of the benefits of pump vs lever?

I don't know about benefits, but they are a lot of fun to use.

I dunno about benefits, but a lotta people seem to love pumps.

If it's NIB that's a good price. You haven't bought it yet?

Ive been on the edge of whether to buy one or not. But if I found one on sale for 400 it would be coming home with me. Al

If it's new at $400 that is a very good deal. The advantage I see with a pump is less movement off target while working the action. And it should be faster to cycle being a straight forward and back movement.

The Henry pump actions are a little stiff to cycle. I Love my pump action but the lever actions are a lot smoother. Mine is a very good and accurate shooter. You really can't go wrong with a pump action like already stated they are fun to shoot, If you have lever guns you really do need a pump to go with them and change up once in a while.

I bought one about a month ago and haven't shot it yet. I think a pump is better than a lever for shooting moving objects. It is much easier to stay on a moving target while pumping over working a lever. At least it is for me.

jstanfield103 wrote:The Henry pump actions are a little stiff to cycle. I Love my pump action but the lever actions are a lot smoother. Mine is a very good and accurate shooter. You really can't go wrong with a pump action like already stated they are fun to shoot, If you have lever guns you really do need a pump to go with them and change up once in a while.

I wonder if Henry pumps smooth up after awhile. I'm tempted to buy one some day just to find out.

ditto1958 wrote:I wonder if Henry pumps smooth up after awhile. I'm tempted to buy one some day just to find out.

They are quite smooth, but they'll never be a FN Browning Trombone. Having said that, you could fire it all day without working up a sweat.

ditto1958 wrote:

jstanfield103 wrote:The Henry pump actions are a little stiff to cycle. I Love my pump action but the lever actions are a lot smoother. Mine is a very good and accurate shooter. You really can't go wrong with a pump action like already stated they are fun to shoot, If you have lever guns you really do need a pump to go with them and change up once in a while.

I wonder if Henry pumps smooth up after awhile. I'm tempted to buy one some day just to find out.

I'm amazed at how easy mine cycles and I've not even shot it yet. But I have worked the action hundreds of times. What I have found is the action wasn't really that hard when new, it was me that needed to be broken in to work the action.