Make: Henry
Model: Big Boy
Series: Side Gate
Caliber: 357 Mag
Stock Finish: American Walnut
Action: Lever
Barrel Length: 20"
Barrel Description: Round
Barrel Finish: Blued
Front Sight: Brass Bead
Rear Sight: Adjustable Semi-Buckhorn
Capacity: 10
Length of Pull: 14"
Overall Length: 37.50"
Receiver Finish: Blued
Receiver Material: Steel
Safety: Transfer Bar
Stock Finish Group: Brown / Tan
Stock Material: Wood
Twist: 1:16"
Weight: 7 lbs.
While we are fond of the brass tradition begun by B.T. Henry's 1860 rifle, we do understand that today's hunter may prefer something a shade lighter on the mountain, and the Big Boy Steel Side Gate carries on the same brush gun appeal of the brass-framed Big Boys in its overall configuration, but with upgraded features for the modern hunter, while weighing in 1.68lbs. less than its cousin. These Side Gate models come in .357 Mag/.38 Special, .44 Mag/.44 Special, and .45 Colt, with either a standard 20" round barrel and regular lever, or a compact 16.5" round barrel and a large-loop lever for gloved cold-weather use and extra style points. Both models feature fine checkering on the genuine American walnut fore-end and straight-wrist stock, range-adjustable semi-buckhorn rear and brass bead front sights, an automatic in-hammer transfer bar safety, and our best-of-both-worlds side loading gate and removable tube magazine configuration. Rifles hold ten rounds in the tube, and carbines hold seven.