The pump-action .22 rifle has a long tradition in America, and the Henry Repeating Arms Co. is big on tradition. With a few notable exceptions, the majority of its rifles are modern versions of traditional lever-actions. So it makes sense the company would resurrect the American pump-action .22-cal. rifle.
 
The Henry Pump-Action Octagon, now made in New Jersey, is a nice-looking rifle with an American walnut stock and fore-end. The octagonal, 19 3/4-inch-long barrel and other steel parts are polished blue.
 
The rifle features Henry's zinc alloy receiver cover, which is finished in black, but within this cover are steel action parts. A single operating bar links the fore-end to an internal action lever that locks and unlocks the bolt as the fore-end is worked. As the action closes, a spring-loaded locking bar rises into a corresponding notch in the bottom of the bolt to effect lock-up. On retracting the fore-end to open the bolt, dual opposed hook extractors keep the cartridge case tight against the bolt face until the rim hits the fixed ejector to throw the case free of the gun.
 
These are particularly rare in the UK, but this BRAND NEW Henry Pump Octagonal .22LR is on the shelf here at Forest Lodge Guns, and we are not sure when we’ll see another !
 
OUR PRICE - £785