Henry Lever Action 410 Shotgun 20" Barrel 2 1/2" Chamber 5 Round Mag Tube Rear and Front Sights
Model Number H018-410R
Action Type Lever Action Shotgun
Caliber .410 Bore
Chamber Size 2 1/2"
Capacity 5 Rounds
Barrel Length 20"
Barrel Type Round Blued Steel
Rate of Twist Smooth/Cyl. Bore
Overall Length 40.5"
Weight 7.33 lbs.
Receiver Finish Blued Steel
Rear Sight Fully Adj. Semi-Buckhorn w/ Diamond Insert
Front Sight Brass Bead
Scopeability Drilled and Tapped
Stock Material American Walnut
Buttplate/Pad Black Ventilated Rubber Recoil Pad
Length of Pull 14"
Safety Transfer Bar
Best Uses Target/Hunting/Bird Shot
Embellishments/Extras Swivel Studs. Can use 2 1/2" shells only. Cylinder Bore
Continuing on with our outside-the-box expansion program, we’re taking our lever actions in another new direction for Henry Repeating Arms with the 2017 introduction of two .410 bore shotguns for those who like their small-gauge shotgunning to be done through a quick-handling platform they’re familiar with in rimfire and centerfire versions already used in the field. If you know our lever actions, you’ll be right at home with these new small-game-getters. There are times and places where a 20 or a 12 is just too much gun, and for those times and places the .410 may be the ideal way to go.
Both model variants are based on our blued steel-framed .45-70 Lever Action, with five-shot tube-loading magazines chambered for 2.5” shells only, dark straight-grained American walnut furniture, pistol grip wrists, checkering fore and aft, sling swivel studs, and a good thick non-slip ventilated black rubber recoil pad at the rear.
We give you two approaches in this .410. You can be the judge of which best fits your own hunting style.
The H018-410 is the long version, with a 24? round blued barrel, removable factory installed invector style full choke and large front brass bead, with no rear sight. This one provides slightly longer practical ranges with its barrel length, along with additional choke options you can buy separately.
The H018-410R is a more versatile and compact package featuring a 20? barrel, with a cylinder bore “choke”, simply a tapered constriction of the gun barrel’s bore at the muzzle end, and our standard adjustable semi-buckhorn rear and brass bead front sights. The weight’s easier to tote over a long afternoon on foot, with the shorter round barrel working easier through brush and other tight terrain where shots are expected to be close and fast. The adjustable sights make it easy to regulate patterns with a variety of birdshot and slugs to handle anything from small game birds such as partridge and pigeons through cottontails to fox and coyotes, varmints and pest control.
Whether you’re in the camp that regards the .410 as a beginner’s gauge or the camp that considers it a specialist’s gauge, we’ve got you covered with these two new models; simplistic, rugged and a great forager for survival, they’ll fit right in among your other prized Henry lever actions.
The information below comes from our Gun Caliber Dictionary and is for
general reference only. It does not describe the specifications of this
particular item.
The 410 Gauge (410 Bore) shotgun cartridge is the only shotshell named by caliber (diameter) rather than the old "gauge" designation of round balls to the pound. Introduced in the U.S. in the early 1900s the 410 Gauge is the smallest shotshell in common use, offered in 2.5-inch loads with a 1/2-ounce payload and 3-inch loads with 3/4-ounce payloads. Most modern shotguns are chambered for 3-inch shells, but the longer shells cannot be used in guns with 2.5-inch chambers. 410 Gauge is a standard event in formal American Skeet competition. Because of its light recoil the 410 Gauge is often chosen as a "starter" shotgun for youngsters, but it is not an ideal choice; the light payload sharply limits range, effectiveness, and hitting ability, frustrating the efforts of generations of youngsters--and 410 slug loads are very marginal for deer. In the right hands at close range the 410 gauge is effective on upland game, but at its best it is a choice for experienced expert shotgunners.
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Craig Boddington
