On 7/28/14, 8:06 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/k3a6w6t

Of course, that's not as awesome as my Henry and my Winchester, both lever action and both made in
the US, not Italian junk.



Gee...some of the old Winchesters were very nice, especially when they
were manufactured in New Haven. The new Winchester clones, made in Italy
by Uberti and Chiappa, are of significantly higher quality than the old
Winchester-manufactured lever action firearms, and at least equal if not
better in fit and finish than the Japanese Winchesters.
The Italian clones exactly duplicate the older Winchesters in terms of
dimensions, screws and bolts, fitments, et cetera, but are turned out on
high quality computer aided machinery.

Here's a factory tour vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9PcueBrsUw

I test fired a couple of Henry lever action rifles, one in .357 MAG and
the other a .22LR kid rifle. I thought they were nice, but the .357 MAG
rifle seemed awfully heavy to me, at least two pounds heavier than my
Chiappa .357 MAG saddle ring carbine, and I didn't at all like the way
the Henry loaded, down the magazine tube from the muzzle end of the
rifle. The action was smooth, though. I might have bought one, but for
the weight and the "non traditional" way it loaded.

This is the Chiappa model I got:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRuMkxhNFTI

And yes, the ejected casings do achieve low-earth orbit.