Perhaps most important, since the standard Henry lever action stock is designed for use with iron sights, is the checkered Monte Carlo butt stock that is standard only on the Varmint Express. The Varmint Express shares the same smooth lever action as the Golden Boy, but in a blue-black receiver grooved for scope mounting.

17 HMR varmint rifle in the form of their Varmint Express (Model No. Now, before we go any farther I must advise you, gentle reader, that Henry RAC already offers a. The goal was to convert this classic beauty into a serious. In fact, they were so inspiring that we got permission from the kind folks at Henry RAC to make the Golden Boy into something of a Guns and Shooting Online project rifle. The results of our review were excellent using only the iron sights. Reluctant to drill and tap the barrel of the test rifle sent to us for review by Henry Repeating Arms Co., we elected to test fire the Golden Boy using the rifle's supplied open sights. It requires a special cantilever scope mount for which the barrel must be drilled and tapped.

(You can read the complete review of that rifle on the Product Review Page.) In order to preserve the smooth top of its Brasslite receiver, the Golden Boy model is not grooved for tip-off scope mounts like most rimfire rifles. In the fall of 2005 Guns and Shooting Online reviewed a Henry Golden Boy rifle in. Illustration courtesy of Henry Repeating Arms Co. 17 HMR Scoped Varmint Rifleīy Chuck Hawks and the Guns and Shooting Online Staff The starting point, a Henry Golden Boy.

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