Tag: Henry Repeating Arms

  • Field Day With a Henry Mare’s Leg 22

    Field Day With a Henry Mare’s Leg 22

    Outdoor Blog, hunting, firearms, new products and regulations

    Smooth action as expected from any Henry product.

    I’ve finally had the opportunity to take a Mare’s Leg out and fire a few rounds this week; it was a great time to finally put some rounds down range with this pistol.

    The lever, the action, and the accuracy are second to none.

    Seeing this type of pistol and wondering just what they purpose was for this led me to do some research on it, learning more about them in a couple hours than I thought I could.

    The Wild West cowboys and lawmen, in the days when horse transportation reigned supreme, everyone carried firearms. Most carried a sidearm revolver and some sort of long gun at the minimum. The problem with the long gun was that carrying a full length rifle was hard to access quickly.

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