Henry homesteader 9mm semi auto

[JimLob65]

Took my new Homesteader to the range today. Very fun, soft and smooth shooter, much more so than my recollections of my Dads old Marlin Camp 9. Took a bit of time and effort to get the sights dialed in, mainly because I didn’t take the time to figure out how to do it before hand. Very easy and effective once you get the hang of it. I did better with the sights than I originally expected that I might seeing as I am 57 and the eyes aren’t what they once were. Trigger was pretty good as were the sights, certainly good enough for a pinker. I may put a Skinner receiver peep on at some point in the future but the supplied sights worked pretty well even with the barrel mounted peep resulting in a short sight radius. Had one fail to feed which finally fed with a yank or two of the bolt handle. It seemed the round was in a good position to feed but it was hung up just as it was entering the feed ramp. Ejected empties with authority and fed every other round perfectly (was shooting a box of cheap Winchester 115 gr ammo which was quite dirty). Overall I really think this will end up being a fun pinker to shoot.

[zaitcev]

VSO posted a video with a bit of a better look at the internals, for those who are curious about the activation bars routed into the handguard and a bit more view into the replaceable magwells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwr16cprOjM

[awp_101]

VSO posted a video with a bit of a better look at the internals, for those who are curious about the activation bars routed into the handguard and a bit more view into the replaceable magwells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwr16cprOjM

[mrozowjj]

It's cool how the system in front works. I have no idea why it's doing that but it's cool.

I wonder if someone makes a direct mount for an Aimpoint Micro footprint optic.

[G19Fan]

I would say that's true of most basic hunting rifles I've tried as well. I pretty much always have to build up the stock to get the cheek weld where I like it when shooting through a scope.

I may be the only person to treat them like an ar with high optics and chin weld

[757_Magnum]

Nelson Precision has been posting images and video of their picatinny top rail and MLOK handguard on IG.

[OlongJohnson]

I wonder if someone makes a direct mount for an Aimpoint Micro footprint optic.

The pattern looks like it may match a Marlin. Henry's single-shots use the same rails and mounts as H&R single-shots, supporting adoption by the existing single-shot user base. Would be surprising if they didn't do something similar to capture demand from Marlin 1894 users.

/speculation

This is definitely on the interesting list. Would slot nicely between the BAR MkIII DBM and the CZ 512.

[Chuck Whitlock]

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/homesteader-9mm/

I don't think that it has been specifically mentioned here, but the website now shows that the S&W magwell also takes Sig P320 magazines. this is interesting to me, as I have/use a P250c.

[zaitcev]

I don't think that it has been specifically mentioned here, but the website now shows that the S&W magwell also takes Sig P320 magazines. this is interesting to me, as I have/use a P250c.

I had a customer for the P320 magwells for Ruger PC Carbine, who asked for compatibility with P250. I only saw that gun once, at a gun show, maybe 20 years ago. Fortunately he was in town and I drove to his house to make sure they fit.

If I had original P250 magazines, I'd keep them in reserve, in case my surviving kin had to auction my guns :-)

[idahojess]

Yikes.