Beautiful rifle, Straitshot! You obviously have good taste! Looks like the big brother to my 1892 Deluxe Trapper Takedown, in .357 Mag (bottom), and cousin to my Model 94 Deluxe Short Rifle, in 38-55:I am an old west memorabilia nut so I like all lever action rifles. My all time favorite lever rifles however are Winchesters. I have Marlin, Savage, and Sharps rifles as well, but as stated my favorite are the Winchesters. I almost always only clean the bore from the breach end using a pull type cleaning devise on them all except the Sharps rifles. I seldom if ever tear a rifle down to clean the internal parts except the Sharps since they usually don't need it unless you are shooting black powder or have exposed the rifle to excessive moisture and dirt. After years of collecting I still do not own a Henry and it isn't because I think they are not good rifles because I do. It is just at the current price of lever rifles I tend to lean to the ones that are my favorite. In fact here is a photo of my most recent purchase, my Winchester 1892 Deluxe Sporting take down rifle in .45 colt. I have two Winchester rifles in .357, one being a 1892 model and the other a 1873 model and they are both excellent shooters. I have not tried shooting .38 special ammo from either of them as I simply reload some of my .357 ammo to lower velocities.
Thanks, Straitshot! The trapper is really fun to shoot, and I would highly recommend it if you get the chance to get one down the road.
