Henry's 2026 New Rimfire Releases

 At SHOT Show 2026, Henry teased a bunch of new SKUs for the classic lever action .22 rifle. In the email that went out, they have officially released 5 new versions. First, the naming/model conventions have changed for all models and the rimfire rifle is now the H1 instead of the H001. Of the 5 versions, two are in line with classic designs and 3 are suppressor ready models. All have wood stocks except 1 which uses X series type furniture.

First up are the Western and Western Frontier rifles. They are essentially the classic rifle versions but with a curved pistol grip stock instead of the straight wrist. The Frontier rifle maintains the longer barrel length at 20 inches and is still octagonal. The change in wrist design brings the rimfire offerings in line with the centerfire rifle stocks. 

The other 3 models are suppressor ready with picatinny mounts which are an X series rifle, the Bandit and the Sporter. The X series is the only one with open sights while the other two are optics only. They don't have open sights. All feature a pistol grip type stock but the Sporter and Bandit have a wood stock with a raised comb to bring the eyeline up for use with scopes or red dots. What separates the Sporter and Bandit are the length of pull. The Sporter is around 14 inch while the Bandit is 13 inch making it more of a youth rifle. The magazine tubes are pressed down a bit at the muzzle to make room for a suppressor up front if you were concerned about clearance.

They still aren't doing a wood stocked and threaded barrel version with open sights but you could swap furniture as desired. 

It needs to be said that we have finally entered a new norm where lever action .22 rifles are being offered with threaded barrels with Chiappa, Rossi and finally Henry offering realistic options. I still enjoy my Chiappa LA322 Takedown threaded though I wish I could get a wood stocked, threaded barrel with open sights. I will beat that horse until the day it finally happens. Maybe we can get Henry to offer a threaded version of the H1 Western Rifle. Still no news on the .22 Mag version of the Big Boy Revolver as mentioned in the manual.