I just finished installing a Ranger Point Precision handguard on my Henry lever action gun and wanted to share my experiences with you.
My particular firearm is model H001 and it originally came with a walnut Handguard to match the walnut stock. This is a good looking combo but from the beginning, I knew that I was going to throw a Ranger Point Handguard on this gun and one on a Henry X when I pick one of those up.
Installation of the Handguard is fairly straightforward and Henry themselves have made a tutorial on the process so those who are interested can check that out. There are only two screws keeping you from getting the original forend off and three to put the Ranger Point on so installation is a breeze, at least it should be. From my experience, the barrel band that came with the Ranger Point did not fit, not even close. At first, I thought it was just the two side lugs that were sticking out too much so I filed those down and the band was finally able to make it over the mag tube dovetail. Then it was the entire round section that wraps around the barrel. I started with hand filing this section but quickly found out that a lot of material had to be removed so out came the Dremel.
After doing this, I was able to get the handguard installed but the process was a lot more tedious than Ranger Point made it out to be. I actually contacted them when I first discovered the problem but after a bunch of questions to make sure that I was installing their handguard on the correct gun, which I was, the answer that I got was essentially we have one of those guns in house and the handguard fits just fine. Well, that’s great and I’m sure that’s true but isn’t it possible that Henry updated some things that made your handguard not fit anymore?
In the end, I was able to install the Ranger Point handguard but was it worth it? That’s hard to say. If the installation process went as smoothly as it was supposed to, then yes. However, if you have to do the work that I did and you don’t have the tools, you’d either have to buy them or pay someone to do the work which brings the price of what should be a cheap setup higher, which may be counterintuitive.
I’m just glad that I was able to finish the installation because it is a good look to me. Now, I’m probably going to have to do something about the stock to get a matching black theme.
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