The Henry rifle is a turd. Not just a little one, either. It’s a massive, gray, floating Charlie that will never go down the pipe, no maater how many times we flush.
Assembling it can destroy the receiver. So can firing it. Disassembling it won’t immediately destroy the receiver, just accelerate the process. Yes, a .22 rimfire rifle is an outstanding survival weapon, just not that one.
The author’s choice of game animals is also wrong. Unless you find a mother lode of the things, there is not enough meat on them to replace the energy you expend in hunting, prepping, and cooking them. This is not to disparage the .22. You can easily kill deer with it, if you know how. Bowhunters will laugh at this. They’ve waited for hours for the right buck to pass within range of their stands, then hoped the animal wouldn’t jump the string, and that the arrow hit enough vital organs to kill the deer and enable it to be tracked. Plenty of bow hunters will tell you that if they used a .22 instead of a bow, they would need another freezer.
“Unless you find a mother lode of the things, there is not enough meat on them to replace the energy you expend in hunting, prepping, and cooking them.”
While its true you can starve to death on just rabbit they make a great addition to the diet. Squirrels are about the same. If you’re expending that much energy hunting them then you are doing it wrong.