r/canadaguns Mar 27 '26

Feets / Collection / My build Got my PAL Monday, and my first gun yesterday. How'd I do?

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Henry Golden Boy .22 in silver with the octagon barrel

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u/NemrahG Mar 27 '26

.22 is always the best choice for a first gun imo, great choice! It looks a bit lonely tho, maybe get a second gun to keep it company

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u/Ok-Bowler-203 Mar 27 '26

SKSs make wonderful roommates.

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u/zeeloniusfunk Mar 28 '26

I’d love one but this sub already bought them all lol some folks have like 3

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Mar 28 '26

and lever action is the smoothest rifle action behind semi in my opinion. although these henrys are a bit heavy

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u/Odd-Walrus-9770 Mar 27 '26

I did the same thing with my gun and they removed my post lol

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u/airchinapilot Mar 27 '26

when was that? We wouldn't remove a nice feet and gun pic like this

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u/DoYouGetSarcasm Mar 27 '26

Maybe for the socks, damn socks!

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u/Odd-Walrus-9770 Mar 27 '26

Like legit 3 mins ago lmao

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u/airchinapilot Mar 27 '26

Saw it in the modmail. it shows [deleted] as in we didn't delete it. Did you offend the Reddit gods?

you know all submissions go into a queue automatically right

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u/Odd-Walrus-9770 Mar 27 '26

It was removed and then I deleted it afterwards. I’ll dig my gun out and post again

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u/Agent_1812 https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U Mar 27 '26

no toes? we need toes

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u/thunderpantsmagoo Mar 27 '26

Bravo!!! Very nice. I myself am a lever action guy. They are addicting

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u/Response-Cheap Mar 27 '26

Love it man. I went for a cz457 when I got my first gun. .22 is the way to go. I'm thinking about getting a nice lever myself. Kinda torn between a .22 and a .357. .22 I could plink all day cheap, .357 I still could with .38, but still not as cheap. I'll probably go .357. already have a few .22s

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u/prosper_0 Mar 28 '26

I'm waiting to get a look at the forthcoming 9mm bolt guns from Turkey. Already have a 357 lever: Beware, its almost impossible to make a lever that feeds both 38s and 357s perfectly. If you handload, though, you can always load 38spl to the same length as 357 for cheap low power fun

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u/Response-Cheap Mar 28 '26

Weird. From what I've read, most, if not all 357s will cycle .38sp no problem. Where does it have issues?

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u/prosper_0 Mar 28 '26

oh, they will cycle. but you'll find that they work much more quickly/smoothly with one or the other

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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 31 '26

We do actually have a 9mm bolt action in Canada already I was shocked to find. 

It's called the Destroyer, a Italian surplus police rifle. I saw a few shops had them a couple months ago for quite cheap, $500 or something like that. They were initially I think chambered for 9x21? But rechambered to 9x19 at somepoint. I emailed the shop and asked them to specify which caliber as they were made in 2 different 9mm 9x19 Luger/Para and then 9x21 I think), and they told me the ones they had in stock were rechambered to 9x19.

They were neat looking little guns. I already have a Homesteader though so talked myself out of it

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

A .357 with a side gate would be really fun! It's something I'd love to get maybe a few guns in

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u/prosper_0 Mar 28 '26

+10 style points for not following the groupthink and getting a shitty sks

+2 point for getting a .22 thats more interesting than a 10/22

+10 points for a classy choice that's not all 'space cowboy'

+5 for getting a .22 first thing

You're off to a FANTASTIC start. (for some reason, I sold my octagon Golden Boy, back when they were still $400 guns. I wanted something Optic friendly, and it didn't seem right to put a scope on the Henry. I had intended to get a BL22, but never got around to it)

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

Agreed, I couldn't put a scope on this. I'm actually a fan of classic rifle iron sights myself, so this scratches that itch :)

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

What can I say? It's soft

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u/Ok-Bowler-203 Mar 27 '26

You mean feeticulous

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u/Weynut69 Mar 27 '26

Socks and sandals, must be single lol. Keep buying!

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

I truly embraced my inner dad

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u/LoveMysterious8389 Mar 27 '26

If only there was a gun thats been mass produced by multiple countries; thats cheap, available in abundance, reliable, semi automatic, and chambered in 7.62x39. Boy would that be the dream.

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u/No_Praline_1835 Mar 27 '26

HORRIBLE YOU ONLY BOUGHT 1 FREEDOM STICK WHEN YOU NEED TO GO BROKE BUYING 10 plus XD

But seriously, tho. That's a perfect starting gun, in my opinion. cheaper ammo looks clean, and i guarantee you felt good buying it. 10/10 hell to the yea dude

Actually 4/10 missing bare feet in the pic lol.

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

It's so sad I only got one 🥲

Simple, but absolutely gorgeous in my eyes

You gotta stick around for the journey to get my toesies 🦶

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u/Muted-Garden6723 Mar 28 '26

Take the socks off next time

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

Can't jump the gun on giving out these toesies 😉

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u/DieKastKollector Mar 28 '26

Nice first buy! I just got my PAL like 2 weeks ago.

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u/TheRip91 Mar 28 '26

Good stuff boss, your next 10 guns will go by quick

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u/MrB1P92 Mar 28 '26

Shoes on the bed...

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u/arrowkid2000 Mar 28 '26

🩴🩴 🛏️

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u/Impossible-King-435 Mar 27 '26

No SKS? Are you even Canadian?

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u/brewski_tumble Mar 28 '26

SKS next

Then after that grab another SKS