...and yes it sure is nice! I have bought firearms raffle tickets every now and then and have entered a bunch of online gun giveaways over the years and before last night, I think the only thing I ever won in any of them was $100. Well, last night I won a Henry Big Boy Carbine Lever in 357 Magnum. I almost could not believe my eyes when I saw I had the winning number. In fact, I thought that the guy who posted that number in a gun forum that I visit was kidding me. I had to check myself and there it was, my winning number, when I looked. Yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa!!!
It does not specify if it is the Big Boy Steel Carbine or the Big Boy Carbine with brass receiver. I am hopeful that is the Big Boy Carbine (brass receiver), that would be extra sweet but I will not be disappointed if it is the one with the steel receiver. I suppose if they are sticking with the names given by Henry to these two rifles, then it will be the one in brass but I am not going to throw a hissy fit over a nomenclature technicality if it is the steel.
You might not think there is a downside to winning such a nice rifle but there is at least one that I can think of, that being that I now need to purchase yet another caliber of ammo that I do not have currently. If only I had not offloaded all o my 38 special and 357 magnum ammo a few years back! Oh well, maybe I will get really lucky and win a gift certificate in the same raffle, that would pay for a goodly amount of ammunition.
The really excellent thing about this deal, besides winning that rifle, is that I can still win another 13 times since there are that many days left in the month. Prizes alternate from one day being a firearm to one day being a sizeable gift certificate to the next day being a firearm and so on. Thus todays prize is a sizeable gift certificate (that would solve the ammo purchase problem nicely).
The prize for tomorrow is a truly excellent rifle, a special prize for Father's Day, a Browning X-Bolt Medallion Maple in 308 Winchester.
It would sure be nice to win that one too but lest I sound greedy my good luck wishes go out to all the other ticket holders. What I really need to win now is one of those gift certificates.
Edited to Add: Just found out I can take cash in place of the carbine and that is a very tempting offer. That would solve two problems - needing to buy a new caliber ammo and being low on cash right now.
All the best,
Glenn B
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| I am hopeful it will be this one. I like its old time look. |
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| If I get the Big Boy Steel Carbine (lower of the two), I will still be happy. The big difference between it and the Big Boy Carbine with brass are looks. |
You might not think there is a downside to winning such a nice rifle but there is at least one that I can think of, that being that I now need to purchase yet another caliber of ammo that I do not have currently. If only I had not offloaded all o my 38 special and 357 magnum ammo a few years back! Oh well, maybe I will get really lucky and win a gift certificate in the same raffle, that would pay for a goodly amount of ammunition.
The really excellent thing about this deal, besides winning that rifle, is that I can still win another 13 times since there are that many days left in the month. Prizes alternate from one day being a firearm to one day being a sizeable gift certificate to the next day being a firearm and so on. Thus todays prize is a sizeable gift certificate (that would solve the ammo purchase problem nicely).
The prize for tomorrow is a truly excellent rifle, a special prize for Father's Day, a Browning X-Bolt Medallion Maple in 308 Winchester.
It would sure be nice to win that one too but lest I sound greedy my good luck wishes go out to all the other ticket holders. What I really need to win now is one of those gift certificates.
Edited to Add: Just found out I can take cash in place of the carbine and that is a very tempting offer. That would solve two problems - needing to buy a new caliber ammo and being low on cash right now.
All the best,
Glenn B
2 comments:
Very nice!!
Those are such nice guns with silk-smooth actions. Handle one and you'll keep it forever.
Nice win indeed.
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