Author Topic: Anyone use a Cricket or Henry single shot? (Read 738 times)

Tx · « **on:** October 05, 2004, 05:52:33 PM »

Looking to get a cheap 22 for camp that can shoot CBs and LRs ...something to use and abuse, yet accurate enough for cans and pests out to 25yds ...anyone have any experience with the Cricket or Henry single shot (youth) bolt 22s?

crawfish · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2004, 08:34:47 PM »

Yep but only for little kids. Find it to small for grown up. Now if you are a child or a very small adult they would fit pretty well but there are much better and cheaper .22 guns out there. Just about any Marlin will do better for a grown up and will be as much as $90 cheaper at least in this area. A Cricket runs about $150 and a singel bolt Marlin runs about $69 at Wal-Mart.

DanielWGriggs · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2004, 12:38:39 PM »

Don't forget about NEF's 22/410 combo might be able to get some birds for camp meat too.

Graybeard · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2004, 05:58:54 PM »

For what it's worth Henry Repeating Arms, Co. has just become the newest advertiser on GBO. Banner should be added to the rotation in the next week to ten days I'm guessing.

kjeff50cal · « **Reply #4 on:** October 06, 2004, 06:54:26 PM »

I must be a 44 year-old 5' 11" "little kid" then because I have a Henry Minibolt. The stock is kid sized but with a .22LR recoil (or lack of) it should not be a problem. I shoot everything from CCI CB longs to Federal Lightings in it & last year several treerats were brought out of the family pecan orchard (they were taking more then their fair share of pecans). If you go to the Henry Site There is a testimonial form a trapper that uses a Mini Bolt (bought originally for his daughter) to run his sets with.

kjeff50cal

BTW Henry has an adult version now called the Acu-Bolt or some such. It is chambered in .22 LR, .22 Mag. & .17 HMR with scope.

Tx · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2004, 04:09:20 PM »

Thanks for the comments.

The point is for the 22 TO BE SMALL. I already have 4 normal size 22s.

Prices are different down here. Marlin single shot bolts run in the $130s (walmart) and cricketts at $100. The henry is $146 (that is more than I paid for my 10/22). There is a mossberg that is $90, but it only shoots LR (semiauto). I will be doing most of the shooting with quiet CB shorts.

The henry is stainless steel, is more muzzle heavy and has better sights ..and seems to be of higher quality than the crickett.

the question is ...is it worth the extra money?

kjeff50cal · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2004, 06:13:55 PM »

"Stainless steel" is more corrosion resistant then blued but still needs a light coat of oil. I put a little CLP on my Mini Bolt then it resides in a nylon bag that used to house a cheap folding chair (don't let anybody set in one that is out of the weight range of these chairs!!!). It fits perfectly. I took a can of spray paint to make sure that the family knows that it is not one of our remaining folding chairs. Its usual place is in the trunk of my car with a small kit of ammo. The muzzle heavyness of the MB makes mine handle a little faster.

kjeff50cal

BTW a few posts down I have a few thoughts on a Backpack Woodsloafing gun.

madmikeray · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2004, 07:18:48 PM »

i bought a black cricket at wal-mart for$99 ,put a tasco 2*7 scope and i shoot it as much as my kids{lol}. great shooter out to 50yards. shoots half dollar groups at 50 and quarter groups at 25..nice little shooter. i would recomend it. i bought a pink one for my girl but it was $225 and put a red dot on it she likes it better than a scope.

Sixgun · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2004, 04:43:07 AM »

I bought a Cricket from Wal Mart for my 10 year old daughter to shoot when she went with me to my Cowboy Silhouette practices. It was very accurate and she regularly shot scores in the high twentys with it. I liked to shoot it too and even though it was small, it was easy to handle.

Sixgun