I'm gonna go out and buy me a Henry rifle....

At the office, I have Dish Network rather than cable, and all of a sudden, on MSNBC's channel, we have 6-10 ads a day for The Henry Rifle Company. Anyone who's seen this will know that it's one of those "this is the time to stock up on armaments" ads and it is quite compelling if one were a Teabagger/RWer.

Obviously, they're appealing to the pitchfork crowd.

My question is: is this the same company's Henry rifle which was popularized in the film Silverado?

:shrug:

Sounds kind of useless.

Henry season doesn't start again until Mid-March.

Otherwise, they're protected by the Endangered Species Act.

But Henery the Eighth I am I am
Henery the Eighth I am.

Of course you know.... This means war.


<picks up beak and stomps off>

I was gonna suggest that we shoot the chubby guy and collect the insurance money.

to which the response would be "wabbit season!"...
to which the response would be "duck season! FIRE!"

and then BLAM!

i really hate it when the classics get all chopped up to allow for more commercials...:grr:

Apparently that displeases some people around here.
:eyes:

I don't get your comment.

"A joke is a short story or ironic depiction of a situation communicated with the intent of being humorous. These jokes will normally have a punch line that will end the sentence to make it humorous. A joke can also be a single phrase or statement that employs sarcasm. The word joke can also be used as a slang term for a person or thing which is not taken seriously by others in general. A practical joke or prank differs from a spoken one in that the major component of the humour is physical rather than verbal (for example placing salt in the sugar bowl).

Jokes are typically for the entertainment of friends and onlookers. The desired response is generally laughter; when this does not happen the joke is said to have "fallen flat"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

They're all the rage in Europe.

I definitely get the "fallen flat" part.

Did you have a point, or was it just an abortive lurch toward questionable levity?

That was just a warning gator. It was corked.

But next time...

Name one poster who solely advocates not buying any american products.

Do the math.........

So you get less for the same money, not as good a deal as it used to be.

I didn't think that this OP would engender so much humor! GREAT!

After this week I need a laugh...

...and you need a laugh? Yikes!

;)

I'm driving. I love WiFi...and cheap wine...and...better not say that.

look up henry rifles and check the prices (heck, at least you are not breastfeeding too...)

That's some assumption!

So if you are, send us some pics :rofl:

...you thought...heh...I'd be the feedee.

:)

Maybe it's not about some shithouse rat crazy RW thing. Dems own firearms, too. Don't demonize this company because the angry right has been exceptionally stoopid this week.

I didn't 'demonize' the company...I said that FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER in my 56+ years, I saw ads for firearms on TV.

It was my considered opinion that that was worth mentioning. Obviously, they see the potential for increased gun sales in this age

Is there any topic on DU which does not engender this type of response?

Cigarette companies were run off the air years ago, and liquor commercials are rare.

It's high time the standard for American TV were not based on what's appropriate for some soccer mom's 3 year old. The sugar coating should to be rinsed off.

The U.S. needs to grow up, and stop acting like a band of self-appointed Taliban morality police marauding through Kabul in a Nissan pick-up.

You can kill something at 100 yards no sweat!!

:sarcasm:

I was talking about the morality police, in charge of who can have what. Sorry I was unclear.

My point was, that they should advertise wrist-rockets next...they're really really effective as a former and present user, I can attest that they are deadly! Great stuff for target practice...

Is this standard recession talk? Were Americans stocking up on armaments in the 1930's...I mean besides the ones running rum?

Sadly, many probably had to sell their arms for food, especially those in OK.

The RWers are using the only weapon they have; fear. Be afraid of this or that. If a company wants to take advantage of that to sell product, so what?

The tea party turnout is a pretty good indicator of how many would join a "militia". :eyes:

"We need to stock up before the black Muslim socialist takes our guns and we have a God-given right to own an arsenal". This is what passes for thought in their tiny little brains. But the ads can't actually come right out and say it of course.

I understood that was the impression that the OP got. I could be wrong though.

David

You deserved that shiv to the gut, you sneaky cardplayer!

shell, that loaded right will shoot almost an ounce of lead at about 1900FPS.....


Inside 100 yards they are astonishing in their ability to shoot through stuff.......

with 25 grains black powder, 216 grain bullet... i.e. significantly less power than a Sharps or a Spencer.

Course, it became the Model 1866 Winchester which eventually shot a .44-40 centerfire.

managable for sure.

The 1895 Marlin 45/70 I owned kicked like nothing else I've ever fired.

I used Buffalo Bore big game hunting loads....

... like 10 million other people. Nice gun but the cartridge would drop out of the sky pretty quickly (especially if it hit leaves or kleenex or fog or the like). You can see where the "design elements" of American cars and motorcycles came from.

Please have a little respect.

I wasn't disrespecting the rifle...I was, once again, mentioning that in all these years of watching TV, among all the products I've seen from peas to industrial lawnmowers, I had never ever seen an ad for a firearm. Amidst all the RWers calling for the taking up of arms, doesn't it seem as though the company, rightly from a capitalist motivation - nothing wrong with that - saw fit to advertise nationally on Dish Network.

if my memory serves be right, during the KO slot. I think it is a call to arms of rednecks. I don't recall ever seeing a gun ad on television before. I didn't like it.

:shrug:

listen to Rush or Hannity....Demos show that many oppos listen/watch political shows which have 'slant'.

they wouldn't do it if it didn't work: the mantra of advertising.

And there are plenty of liberals who own guns...half of them are posting in this thread alone!

And I can see advertising during a popular show - I just don't think many rednecks (whatever that term means today) would be watching something other than fox during that time slot.... :)

I'm just being emotional but then I live in Texas and if the bumper stickers are true there's a gun loving group out there that I'm wary of. Hunting I can tolerate but it's the general principle of gun advertising that got to me. Sorry this is barely coherent...I'm really tired tonight.

original Henry rifle from the 1860's. The Henry Rifles are made in the USA in New York. Their rifles have a very nice fit and finish which is very rare for an American product today and they are affordable. They are a nice little rim-fire rifle and I think you show your ignorance when you say it is only compelling to a teabagger/RWer. There are many here on DU I am sure that also would be interested in the Henry. Just because you may not like guns doesn't make you superior to those of us that do. It is a .22 rimfire rifle not some scary looking so called assault rifle so I don't think anyone is going to commit any mass murders with one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_rifle

http://www.henryrepeating.com/

since you're a progressive democrat, doesn't it strike you as...well, STRANGE, that there has never ever ever been a gun ad on TV until now? Coincidence that there's a call to arms and all of a sudden there's a gun ad on TV. For the first time. Ever?

Did I say I was superior? Did I say that I didn't own a gun?
Did I say that people shouldn't own firearms if they wish to?

come on pal...I've been here for years and years and know what's what.

a gun ad on TV but I don't see anything wrong with it, it's a legal product. They advertise Big Macs on TV and they are probably responsible for more deaths than the Henry rifle. The way it sounded you think only a right-wing nut case would be interested in them. One of our local TV stations has a 1/2 hour infomercial for the Henry on late at night. I would like to get a new .22 and was thinking of getting the Ruger 10/22. I saw the infomercial on the Henry and may buy one of them instead. I have looked at them in the store and I was very impressed that we can still make a product of such quality in the USA. We have been led to believe it was too costly to make a quality product in the USA.

http://www.henryrepeating.com/

Just because you haven't seen them doesn't mean that haven't been there. How many hunting shows do you watch? How many shows about competition shooting do you watch?


David

watch those shows would be those who might choose to buy? The vast number of channels have not ever carried gun ads - but during the past few weeks they do. That was my only point.

Please stop generalizing by making it sound as though I am anti-gun. I am not. what I am saying is that...oh shit, forget it.

What made you think I was trying to generalize? Just pointing out that niche products usually do target advertising. I've got friends in the cigar business they try and target their ads.

David

How many ten year olds do you think you could take? Without the rifle, of course. I think if I had a good nights rest, and my back wasn't bothering me, I could take maybe 8, even a dozen ten year olds.

That one choice will make all the difference.

Like if you picked one up by the feet and just started swinging him around like a helicopter. That would do it.

"Cause I don't want to make any money folks... I just love to rent guns.... Hah-ha-ha-hah"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E

FWIW... Don Davis is pretty much loathed and reviled amongst the sincere firearms owning community.

It was built by New Haven Arms in the 1860s, which later became Winchester Repeating Arms (Winchester was the biggest stockholder in New Haven). The Henry became the Winchester Model 1866.

Not sure where the new Henry Repeating Arms came from.

this replica in person at a gun shop

They, unanimously, say they were impressed with the quality of this weapon.

I'd like to have a .22 and, if I had the money to spare, would consider it a candidate

Now if you want to talk about scary!

and while the name has changed hands many times since, the guns they sell now are still quite similar to the Civil War era rifles. Abraham Lincoln owned one.

History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_rifle

Modern Henry rifle:



If the Brady Campaign had been around in 1860, they would have called it a "rapid-fire military style rifle capable of rapidly spraying 17 rounds without reloading." :eyes:

BTW, the factory is in Brooklyn, IIRC.

made from the best irony.

no cable here but on one of the digital stations (RTN) these commercials run repeatedly throughout the day. the little rat face guy makes me squirm.