[SHOT 2026] Name Game And New Features: Henry Rifle Lineup Evolves

After moving its entire production line to Wisconsin, Henry Repeating Arms is now overhauling its lineup with small changes, and big ones too. George Thompson, the company’s Director of Products, says they’ll be adding new rifles to the lineup in coming months in updated configurations (new chamberings, new finishes). But we also see the classics remaining in Henry’s catalog—with some updates to those models, too, starting with new names.

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What’s in a name?

Henry’s catalog has grown a lot over the past few years. There are more Henry rifles available than ever before ( and handguns, too!), and their firearms have a wider range of configurations and choices than ever before. Now, you can buy a Henry rifle with sidegate loading port, or an all-weather finish, or threaded muzzle for suppressor. You can even buy a Henry rifle built with a sub-MOA guarantee. The SPD Predator, one of their newest entries into their centerfire lineup, is built on the Supreme platform, but with a carbon-fiber barrel, gray laminate stock with adjustable comb, adjustable trigger and it even ships with a Harris S-LM bipod. It’s a long, long way from the blued-steel-and-wood rifle that your grandpappy shot spikehorns with back in the Sixties.

But with all this lineup growth comes confusion, so Henry is renaming their models with alphanumeric designations such as H1, H11, H12, and so on. This is supposed to make it easier to tell them apart. Sub-models will get names that indicate the rifle’s intended role, whether that be hunting or home defense or whatever. Expect to see this reflected in Henry’s catalog in coming months, and when it happens, realize that these rifles are based on familiar designs. They just have new names, to make it easier to tell them apart. But don’t worry—from the looks of their website, they’ll still make a lot of specially-named Tribute Edition rifles.