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Henry Lever Action Repeating Rifle, Model 1860

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:8,750.00 USD Estimated At:17,500.00 - 25,000.00 USD
Henry Lever Action Repeating Rifle, Model 1860
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16,750.00USD+ (3,266.25) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 Sep 13 @ 13:52UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Offered for sale from the Gordon Harris estate is the ultimate firearm for the Western collector: the Henry repeating rifle. Model 1860. Patent date: Oct. 16, 1860. Manufacturer: New Haven Arms Co. Serial Number: 10749. Brass frame with slightly-weathered walnut butt stock. Grade: NRA good to very good.
Brief Henry History
Invented in the 1850s by Benjamin Tyler Henry, and patented in 1860, this weapon not only played an important role in the Civil War, but also in the settling of the American frontier. Sioux and Cheyenne used these firearms so successfully against Custer at Little Big Horn that archaeologists later named a hill Henryville for all the Henry cartridges recovered. Used by soldiers, ranchers, and Native Americans, the Henry rifle was feared and respected for its accuracy (.44 caliber rimfire metallic cartridges) and its power (45 rounds per minute). The Henry "gave a single man the firepower of a dozen marksmen armed with muzzle-loading muskets." A Confederate soldier on the opposite end of Henry-armed Union soldiers famously concluded "it's a rifle that you could load on Sunday and shoot all week long." The rifles were manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company, the predecessor to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Henry was hired by Winchester in the 1850s and helped with production of the Volcanic repeating rifle. While working on that, he developed the Henry. Between 1860 and 1866, around 14,000 were produced. The rifle was particularly popular in the border states of Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana. [Bresnan, 2013]City: County: State: Date: