United States, Confederate States, Native Americans, Mexico, Poland
Wars
American Civil War, Indian Wars, Second Franco-Mexican War, January Uprising
Production history
Designer
Benjamin Tyler Henry
Designed
1860
Manufacturer
New Haven Arms Company
Unit cost
$40[1] (equivalent to $1,356 in 2023)
Produced
1860–1866
No. built
~14,000
Specifications
Mass
9 lb 4 oz (4.2 kg)
Length
44.75 in (113.7 cm)
Barrel length
24 in (61 cm)
Caliber
.44 Henry rimfire
Action
Breech-loading lever action
Feed system
15-round tubular magazine
The Henry repeating rifle is a lever-action tubular magazine rifle famed both for its use at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and being the basis for the iconic Winchester rifle of the American Wild West.
Designed and introduced by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860, the original Henry was a sixteen-shot .44 caliber rimfire breech-loading lever-action rifle. It was produced from 1860 until 1866 in the United States by the New Haven Arms Company. The Henry was adopted in small quantities by the Union in the American Civil War, favored for its greater firepower than the standard-issue carbine. Many later found their way West, notably in the hands of a few of the Sioux and Cheyenne in their defeat of George Armstrong Custer's U.S. Cavalry troops in June 1876.
Modern replicas are produced by A. Uberti and Henry Repeating Arms in .44-40 Winchester and .45 Colt.
^"Tales of the Gun: Guns of the Civil War" (12:34 – 12:40) History Channel, 2001 – via YouTube.
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