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henry rifle
Mormonb
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Can anyone recommend a good book on collecting the henry rifle. I have the book "The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchester's Famous Civil War Repeater" but it has more information on the guns history than information for the collector. I am looking for a book with serial number ranges, details on the guns of those ranges, proper markings, what to look for... And the likes. Also can someone explain to me what the "henry bump" in the stock is? Thank you
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It looks just like a henry rifle but I cant imagine him ever haing the money for one.
It has a serial number on the bottom of 45329
Is there a way to research this to see if its real or a reproduction?
It appears to be about 45 cal and it had some papers taped aroud it with numbers on them 4356, 4342,4396..noo idea if they are related but they are taped to the barrel
the brass is in better hape than this one but it has no stock or trigger
Thanks,
Ed
Ed Konopasek
looks like this
yes the serial number is behind the triger. the barrel has the word "KINGS" on it, pretty faint maybe it says Kings entertainment? then its dated Oc 16th 1860
The marking should read "King's Patent", "Oct. 16th 1860" was also the patent date, for Tyler Henry's original patent for the rifle that fired a rimfire cartridge.