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henry rifle

MormonbMormonb Member Posts: 99 ✭✭
edited October 2007 in Ask the Experts
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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  • MormonbMormonb Member Posts: 99 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My brother has a lot of rifles, going trough them today I found a brass bodied rifle(no stock and the barrel a little rusty)

    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
  • MormonbMormonb Member Posts: 99 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does anyone know if records are available for Henry Rifles from Cody?
    Thanks,
    Ed

    Ed Konopasek
  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it's serialed on the bottom of the frame, behind the trigger? It would more likely be a Model 1866,( Third Model ), rather then a Henry. The serial numbers on the Henry's, only went up to about 14,000, according to Flayderman.
  • MormonbMormonb Member Posts: 99 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    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
  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mormonb
    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.
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