Henry Rifle
name: label: patentee
content: Henry, Benjamin Tyler
label: manufacturer
content: New Haven Arms Company
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Henry rifle Model 1860, .44 caliber.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Henry rifle was the immediate forerunner of the famous Winchester rifles. About 14,000 Henrys were made between 1860 and 1866 by the New Haven Arms Company. The Henry rifle was developed from the Volcanic firearms system and was built around the .44 rimfire cartridge. Both the new rifle and the cartridge were designed by B. Tyler Henry. A basic feature of the .44 rimfire cartridge was the use of a metallic casing rather than the undependable, self-contained powder, ball, and primer of the Volcanic bullet. Evidence indicates that the Indians at Little Big Horn had a large number of Henry rifles, while the army was armed with the single-shot breech-loading Springfield Model 1873.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.32813
label: catalog number
content: 32813
label: accession number
content: 69413
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Rim Fire; .44 In; Rifled; 05; 05; 03
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 44 in x 1 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 111.76 cm x 3.81 cm