qsy-complains-a-lot: Henry rifleDesigned by Benjamin T. Henry c.1857-60 based on the Volition and Vo
qsy-complains-a-lot: Henry rifleDesigned by Benjamin T. Henry c.1857-60 based on the Volition and Volcanic repeating rifles, manufactured by New Haven Arms Co. c.1860-66 - serial number 3645..44RF Henry 16-round tubular magazine, lever action repeater, brass frame.This is one of the few surviving example of an US ordinance Henry rifle purchased to arm the 1st D.C. Cavalry regiment. Most Henry rifles of the war were private purchases ; although expensive, its front-loaded magazine had an unmatched capacity for the time, earning him the reputation of being “a gun you load on Sunday and shoot all week long”. -- source link