1 posted on
10/17/2018 4:58:23 AM PDT by
w1n1
To: w1n1
Would love to have a Henry rifle but those guys are expensive.
2 posted on
10/17/2018 5:18:31 AM PDT by
moovova
To: w1n1
I remember reading about the phrase “damned Yankee rifle you load on Sunday and fire all week”, back during the Civil War Centennial in the ‘60s. Then, it was attributed to the far-more-widely issued Sharps 7 shot repeating carbine used by the Union cavalry.
4 posted on
10/17/2018 5:39:55 AM PDT by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Islam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: w1n1
I have a Henry Big Boy. Hubby got it for me for Mother’s Day a few years ago. My favorite to shoot. Would love to get it engraved with scroll work someday!
6 posted on
10/17/2018 5:43:10 AM PDT by
CAluvdubya
(<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
To: w1n1
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It was accurate by the standards of the day too, equipped as it was with a graduated ladder rear sight. Army tests showed it could keep 100 percent of its shots inside a 25-inch circle at 500 yards and a 48-inch circle at 1,000. --I find that hard to believe---
24 posted on
10/17/2018 10:53:11 AM PDT by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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