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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
No more dangerous than any other early cartridge firearm of its time.

Somewhat anemic .44 rimfire caliber and the magazine follower can be interfered with by the supporting hand but it was very effective in the right hands.

Such as one particular Indian during the Battle of the Little Big Horn: battlefield analysis showed that one with a Henry accounted for a large percentage of all of the cavalry casualties by crawling closer to the troopers and picking them off, one by one.

3 posted on 12/23/2017 3:32:57 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

Wonder if someone has one for sale.


4 posted on 12/23/2017 3:34:28 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Chainmail

Whatever its faults were it was still the M14 of its day!
If you read owners comments from the day there’s never anything but praise for them.


42 posted on 12/23/2017 7:06:23 PM PST by .44 Special
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To: Chainmail

Meanwhile, the troopers were armed with trapdoor Springfields.


43 posted on 12/23/2017 7:28:09 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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