Shooting the Henry Rifle.mov

This is part 1 of our early lever action rifles series. It covers the 1860 Henry Rifle. Part 2 will deal with the 1865 Spencer Rifle. In this video we shoot the 1860 Henry rifle replica made by Uberti and imported by Tailor's & Co, with black powder .44-40 cartridges. This famous Civil War lever action rifle was the predesessor of the famous Winchester Lever action rifle line and it saw a lot of action in some famous battles of Red Cloud's war on the Bozeman Trail. It is also popular with black powder Cowboy Action Shooters

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Sports

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• Henry Rifle
• Winchester Rifle
• .44 Henry Rimfire
• Volcanic Arms
• Oliver Winchester
• lever action rifles
• early lever actions
• toggle link actions
• black powder
• civil war rifles
• Red Cloud's War
• Fetterman Massacre
• fetterman fight
• Hayfield fight
• Bozeman Trail
• William Fetterman
• cowboy action shooting
• shooting

[venom66656]

Hello Sir, it seems you know QUITE a bit about the west, i am currently writing a western and i find most information online really hard to find, maybe you could help?

[duelist1954]

@venom66656 I wrote one myself 20 years ago...sold hundreds...*LOL* It is a tough racket. What is yours about?

[bigbuckeye76]

Thanks for the responses, back on topic, when you say the Henry is quirky to load and shoot, are you reffering to the loading procedure or is the actual toggle link action inferior to the 1873?

[duelist1954]

@bigbuckeye76 The action is the same, but it has a heavy, integral magazine that not only has to be loaded from the top, but you have to dodge the follower as it travels down the mag, shot by shot. And, without a wood forearm, it can really heat up on a hot summer day shooting black powder...to the extent that I wear a glove when I use one in a CAS match.

[duelist1954]

@duelist1954 But, I'm not trying to disuade you if you are hooked on their style or history. They are fun guns, but if I only had one, it would be a '73.

[bigbuckeye76]

Now you have me chasing down Webleys... Thanks for your response, although the prices of the 73's seem pretty comparable..

[duelist1954]

@bigbuckeye76 Love my Webleyss...The pricer for Italian guns have gone nuts in the last few years. First, the Italians took a bath when they went from the Lira to the Euro. Things cost more in Italy now than they do in many other EU countries. Second, since our government went nuts printing money, our exchange rate relative to the Euro is very bad. Caused a 20% hike in Italian gun prices.

[41maglover]

1873 vs the henry is a matter of opinion. I can load the henry really fast laying down in prone vs the 73 loading gate takes forever to load 10 one at a time. When i go shoot'n i take the henry but for out in the woods the 73 all the way. the closed mag and dust cover is nice out in the dirt!

[41maglover]

cool vid. I just love my henry, never had any big heat problems even after two mag loads and shoot'n fast blckpowder got the barrel warm but that is it. heavy beast it is though. one thing is I perfer the henry to my 73, can load a henry pretty fast compared to the 73 plus the sights are better and lever saftey is gone on the henry

[Antiinequity]

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[lopezjhn1946]

Loved this video, I purchased a Henry from Uberti thru a local gun shop back in Nov 2011. Liking forward to shooting it whenever it arrives..

[bullsnutsoz]

thanks great vid i will pass it around

[venom66656]

@duelist1954 it is about a man named Jacob Morrison who has to do a favor for an ex-outlaw and bring his daughter from Calico, California, to New York, New York. It takes place roughly from 1880-1920 it also talks about Jacob's life after he settles down in New York

[junksmasher777]

i love the Henry

[MsDjessa]

@MsDjessa Another battle he could have mentioned was Battle of Franklin, Confederates suffered heavy casualtes because of Henry rifles. Also it is said that Lakotas and their allies would have had Henrys at the Battle of Little Bighorn, mind you an illustration I saw, made by a Lakota warrior, who actually fought there, showed that they carried just as many traditional weapons.