A friend of mine bought two Henry rifles last week.

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One of my best friends told me a couple of weeks ago that he went to the bank and borrowed a crapload of money and bought two Henry rifles. I was of course slightly shocked. These are in outstanding condition and both are in the 7000 serial number range. When they arrived he stopped over with them and we proceded to the gun room to examine these rare guns. From what we understand During the Civil War there was around 1731 Henry rifles purchased by the Union Army for it's soldiers at a cost of $36 to $42 and they were all stamped with an inspectors cartouche. These rifles seem to be mostly found in the 3000 to 4200 serial number range, but there was approximately 10,000 Henry rifles used in the Civil War mostly by Union Soldiers but also used by the Confederacy when they could be taken. A lot of the Henry Rifles used by the Confederacy were taken from the First DC Cavalry, around 200. These two rifles were made in 1864 and the chances that they weren't used in the Civil War are slim, almost all of the Henrys made untill the Civil War ended were used. I felt lucky to be able to examine these two pieces of History. They also both have the complete set of cleaning rods which is in itself quite unusuall. The thing that struck me about them was the weight, the Henry is a heavy rifle. I told him I would trade my whole collection for the two Henrys(and I have a fair collection)but he said no.











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