Brass Frame .44 Caliber 1860 Henry Repeating Rifle--Serial #1109
Auction: Firearms | August 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Brass Frame 1860 Henry repeating lever action rifle bearing the serial #1109 (all matching serial numbers including screws of buttplate and tang attachment to stock) in .44 caliber rimfire. Rifle presents 24.25" octagonal barrel that has integral magazine beneath. Rifle sites are a 900-yard ladder rear site and rounded German silver bladed front site. Top of barrel presents two-line stamping"HENRY'S PATENT OCT. 16, 1860 MANUFACT'D BY THE NEW HAVEN ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN CT.". Serial number indicates that this rifle was manufactured in 1862. Rifle exhibits much of it's bright original finish and a beautiful butterscotch toning to the brass receiver frame and buttplate. Gun would rate fine to excellent in NRA antique firearms standards. Wood surfaces exhibit some minor/small digs and scuffs with left side of brass receiver exhibiting a wear channel measuring approx. 10mm. Rifle exhibits fine bore. Rifle accompanied by books related to the Henry rifle including"The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchester's Famous Civil War Repeater" by Wiley Sword in paper wraps, 103pp, 2006 and"The Story of Benjamin Tyler Henry and His Famed Repeating Rifle" by Les Quick, 239pp, 2008. Ex. Bobby Smith Collection. Provenance: Gary S. Wolfer Collection