Talk:Henry rifle

Private Weapons?

For a civil war soldier, owning a Henry rifle was a point of pride. The brass framed carbines could fire at a rate of 28 rounds per minute when used correctly, so soldiers who saved their pay to buy one often believed that the rifle would help them survive.

I think that this statement is not correct. Very few Union soldiers used privately owned shoulder weapons. The cost of the weapon was prohibitive on $13 a month pay. The logistics of privately supplying the ammunition and the cost of the ammunition for a weapon that fires 28 rounds per minute would bankrupt a private soldier of the period. There were some Union regiments which were state volunteers and were supplied with various non-standard weapons by either their states or local public subscription. Some Federal organizations, Regular or U.S. Volunteers were armed with breech loading rifles or carbines, mostly Spensers.--TGC55 02:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, the problem is that there are many, many sources which do state that soldiers would take it upon themselves to purchase a Henry rifle (or Spencer, for that matter), including the letters of soldiers stating explicitly that they did so. Salary is largely irrelevant; if you thought that spending $35 or so might just help you survive the war, you're going to do what you can to scrape together the money. How the ammunition was paid for, I don't know, but it obviously was.172.190.21.3 (talk) 00:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Modern Henry Rifles

The article mentions the current Henry Repeating Arms Company as being a source of current production Henry rifles. Also, it has a picture of a current production model from the Henry Repeating Arms Company. The Henry Repeating Arms company that is currently operating in New York is in no way related to the original manufacturers of the Henry Rifle; and the rifle is not even very similar to what Benjamin Tyler Henry designed. Bobwill 23:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Modern Henry Rifles, Part Deux

I changed the article to reflect a far more realistic view on the modern Henry Repeating Arms company, as well as removed the picture of the new Henry rifle and added a mention of A. Uberti Firearms. The views shown before were misleading and sounded almost like an advertisement for Henry Repeating Arms. VogonFord 21:12, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Ammo capacity

I gather from the "sixteen shooter" comment that the magazine capacity of this weapon is 16 rounds, but could someone confirm this (and add it to the article)? Supermagle (talk) 08:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

There is no Henry Rifle in "Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood"

"Classic rifles" in the game have forestocks and are loaded in a very different way. Those are Winchesters. Anachronism - yes, Henry rifle - no :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.212.41 (talk) 18:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

"Fallout 3?"

In Bethesda Softworks' video game Fallout 3(for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3), there is a weapon known as Lincoln's Repeater, a lever-action rifle that uses .44 ammunition. It would seem like that gun is an example of the Henry rifle; can this be added to the article?

I'd say no. First, it's not expressly identified as a Henry, & second, the game hasn't had a really large cultural impact. If it was Doom or Myst, maybe... BTW, thanks for asking, rather than just putting it in. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 23:43, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Wagon Box and hayfield fights

According to the Wiki articles on these fights, the soldiers had Spencer or Springfield rifles, not Henrys, as stated in this article.MayerG (talk) 07:30, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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