The Henry Rifle

The legendary Model 1873 Winchester, has been called the favorite "Fighting rifle of the Old Civilian West."  The granddaddy of Model 1873 and all the models that followed was the Model 1860 Henry Rifle. The story of the Henry Rifle begins not with Winchester but with two men named Smith and Wesson who would also find fame and fortune in the industry with handguns. They’d designed a self-contained cartridge in the early 1850s and with the help of others established the Volcanic Arms Compan