Virtually every lever-action rifle today silently pays tribute to the granddaddy of lever guns designed over 150 years ago. One of the major milestones of firearms development, the Henry repeating rifle’s revolutionary design combined the first successful employment of self-contained metallic cartridges with a repeating arms system. Although the end of the Civil War marked the beginning of the end for its rival, the Spencer seven-shot repeater,  the Henry had proven itself well. With more


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