Henry Repeating Arms Donates Rifle 3-Pack for NRA-ILA Dinner & Auction at Nashville Show

Henry Repeating Arms has donated three Henry Originals—all engraved by Baron Technology, Inc. with special tribute to Tennessee's history and heritage—to be auctioned for the benefit of the NRA-ILA at the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Nashville, Tenn., April 10-12. Henry Repeating Arms is the Title Sponsor for the event. Shown here, the three rifles are the Henry Big Boy Classic in  .44 Mag.; the Henry Big Boy Carbine in .44 Mag.; and the Henry Big Boy Mare's Leg in .44 Mag. Learn more by reading below and scrolling through the gallery.

A Henry Repeating Arms Original Big Boy Classic Rifle in .44 Mag., is one of three rifles donated for auction at the NRA-ILA Dinner & Auction during the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Nashville, Tenn. It features an engraved outline of Tennessee and the state’s official seal cover the right-side rear and forward panels, respectively.

A Henry Repeating Arms Big Boy Mare's Leg in .44 Mag. is the second of three rifles in the 3-pack. It features an engraved image of the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) on the right-rear panel, with another flowing banner in the forward area, displaying the words USS Tennessee, within. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, the battleship was damaged, but not sunk. It was repaired and then served in the Pacific Theater until the end of WWII, participating in the last battleship vs. battleship confrontation in the Battle of Surigao Strait, October 25, 1944.

The Big Boy Carbine has an engraved image of the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle on the right-rear panel, with the wording “Memphis Belle B-17” in a flowing banner, on the forward one. Its name came from its pilot, Capt. Robert K. Morgan, whose sweetheart at the time, Margaret Polk, was from Memphis. With that affiliation, after the war ended, Memphis mayor Walter Chandler procured the bomber for display in the city for the low sum of $350! It is worth millions today. Starting in the summer of 1949, the bomber was displayed at the National Guard Armory. In October 2005, it was moved to the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio, for restoration, where it remains today.

The hand engraving was done by Baron Technology, Inc.’s Custom Engraving Shop by the skillful hand of Erica True.