“Tag: Henry”

On this week’’s “Gun of the Week, American Rifleman staff examine the most advanced lever-action rifle from Henry Repeating Arms, and it’s chambered in .45-70 Gov’t.

The Model 1842 was the first percussion pistol adopted by the United States military, and it saw service through the Civil War and beyond.

Developed to answer consumer demand and designed to offer the shooter the best of both worlds, the Henry Side Gate Lever Action Rifle's tubular magazine can be loaded either from the front or at the receiver.

"The Martini-Henry: For Queen and Empire" is one of the most comprehensive works on the British military Martini-Henry to come out in years.

The Henry "Guns for Great Causes" program is currently helping the family of 3-year-old Preslie as she battles leukemia.

In the 1860s, at the dawn of the self-contained metallic cartridge era, the military armsmakers of Great Britain and other major powers decided to alter existing muzzleloading rifle-muskets into breechloaders. Reasons included saving production costs and buying time to permit experimentation.

Some of the top-selling lever-action rifles in America come from Henry USA, according to this list of popular lever actions sold on GunBroker.

The Henry Single Shot Shotgun is one of the top five sellers in the single-shot category on GunBroker.

All H015-series single-shot shotguns and single-shot rifles made before July 1, 2020, have been recalled due to a potential safety hazard.