• The Henry repeating rifle is a lever-action tubular magazine rifle famed both for its use at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and being the basis for the...
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    The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually...
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  • manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860 Henry rifle, Winchester rifles were among the earliest repeaters. The Model 1873...
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    The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket. While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards...
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  • Enfield muzzle-loading rifles, and used it until 1880 when the Martini–Henry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield...
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    A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling)...
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    made. The Winchester Model 1873 rifle is one of the most famous lever-action firearms, but many manufacturers (notably Henry and Marlin) also produce lever-action...
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    44 Henry, also known as the .44 Henry Flat, the .44 Rimfire, the .44 Long Rimfire, and the 11x23mmR (11x23mm Rimmed) in Europe, is a rimfire rifle and...
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    Also known as 11.43x60R (61R) The .577/450 Martini–Henry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge. It was the standard British service cartridge...
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  • magazine gun. Jobard Rifle: a turret rifle with 14 shots patented in Belgium in 1826 and presented to the government in 1835. Henry Rifle: a French 14 shot...
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  • Henry Repeating Arms takes its name from Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor who patented the first repeating rifle in 1860, known as the Henry rifle....
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  • metallic-cartridge repeating rifle, and over 200,000 examples were manufactured in the United States by the Spencer Repeating Rifle Co. and Burnside Rifle Co. between...
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    foreman Benjamin Tyler Henry) and sold by C. P. Dixon. Horace Smith was also hired by Courtlandt Palmer to improve the Jennings Rifle, patenting the Smith-Jennings...
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  • more bought by states and individuals. Henry rifle: The Henry repeating rifle was similar to the Spencer rifle in that it used a lever action and had...
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    1860, Benjamin Tyler Henry created the Henry rifle, the first reliable repeating rifle. An improved version of the Henry rifle was developed by Winchester...
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    Alexander Henry (1818–1894) was a Scottish gun maker, based in Edinburgh, and designer of the Henry rifling and barrel used in the Martini–Henry rifle. He submitted...
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  • a much-improved rifle based on Jennings' design, and the partners also hired away Robbins & Lawrence shop foreman Benjamin Tyler Henry. In 1855, the Smith...
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    map, and Henry's ingenuity was rewarded with a patent in his name on October 16, 1860, for what became the famous Henry rifle. The Henry rifle was manufactured...
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    used during the American Civil War in the Henry repeating rifle, the Spencer repeating rifle, the Ballard Rifle, and the Frank Wesson carbine. While rimfire...
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    The ArmaLite AR-7 Explorer is a semi-automatic firearm in .22 Long Rifle caliber, developed in 1959 from the AR-5 that was adopted by the U.S. Air Force...
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    The Swinburn–Henry rifle was a breech-loading lever-actuated single-shot rifle that was used by British Commonwealth forces in the late 1870s as substitute...
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    Krag–Petersson rifle. Section of the Martini–Henry The Martini-Henry, showing the breech open and closed The Martini-Henry Mk 1 The Peabody rifle, which has...
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    Buntline Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver Spencer repeating rifle Henry rifle Rifles in the American Civil War Taurus Circuit Judge MTs-255...
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    Benjamin Tyler Henry (March 22, 1821 – June 8, 1898) was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable...
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  • related to that of the Martini–Henry rifle, the Peabody action (similar to, but not identical with, that of the Martini–Henry), the Ballard action, and the...
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    Evans repeating rifle was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by Warren R. Evans as a high capacity repeater. The Evans repeating rifle is often considered...
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    development of the Boxer cartridge in 1866, and the British 1870 Martini–Henry rifle which used it. Those were soon emulated by the Germans with the 1871...
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    The M1819 Hall rifle was a single-shot breech-loading rifle (also considered something of a hybrid breech and muzzle-loading design) designed by John Hancock...
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  • horror movie Henry (comics), an American comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson "Henry", a song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Henry rifle, the first...
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  • this ammunition; these included the Henry repeating rifle (cartridge introduced in 1860), Spencer repeating rifle, Maynard carbine, Frank Wesson rifles...
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