Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Jan 6, 2012 | Bryan TX
The Henry is a very unique rifle and a rare one. Only a little over 14,000 were produced. For a Civil War soldier, owning a Henry rifle was a point of pride. Although it was never officially adopted for service by the Union Army, many soldiers purchased Henrys with their own funds.
The brass framed rifles could fire at a rate of 28 rounds per minute when used correctly, so soldiers who saved their pay to buy one often believed it would help them survive. They were frequently used by scouts, skirmishers, flank guards, and raiding parties, rather than in regular infantry formations.
To the amazed muzzleloader-armed Confederates who had to face this deadly "sixteen shooter", it was called "that damned Yankee rifle that they load on Sunday and shoot all week!"[wiki]
Very few captured Henry rifles were used by Confederate troops. Since those few Confederate troops who came into possession of one of these rifles had little way to resupply the special ammunition used by the weapon, its widespread use by Confederate forces was very impractical.
The rifle was, however, known to have been used at least in part by some fifteen different Confederate units. These units included cavalry units in Louisiana, Texas, and Virginia, as well as the personal bodyguards of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.[1]
2012 Guns and Ammunition
DHS Buys 200,000 More Rounds of Ammunition | Market Daily News: "The contradiction of the Obama administration preaching gun control while simultaneously the federal government arms itself to the teeth with an arsenal that would be enough to wage a full scale 7 year ground war is jaw-dropping."
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Senator Dianne Feinstein Moves To Ban ALL Assault Rifles, High Capacity Magazines, and Pistol Grips: " It it any wonder that shares of stocks like Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ:SWHC) and Ruger (NYSE:RGR) surged this morning in response to President Obama winning a second term? While the majority of stocks across the world are in the midst of a sell-off and economic conditions indicate the country is in a recession, America’s gun owners aren’t waiting to see what happens next. "
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http://marketdailynews.com/2013/01/04/dhs-buys-200000-more-rounds-of-ammunition/http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/07/senator-dianne-feinstein-moves-to-ban-all-assault-rifles-high-capacity-magazines-and-pistol-grips/#o4Soz62KM3FgP46Q.99
http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/27/chuck-woolery-on-gun-control-5-reasons-why-we-cannot-ban-firearms-in-america/
http://youtu.be/evEg1VNfX3o
http://youtu.be/WxNenz7q_eY
http://www.rarewinchesters.com/articles/art_hen_07.shtml
http://winchestersutler.com/BCA_Scope.html
http://marketdailynews.com/2012/11/27/staggering-black-friday-gun-sales-causes-outages-at-the-fbi-background-check-center/
http://marketdailynews.com/2012/08/23/mystery-surrounding-1-2-billion-rounds-of-ammo-solved/
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