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Category - Henry Rifles - Antique - Kentucky Rifles

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Henry Rifles - Antique
Kentucky Rifles

1850s Antique J. HENRY & Son BOULTON GUN WORKS Native American TRADE Rifle PENNSYLVANIA MADE Pre-CIVIL WAR Longarm

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1850s Antique J. HENRY & Son BOULTON GUN WORKS Native American TRADE Rifle

PENNSYLVANIA MADE Pre-CIVIL WAR Longarm

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique J. Henry & Son Percussion Native American Trade Rifle. This rifle was manufactured around 1850-1860 and matches others by J. Henry & Son (James and Granville Henry) manufactured at the Boulton Gun Works near Nazareth, Pennsylvania. They contracted with the U.S. government to provide rifles for annuity and treaty payments to Native Americans in the Antebellum Era.

John Joseph Henry started his business in Philadelphia in 1807 and closed it in 1822, merging his operations with his brother William’s business going by the name of Boulton Gun Works in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. After this time his guns were marked “JJ HENRY, BOULTON”. John’s son Joseph joined the firm in 1831, and after he passed away, his son James took over the business. After James’ son, Granville, became a partner in the firm in 1859, the guns were marked “J. HENRY & SON”, as is this one.

John Henry was also a well known maker of Civil War muskets. With the coming of the American Civil War, and the calling for 100,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion, not to mention the calling out of Pennsylvania militia units for the defense of the state, John Henry looked to produce military arms to cash in on the need for guns. He produced two patterns of military style rifles and a cadet musket. The rifles were offered with either a socket or a saber bayonet, and were known respectively in the Henry company records as “Mini” Rifles” or “Saber Rifles”. Henry produced some 952 “Saber Rifles” during the summer of 1861, most of which (876) were also sold to P.S. Justice, with deliveries starting in September of that year. 70 were sold by Henry to the Catasanga Home Guard in October and November, and another 6 were used as sample rifles in an attempt to obtain other military contracts.
The overall condition is good. Original patinas on the barrel and lock. The stock is well used but remains solid with an expected amount of wear. There are a few grain splits around the lock and near the barrel. The markings remain legible. The action is strong. The bore is dark and good for its age with visible rifling. The pearl buttstock decoration has been repaired. The front ramrod pipe is repaired.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 32-1/8 inches.

Caliber: .42 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1750

#259377
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,750.00
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