HENRY 1860 LEVER ACTION REPEATING RIFLE.

HENRY 1860 LEVER ACTION REPEATING RIFLE. SN 9132. Cal. 44 RF. 24-1/4″ oct bbl with integral mag, nickel blade front sight, 900 yd ladder rear sight with retaining screw. Top flat of bbl in front of rear sight is marked “HENRY’S PATENT OCT 16.1860/MANUFACT’D BY THE NEW HAVEN ARMS CO NEW HAVEN.CT.” “9132” is adjacent to receiver. Left side trough has screwed on swivel loop. Bbl collar and inner bbl have matching “2241” assembly numbers. Standard receiver mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, brass crescent buttplate with pointed heel, inlet base and sling swivel on left side with visible Henry bump. Inspection of lower tang reveals matching SN as well as top tang channel and stock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanying gun are consignor’s family history of this Henry identifying transfers of ownerships back to its original owner, a Private Samuel Lindemuth who used this Henry while with the 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, first with Company B and then with Company I. In the letter the consignor tells of how his father obtained the Henry along with a 1860 Colt Army, which Private Lindemuth also carried in the Civil War, in the 1940’s from the widow of Private Lindemuth’s son. The ’60 Army was given to a nephew in the late 1970’s. There are also documents about the 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry along with Private Lindemuth’s military muster rolls. CONDITION: Fine, bbl retains a silver blending with brown patina with numerous spots of dark patina. Receiver is a mellow mustard patina with sharp edges, a few minor nicks and scratches. Hammer shows dark patina blending with silver on sides. Lever retains a brown patina blended with some silver on sharp edges. Stock is sound with usual nicks, dings and scratches and retains flaking varnish blending with hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp with bolt face bushing missing with very good bore with distinct rifling and some fine scattered pitting. 4-39679 BDT146 (25,000-35,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2008	$28,175.00	HENRY 1860 LEVER ACTION REPEATING RIFLE. SN 9132. Cal. 44 RF. 24-1/4″ oct bbl with integral mag, nickel blade front sight, 900 yd ladder rear sight with retaining screw. Top flat of bbl in front of rear sight is marked “HENRY’S PATENT OCT 16.1860/MANUFACT’D BY THE NEW HAVEN ARMS CO NEW HAVEN.CT.” “9132” is adjacent to receiver. Left side trough has screwed on swivel loop. Bbl collar and inner bbl have matching “2241” assembly numbers. Standard receiver mounted with straight grain walnut, straight grip, brass crescent buttplate with pointed heel, inlet base and sling swivel on left side with visible Henry bump. Inspection of lower tang reveals matching SN as well as top tang channel and stock and inside toe of buttplate. Accompanying gun are consignor’s family history of this Henry identifying transfers of ownerships back to its original owner, a Private Samuel Lindemuth who used this Henry while with the 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, first with Company B and then with Company I. In the letter the consignor tells of how his father obtained the Henry along with a 1860 Colt Army, which Private Lindemuth also carried in the Civil War, in the 1940’s from the widow of Private Lindemuth’s son. The ’60 Army was given to a nephew in the late 1970’s. There are also documents about the 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry along with Private Lindemuth’s military muster rolls. CONDITION: Fine, bbl retains a silver blending with brown patina with numerous spots of dark patina. Receiver is a mellow mustard patina with sharp edges, a few minor nicks and scratches. Hammer shows dark patina blending with silver on sides. Lever retains a brown patina blended with some silver on sharp edges. Stock is sound with usual nicks, dings and scratches and retains flaking varnish blending with hand worn patina. Mechanics are crisp with bolt face bushing missing with very good bore with distinct rifling and some fine scattered pitting. 4-39679 BDT146 (25,000-35,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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