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The first model produced was the Henry H001 Lever-Action .22 and the first shipments were made in March 1997. The original corporate motto was "Made in America and Priced Right". 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.
Patent drawing of the Henry rifle. The original Henry rifle was a sixteen-shot .44 caliber rimfire breech-loading lever-action rifle, patented by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860 after three years of design work. [2] The Henry was an improved version of the earlier Volition, and later Volcanic.
The Golden 39A is still considered one of the finest examples of a lever .22 rifle, and one of the most accurate .22 rifles ever produced. It is also the best-selling lever rimfire in U.S. history. [2] Additionally "mountie" versions have been produced at various points in the rifle's life which featured a shorter 20" barrel and a straight ...
Lever-action rifle United States: 1,000,000+ [138] Savage Model 99: 1,000,000+ [139] PK machine gun: General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union: 1,000,000+ Smith & Wesson M&P Shield: Semi-automatic pistol United States: 1,000,000+ 1 million mark reached in December 2015 [140] Henry Lever-Action .22: Lever-action rifle 1,000,000+ Announced in ...
The large-loop rifle is also associated with John Wayne, who used a .44-40 Winchester '92 version in many films. Winchester, Rossi Firearms, Chiappa Firearms, Henry Repeating Arms and Marlin Firearms all make modern lever-action rifles with oversized loops (although the Henry and Marlin versions are not Winchester copies). [citation needed]
The toggle-link action used in the iconic Winchester Model 1873 rifle, one of the most famous lever-action firearms. A lever action is a type of action for repeating firearms that uses a manually operated cocking handle located around the trigger guard area (often incorporating it) that pivots forward to move the bolt via internal linkages, which will feed and extract cartridges into and out ...
These features in a lever-action permitted the use of high-powered modern short-case cartridges with spitzer bullets: .243 Winchester, .284 Winchester, .308 Winchester (essentially 7.62x51mm NATO), and .358 Winchester. The Model 88 was discontinued in 1973 and is the third best-selling lever-action rifle in Winchester's history, following only ...
Pages in category "Lever-action rifles" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Henry rifle; M. Mare's Leg; Marlin Levermatic; Marlin Model 336;