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Contents 1 Private Weapons? 2 Modern Henry Rifles 3 Modern Henry Rifles, Part Deux

[edit] Private Weapons?

For a civil war soldier, owning a Henry rifle was a point of pride. The brass framed carbines could fire at a rate of 28 rounds per minute when used correctly, so soldiers who saved their pay to buy one often believed that the rifle would help them survive.

I think that this statement is not correct. Very few Union soldiers used privately owned shoulder weapons. The cost of the weapon was prohibitive on $13 a month pay. The logistics of privately supplying the ammunition and the cost of the ammunition for a weapon that fires 28 rounds per minute would bankrupt a private soldier of the period. There were some Union regiments which were state volunteers and were supplied with various non-standard weapons by either their states or local public subscription. Some Federal organizations, Regular or U.S. Volunteers were armed with breech loading rifles or carbines, mostly Spensers.--TGC55 02:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modern Henry Rifles

The article mentions the current Henry Repeating Arms Company as being a source of current production Henry rifles. Also, it has a picture of a current production model from the Henry Repeating Arms Company. The Henry Repeating Arms company that is currently operating in New York is in no way related to the original manufacturers of the Henry Rifle; and the rifle is not even very similar to what Benjamin Tyler Henry designed. Bobwill 23:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Modern Henry Rifles, Part Deux

I changed the article to reflect a far more realistic view on the modern Henry Repeating Arms company, as well as removed the picture of the new Henry rifle and added a mention of A. Uberti Firearms. The views shown before were misleading and sounded almost like an advertisement for Henry Repeating Arms. VogonFord 21:12, 23 June 2007 (UTC)