The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchester's Famous Civil War Repeater by Wiley Sword JOHN T HARMON

JOHN T HARMON

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The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchester's Famous Civil War Repeater by Wiley Sword JOHN T HARMONTable of Contents It was perhaps the most important firearm of its era. Tested and proved in the fiery crucible of the Civil War, the Henry Rifle became the forerunner of the famous line of Winchester Repeating Rifles that "Won the West." To the amazed muzzleloader armed Confederates who had to face this deadly "sixteen shooter," it was "that damned Yankee rifle that was loaded on Sunday and fired all week." As a key technological innovation firing