Benjamin Tyler Henry

Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–1898) was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle.

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1821 - 1898 - American - Gunsmith - Manufacturer - Inventor - Henry rifle - Repeating rifle

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Henry was hired by Oliver Winchester at the New Haven Arms Company in the late 1850s to improve the design of the Volcanic repeating rifle. On October 16, 1860, he received a patent on the Henry rifle, which soon proved the worth of the lever-action design on the battlefields of the Civil War, where Henry rifles were used alongside muzzle-loading rifled muskets such as the Springfield Model 1861. (The first Henrys were not produced for army use until mid-1862.)

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Oliver Winchester - New Haven Arms Company - Volcanic repeating rifle - October 16 - 1860 - Patent - Civil War - Rifled musket - Springfield Model 1861

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Benjamin Tyler Henry continued to work at the Winchester Repeating Arms Company until at least 1873.

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