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FOR WELL OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS the sixteen-shot Henry repeating rifle has been a rare prize for collectors and students of old guns.

Although the Henry rifle was the technical marvel of its age, many American military minds doubted whether the average mid-nineteenth century soldier could effectively operate it, and as a result the new rifle saw only limited purchase and use during the Civil War. Yet it quickly became a legend, and these revolutionary rifles that one could 'load on Sunday and shoot all week' acquitted themselves very well on the battlefield.

But very little was known about themor their brilliant but enigmatic inventor, B. Tyler Henry and even less had been written. That was due, in part, to their very limited production and the fact that the New Haven Arms Company left virtually no records behind after being taken over by Oliver F. Winchester, of subsequent rifle manufacturing fame.

That is, until author Les Quick stepped in to fill the void. With the help of literally scores of other antique arms collectors and dealers, many of whom like Les had been researching, gathering serial numbers and amassing other information about Henry rifles for decades, Les Quick has produced what is arguably the definitive word on the famed Henry's Patent Repeating Rifle.

You, the reader, are the beneficiary of all that record sifting, data gathering and interpretation. So, open the covers of this book... and enjoy this fascinating story.