Alfred Jenks & Son, of Bridesburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced 98,464 of these Model 1861 percussion rifles for the federal government during the Civil War, one of the largest armsmaking contracts of the war.
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The Henry Rifle, named after its designer, B. Tyler Henry, is one of the scarcest and most sought after Winchester rifles of any period. About 14,000 of these Civil War era rifles were produced between 1860 and 1866. Serial numbers began at #1 and most often found at top of the breach end of the barrel, marked “Henry’s Patent. Oct 16, 1860/Manufact’d by the New Haven Arms Co., New Haven, Ct.” The Henry rifle [...] Click here to continue reading. Blunderbuss The blunderbuss is a now obsolete musket with a short barrel having a flaring mouth. The gun fired a large amount of shot designed to inflict maximum damage at short-range. It was intended for use wherever close-in work was required, as by coach guards or sailors repelling boarders. The term blunderbuss first appeared in 1654 and is of Dutch origin, being a combination of donder (thunder) and bus (pipe or tube). Seventeenth and [...] Click here to continue reading. Norris made several thousands of these muskets under contract to the state of Massachusetts in 1863 and 1864. |
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