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Henry 1860
The Henry 1860 is a lever action, breech loading rifle (with front-loading magazine). This appeared as a construction improvement on the unfortunate Volcanic Repeater. The first 400 of the 14,000 rifles made were produced with an iron frame instead of the commonly seen brass frame. Brass was added in late 1862 as production picked up. Henry rifles were far too expensive ($45 to $65 each) to be issued in large numbers during the Civil War (in comparison, a common Enfield Rifle cost $14), but many Union soldiers used their pay to purchase them on their own. The Henry was famously referred to as "that damned Yankee rifle that can be loaded on Sunday and fired all week” by Confederate Col. John Mosby.
The copper rounds used 28 grains of black powder and cost 1.6 cents each (about four times the price of muzzle loading ammo); most were purchased by individual soldiers with their own money. Twelve thousand were produced from 1862 to 1865 and sales slowed when the war ended.
Further design refinement by Nelson King led to the Winchester Model 1866, nicknamed the "Yellow Boy" in the United States for its flamboyant brass receiver.
It is worth noting that due to the rarity of the original rifles (and replicas were not available for a long time), many films used the Winchester Model 1866 (and in some cases, even the later rifles, such as the Model 1892) with the forend removed as a stand-in; they can usually be distinguished by the presence of a loading gate, and a different magazine tube mount.
Specifications
(1860 - 1866)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber(s): .44 Rimfire
- Weight: 9.25 lb (4.2 kg)
- Length: 44.75 in (1,137 mm)
- Barrel length(s): 24 in (610 mm)
- Capacity: 15 round tube magazine (+1)
- Fire Modes: Lever Action
The Henry 1860 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Paleface | Bob Hope | Peter 'Painless' Potter | 1948 | |
| Backwoodsman | ||||
| How the West Was Won | Henry Fonda | Jethro Stuart | 1962 | |
| True Grit | Jeff Corey | Tom Chaney | 1969 | |
| Heaven's Gate | Kris Kristofferson | James Averill | 1980 | |
| Jeff Bridges | John L. Bridges | |||
| Silverado | Danny Glover | Mal | 1985 | |
| Night of the Living Dead | Tom Towles | Harry Cooper | 1990 | |
| Tony Todd | Ben | |||
| Patricia Tallman | Barbara | |||
| Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | Lt. John Dunbar | 1990 | |
| Mary McDonnell | Stands With a Fist | |||
| Legends of the Fall | Henry Thomas | Samuel Ludlow | 1994 | |
| The Quest | Dobbs' men | May be a mocked up Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" | 1996 | |
| Mulholland Falls | 1996 | |||
| Last Stand at Saber River | Tom Selleck | Paul Cable | cartridge conversion | 1997 |
| Wild Wild West | Musetta Vander | Munitia | Equipped with telescopic sight | 1999 |
| Loveless' men | ||||
| Ride with the Devil | Tobey Maguire | Jake Roedel | 1999 | |
| Shanghai Noon | Brandon Merrill | Falling Leaves | 2000 | |
| Tremors 4: The Legend Begins | Sara Botsford | Christine Lord | 2004 | |
| The Legend of Zorro | Nick Chinlund | Jacob McGivens | 2005 | |
| Desperation | Vigilantes | 2006 | ||
| Seraphim Falls | Liam Neeson | Carver | Iron Frame | 2006 |
| True Grit | Josh Brolin | Tom Chaney | 2010 | |
| Sherlock Holmes | Elizabeth Arends | Anesidora Ivory | Denix non-firing replica | 2010 |
| Royal Guards and London people | ||||
| Cowboys & Aliens | Raoul Trujillo | Black Knife | 2011 | |
| Gang members | ||||
| Apache warriors | ||||
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | French policeman | 2011 | ||
| Django Unchained | Christoph Waltz | Dr. King Schultz | 2012 | |
| Jamie Foxx | Django | |||
| The Magnificent Seven | A citizen | 2016 | ||
| Jane Got a Gun | Natalie Portman | Jane Hammond | Denix non-firing replica | 2016 |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Grainger Hines | Mr. Arthur | 2018 | |
| A Sioux warrior | ||||
| The Kid | Ethan Hawke | Sheriff Pat Garrett | With iron frame | 2019 |
| Charlie Chappell | Billy Wilson | |||
| Badland | Mira Sorvino | Sarah Cooke | 2019 | |
| A Sheriff's deputy | ||||
| News of the World | Clint Obenchain | Tom Farley | 2020 | |
| Terror on the Prairie | Gabriel-Kane Day Lewis | The Kid | 2022 | |
| Gina Carano | Hattie McAllister | |||
| Donald Cerrone | Jeb McAllister |
Television
| Show Title / Episode | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North and South: Book II | A Union soldier | 1986 | ||
| Lonesome Dove | Robert Duvall | Augustus "Gus" McCrae | 1989 | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Woodrow F. Call | |||
| Return To Lonesome Dove | Timothy Scott | Pea Eye Parker | 1993 | |
| Firefly | Doan Ly | Emma | "Heart of Gold" (S01E13) | 2003 |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Lakota warriors | 2007 | ||
| Deadliest Warrior | Crazy Horse | 2010 | ||
| Godless | Michelle Dockery | Alice Fletcher | Iron-framed | 2017 |
| Samuel Marty | Truckee | |||
| Jack O'Connell | Roy Goode | |||
| Austin Kane | 15 Year Old Jim Goode | Brass-framed |
Animation
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rango | Buford | Changes from Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" in (possibly intentional) continuity error | 2011 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaws | 1997 | ||
| Red Dead Revolver | "High Caliber Rifle" | 2004 | |
| The History Channel: Civil War - A Nation Divided | 2006 | ||
| Fallout 3 | "Lever-Action Rifle" | Iron-framed; has wooden handguard; chambered for 10mm. Added in Point Lookout DLC. | 2008 |
| "Lincoln's Repeater" | Based on real Henry rifle presented to Abraham Lincoln; has wooden handguard; chambers .44 Magnum | ||
| History Channel: Civil War - Secret Missions | 2008 | ||
| Darkest of Days | "Henry Rifle" | Incorrectly shown with loading gate | 2009 |
| Red Dead Redemption | "Henry Repeater" | 2010 | |
| State of Decay | "Ranch King" | 2013 | |
| Assassin's Creed Syndicate | 2015 | ||
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "1860 Lever Action" | 2016 | |
| Red Dead Redemption II | "Litchfield Repeater" | 2018 | |
| State of Decay 2 | 2018 | ||
| Maximum Action | "Repeater" | 10-round magazine; incorrectly shown with loading gate | 2018 |