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Benjamin Tyler Henry (March 22, 1821 – June 8, 1898) was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle. Henry was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1821.
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Born March 22, 1821 in Claremont, New Hampshire into one of the area’s most influential families, the young Benjamin Tyler Henry was destined for grandeur. His grandfather, Colonel Benjamin Tyler, came to Claremont from Connecticut in 1767—the current home of modern day Henry Repeating Arms– to become the town’s first millwright, builder of multipl...
From young apprentice gunsmith and aspiring designer to one of the most underappreciated albeit influential firearms designers in American history, Benjamin Tyler Henry made the Henry name synonymous with the everyman American aspiring for greatness, freedom, and success. This was a man not afraid to break from his family’s lucrative lineage in big...
The rest, as they say, is history. Though Henry helped get New Haven Arms off the ground with his leadership of the plant laborers, his heart was not on commanding a factory floor for others. Rather, having worked his way through the ranks of the firearms and gunsmithing industry, armed with a working knowledge of business, Henry was a designer at ...
In the years that followed the rather brief Henry Repeater production boom, the Civil War was reaching its bloody conclusion and things has turned unpleasant for BTH inside the walls of the company that was producing his rifle. Believing he was not being appropriately compensated for his design—the thing into which he had invested years of his life...
Though BTH has no direct ties to the Henry Repeating Arms Company we know today under the guidance of Anthony Imperato, there’s little doubt that Mr. Henry would be proud to see his name alive and kicking, associated with the values that once drove him to success—hard work with a nod to the average American worker. Let us tip our hat to Benjamin Ty...
Learn about the life and legacy of Benjamin Tyler Henry, the gunsmith who patented the first reliable lever action rifle in 1860. Discover how his design influenced the Civil War, the Indian Wars, and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
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The original Henry rifle was a sixteen-shot .44 caliber rimfire breech-loading lever-action rifle, patented by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860 after three years of design work. The Henry was an improved version of the earlier Volition, and later Volcanic.
Mar 22, 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Benjamin Tyler Henry, who patented the first lever-action rifle in 1860. His gun influenced the Civil War and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
Benjamin Tyler Henry (March 22, 1821 – June 8, 1898) was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle.
Learn about the life and legacy of Benjamin Tyler Henry, the gunsmith who created the world's first repeating revolver that actually worked. Discover how his invention changed the course of history during the Civil War and the Indian Wars.
Learn about Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor of the first practical, lever action repeating rifle patented in 1860. Discover how the Henry rifle was used in the Civil War and the American West, and how it became a legendary firearm.
