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Henry Rifles – Restricted Capacity Mags

Henry Rifles – Restricted Capacity Mags

The original Henry rifle was a .44 caliber rimfire, lever-action, breech-loading rifle designed by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860. The Henry was an improved version of the earlier Volcanic Repeating rifle. The Henry used copper (later brass) rimfire cartridges with a 216 grain (14.0 gram, 0.490 ounce) bullet over 25 grains (1.6 g, 0.056 oz.) of gunpowder. Nine hundred were manufactured between summer and October 1862; by 1864, production had peaked at 290 per month. By the time production ended in 1866, approximately 14,000 units had been manufactured.

For a Civil War soldier, owning a Henry rifle was a point of pride. Letters home would call them “Seventeen” or “Sixteen” Shooters… depending if one had one loaded in the chamber. The US Government purchased in late 1863 to early 1864, about 3,140 (these have inspector marks and are early versions) for mostly Cavalry units. Production was very small (150 to 200 a month) until middle of 1864. Many infantry soldiers purchased Henry’s with their reenlistment bounties of 1864. Most of these units were associated with Sherman’s Western Troops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_rifle

Back in the heyday of the TV Western, Steve McQueen, the star of “Wanted: Dead or Alive,” rode across black-and-white screens toting a sidearm like nothing any lawman or outlaw had carried before. A cut-down, modified version of repeating rifle, this recognizable shootin’ iron could be holstered like a pistol but fired with the speed of lever-action rifle. Nicknamed the Mare’s Leg, this innovative weapon swiftly brought outlaws to justice every week and rose to fame as the real star of the short-lived show. Now fans of those classic Westerns and collectors of innovative firearms can holster a replica of that famous made-for-TV sidearm.

Built in the USA, to Henry’s world-renowned standards of quality, the Mare’s Leg is available in your choice of .45 COLT or in .22 S/L/LR.

The Henry Mare’s Leg .45 Colt is a modified variation of the Henry model H006C Big Boy .45 Colt. The Henry Mare’s Leg .22 S/L/LR a modified variation of the model H001 Henry Lever Action.

http://www.henryrifles.com/rifles/mares-leg/

High Capacity Mags

Cops are complaining about the lack of a double standard:

“As a law enforcement officer for over 20 years, I understand the importance of instituting a new policy on mandating the limits of bullets that a regular citizen can possess, but as a matter of fact the bad guys are not going to follow this law,” said Norman Seabrook, president of the correction officers union, the city’s second largest.

“The way the current legislation is drafted, it actually handcuffs the law enforcement community from having the necessary ammunition needed to save lives,” he said. “We must not allow this to happen.”

Roy Richter, president of the Captains Endowment Association and a lawyer, said, “It puts retired officers in a position that the clip they were issued by the NYPD, carried for their careers and were fully trained on, is now considered contraband.”

Michael J. Palladino, who is head of the NYPD’s 6,000-member detectives union and president of the state’s Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, which represents 50,000 members, joined in calling for Cuomo and the legislature to immediately amend the law.

“Gun reform must prevent criminals and the deranged from getting illegal weapons—not restrict law-abiding retired cops from protecting themselves and the public,” Palladino said.

http://reason.com/blog/2013/01/18/cops-are-outraged-that-new-yorks-new-mag

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