OE - GOOD - some minor replacement parts; metal smoothly rusted or lightly pitted in places, cleaned; principal lettering, numerals and design on metal legible; lightly scratched, bruised or minor cracks repaired; in good working order.

WB - WOOD IS BETTER FOR THE PERCENT OF FINISH RATING GIVEN

Manufactured 1864. Only around 14,000 Henrys were manufactured in 1860-1866, and around half of them are believed to have been used by Union soldiers, mostly purchased by the men themselves, some using reenlistment bonuses. The barrel, left side of the lower tang, stock inlet, and buttplate are all numbered "6563". The buttstock has the desirable Henry "bump" visible on left side under sling swivel. "That damned Yankee rifle that can be loaded on Sunday and fired all week" was one of the most advanced firearms of the war.