Manufactured in 1865. Manufactured by the New Haven Arms Co. in 1865. The barrel is fitted with a German silver blade front sight and a folding ladder rear sight graduated to 900 yards and is stamped with the two-line patent date/address marking ("HENRY'S PATENT. OCT. 16. 1860/MANUFACT'D BY THE NEWHAVEN ARMS.CO. NEWHAVEN.CT") along with the serial number at the breech. The rifle is fitted with a sling hook loop and a sling swivel on the left side of the buttstock. The matching serial number is found on the barrel, left side of the lower tang, stock inlet, and buttplate. The brass buttplate has a trapdoor (cleaning rod not included). Most Henry Rifles manufactured during the Civil War were privately purchased by Federal soldiers from Midwestern regiments. The firepower of the Henry Rifles was valued on the frontier in the years that followed the Civil War. Most Henry Rifles were "working guns;" the surviving examples typically exhibit wear associated with years of hard use.

Very good plus as an attractively aged, well taken care of Henry rifle. The barrel and magazine have an as found brown-gray patina. The fine brass has an untouched mellow appearance. Slight patterns of original case colors remain on the hammer. The stock is also very good showing a hairline stress crack at the upper tang and minor dings and scratches. Mechanically fine with replaced extractor. A solid representative example of a Henry rifle, the basis for the iconic Winchester rifle of the Wild West.