Henry 1860

Henry 1860 brass-frame - .44 Rimfire (RF).

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

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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

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
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