The speaker is discussing the history and significance of the Henry rifle, one of the first successful lever guns. The Henry rifle was invented by Benjamin Tyler Henry and was patented in 1860. It fired a 44 rimfire cartridge and was the first firearm that allowed rapid firing. The Henry rifle was used in the Civil War and was popular because it held many rounds, didn't require much maintenance, and was protected from the rain. It was not seen as a gorgeous firearm at the time, but it was admired for its functionality. The Henry rifle was improved in 1866, resulting in the Model 1866, which had a brass frame for added strength. Despite some disadvantages, such as potential for rust and the need for cleaning, the Henry rifle was a significant innovation and a popular choice in its time.
860s\n00:18:33.36: you could imagine what a firearm that\n00:18:35.72: could do for you now this is a Uberti\n00:18:38.25: reproduction of the Henry the 1860 Henry\n00:18:41.07: it's not a thing of beauty or is it not\n00:18:43.84: it's empty as you might be able to tell I\n00:18:46.59: loaded it on Sunday and it's kind of late\n00:18:49.07: in the week so it's run out but we're\n00:18:51.40: gonna reload it here in a second and see\n00:18:53.72: how it does this is the first successful\n00:18:56.79: lever gun I guess you could say not the\n00:18:59.35: very first attempt at it but the first\n00:19:02.51: one that was produced sold shot and used\n00:19:05.61: even in the Civil War and you recognize\n00:19:08.59: that most of you probably what a beauty\n00:19:11.11: this is a Uberti reproduction of very\n00:19:13.55: accurate you know reproduction of that\n00:19:16.15: thing and original fires that rimfire 44\n00:19:18.62: and they sell for around fifty thousand\n00:19:21.93: and so I doubt that you're gonna see too\n00:19:24.41: many of those and YouTube videos people\n00:19:27.09: shooting them we are going to actually\n00:19:29.63: fire this one so to load it is very\n00:19:32.17: unusual for a big old lever gun you pull\n00:19:34.89: this little tab put that over that opens\n00:19:37.71: up the tube now that looks pretty cool\n00:19:39.87: but it does have some disadvantages as\n00:19:42.51: we slide some cartridges in here I'll\n00:19:45.05: talk about a little bit of that you you\n00:19:47.60: want to be careful not to have too much\n00:19:49.45: of an angle and have you around slamming\n00:19:52.01: against each other that's not good even\n00:19:54.59: though these are flat nose it's not good\n00:19:57.03: because they're heavy and yeah you know\n00:20:00.08: you could have a mishap if you're\n00:20:02.13: slamming those rounds on each other and\n00:20:04.30: also when you release the tab which I'll\n00:20:06.73: do in a second you want to be careful\n00:20:08.98: about that and not let it slam into the\n00:20:11.17: rounds either okay you pull that back\n00:20:13.44: over of course it's not gonna happen\n00:20:15.21: when it's full but that's how you load\n00:20:17.55: it and of course you can see the rounds\n00:20:19.59: pretty cool however there's some\n00:20:22.24: disadvantages to that right but you\n00:20:24.67: could get dirt in there dust and fouling\n00:20:26.88: and everything and you can mess up the\n00:20:29.01: works\n00:20:30.55: easily but this was the first real\n00:20:33.08: attempt at it let's take a couple of\n00:20:35.21: shots with it all right\n00:20:37.80: this is 45 long colt\n00:20:40.60: okay we couldn't find any 44 Henry\n00:20:43.73: rimfire but we would have bought some\n00:20:46.60: maybe some bulk packs of it if you tell\n00:20:49.01: anybody I missed that too leader there I\n00:20:51.30: will never forgive you but that's what I\n00:20:54.43: just did how that happened Oh stranger\n00:20:56.72: things have happened\n00:21:02.31: notice the tab is coming down as the\n00:21:04.90: rounds are being expended right into my\n00:21:07.58: hand so I'm gonna move my hand in front\n00:21:09.95: of it and take couple more shots so\n00:21:12.71: there's a floor apart there was a fire\n00:21:22.40: [Applause]\n00:21:26.01: whatever it was it's not any longer\n00:21:28.92: oh there's another pot we didn't so you\n00:21:39.4