Henry Repeating Arms
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Henry Repeating Arms is a firearms manufacturing company, one of the top ten long gun manufacturers in the United States and the leading lever action manufacturer. Henry Repeating Arms takes its name from Benjamin Tyler Henry
, the inventor who patented the first repeating rifle in 1860. The company resurrected the Henry name in 1996 and started manufacturing rifles in Brooklyn, New York. In September 2002 the company moved its headquarters to a 100,000 ft² facility in Bayonne, New Jersey and presently employs 207 people. The company also owns a 140,000 sf facility in Rice Lake Wisconsin with 45 employees where they cast and machine the receivers for the Henry rifles as well as supply other gun parts. The company also produces bolt action and pump-action rimfire rifles as well as a new generation of the AR-7
takedown rifle, now known as the Henry US Survival rifle, which was originally designed for the US Air Force. The Henry Golden Boy is the company's signature model, featuring a Brasslight receiver and octagon barrel. A larger caliber centerfire version is known as the Henry Big Boy.
The company motto is "Made In America and Priced Right" and the original Henry was known as the gun you could "Load On Sunday and Shoot All Week Long". Henry rifles are available at sporting good retailers and gun shops throughout the United States.
Benjamin Tyler Henry
Benjamin Tyler Henry was an American gunsmith and manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle....
, the inventor who patented the first repeating rifle in 1860. The company resurrected the Henry name in 1996 and started manufacturing rifles in Brooklyn, New York. In September 2002 the company moved its headquarters to a 100,000 ft² facility in Bayonne, New Jersey and presently employs 207 people. The company also owns a 140,000 sf facility in Rice Lake Wisconsin with 45 employees where they cast and machine the receivers for the Henry rifles as well as supply other gun parts. The company also produces bolt action and pump-action rimfire rifles as well as a new generation of the AR-7
AR-7
The ArmaLite AR-7 Explorer, designed by M-16 inventor Eugene Stoner, is a semi-automatic .22 Long Rifle rifle developed from the AR-5 adopted by the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and aircrew survival weapon. Its intended markets today are backpackers and other recreational users as a take-down utility...
takedown rifle, now known as the Henry US Survival rifle, which was originally designed for the US Air Force. The Henry Golden Boy is the company's signature model, featuring a Brasslight receiver and octagon barrel. A larger caliber centerfire version is known as the Henry Big Boy.
The company motto is "Made In America and Priced Right" and the original Henry was known as the gun you could "Load On Sunday and Shoot All Week Long". Henry rifles are available at sporting good retailers and gun shops throughout the United States.