Is this from a Henry rifle

[Randy769]

Is this cartridge from a Henry Rifle and what about the buckles and other pic ?ATTACH=CONFIG]918372[/ATTACH]

 

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[BosnMate]

Re: the cartridge. Looks like a Henry to me, H head stamp and double firing pin strike equals "Bingo."

 

[BosnMate]

The buckles look harness related, and the last object is a main spring out of a gun lock, possible it is either flint lock or cap lock.

 

[Randy769]

Could this be civil war related then....it was found on top of Billy Goat HIll in Chattanooga. This ridge was the first ridge that Sherman hit thinking it was part of Missionary Ridge.....what would you date the Main Spring

 

[tamrock]

It looks small. Is it a 32 cal. short rim fire shell?

 

[Randy769]

I dont know

 

[AU Seeker]

It's a Henry cartridge, and yes they were used during the CW, mainly by the Northern Army, the Northern Army bought 1731 Henry rifles for use in the CW, but most of the Henry rifles used in the CW were not issued by the government, most of the Henry rifles that were used were usually bought by the soldier using them, the Southern Army did use the Henry if they capture one or a soldier bought one but it was hard for them to obtain ammo for the rifle.

One thing of note is that there were some pistols that also used the same ammo, but I don't think any of them had the double firing pin setup, maybe someone else could verify if that is the case.

.44 Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's a link for some of the ammo that was used in Henry rifles, not all of the ammo had the H head stamp, the Winchester ammo and New Haven Arms Company was stamp with the H, other stamps were Remington stamped with a U, Dominion Cartridge Company stamped with a D, and United Sates Cartridge Company stamped with US, there were other companies that also product ammo for the Henry, some had no head stamp at all, early New Haven ammo didn't have a head stamp.

44Henry

Also if yo could determine if the cartridge is made of copper or brass, it would help date it, the first one made were made of copper and later brass.

 

[Randy769]

thanks....ill find out and thank you for taking the time

 

[taz42o]

Henry 44s could also be fired from a Winchester witch also had a double pin.
But that dont look big enough to be a 44.

 

[AU Seeker]

Henry 44s could also be fired from a Winchester witch also had a double pin.
But that dont look big enough to be a 44.

I think it is a .44, simple enough to find out, measure the end stamped H, and it should be right around 1/2", in the first picture it is a little smaller than his thumb nail, my thumbnail measures about 3/4", but not sure what his thumbnail measures.

 

[Randy769]

its 1/2 inch....just measured it

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

winchester used an "H" on some of their high power rounds.

Uscenter

 

[turtlefoot13]

As stated before, it could be CW related. Winchester produced the raised H headstamp during the CW era (originally New Haven Arms). Note that there were two different lengths of cases with the shorter being earlier. If it makes any difference Winchester made rimfire ammo with the raised H in .32 Short and .32 Long, possibly more.

Doug

 

[BosnMate]

This is the inside of an 1861 Springfield lock. Note the main spring. The other muzzleloading muskets and rifles used by both sides also
had mainsprings just like this one, although not exactly, but plenty close to the one you found. So yes, it could very well date to the Civil War,
but off what gun That would be a tough ID.

 

[Randy769]

Thanks for the info...and taking the time