.44 Henry
My brother-in-law actually purchased two original rifles in Tucson, AZ last weekend. The first is a 1860 Henry and the second is a 1866 Winchester "Yellow Boy" He told me that they are both chambered for .44 Rim Fire (I have not verified this myself)
I just looked at another web site - "Hackman-Adams, 1860 Henry rifle" and he states that both rifles are chambered for the (same) .44 Henry rim fire cartridge and that the modern loading is: 200 grain .44 (.435) Cal bullet, 26-28 grains of 2F black powder in a .44 magmun case with the bullet set to standard .44 magnum over all length'. This shoots at MV @ 1,100 FPS & ME @ 540 Ft Lbs. Dan
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Dan Bromley
NRA Instructor
NM Game & Fish Instructor
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