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Henry's pop up in movies and TV shows. Any favorites?
Personally, you can't beat Lonesome Dove's Capt McRae firing a long shot and hitting the guy dancing like a chicken...also see Henry's from time to time in the Rawhide box set I'm working my way through.

Used in the movie Silverado from 1985. Danny Glover's character says, "did you ever see what a Henry rifle can do in the hands of someone who knows how to use it?"

The sheriff mentions "anyone with a Henry Rifle" in the movie Unforgiven.

Hey I didn't catch that. Have to watch it again.

RanchRoper wrote:Hey I didn't catch that. Have to watch it again.

I think he was talking to the reporter when he said it.

The legend of Zorro. The bad guy uses a Henry. The scene where he is introduced he rides in showing it off and says. "If the Good Lord didn't have lightning he'd use a Henry Repeater."

Haha...great quote!

I like the Lonesome Dove movie, but Tom Sellick does a nice job in Crossfire Trail too.

Selleck is picky about period correct gear and firearms in his westerns. It's all usually spot on. Part of his contract is he keeps all the custom stuff. I read he has an unreal collection. His period saddles were made by Croft Saddlery in SD. Jerry Croft passed away a couple of years ago. Selleck has a Henry in Last Stand at Saber River.

RanchRoper wrote:Selleck is picky about period correct gear and firearms in his westerns. It's all usually spot on. Part of his contract is he keeps all the custom stuff. I read he has an unreal collection. His period saddles were made by Croft Saddlery in SD. Jerry Croft passed away a couple of years ago. Selleck has a Henry in Last Stand at Saber River.

It might have been Last Stand At Saber River? Maybe both?
Might be a good excuse to watch them again?

I think he has a Winchester Centennial model in Crossfire; no matter, both good movies and worth watching again.

RanchRoper wrote:I think he has a Winchester Centennial model in Crossfire; no matter, both good movies and worth watching again.

You could be right?

Winchester '73 is a 1950 American Western film that stared James Stewart & Shelley Winters ===> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_'73 .... in the movie outlaw 'Dutch Henry' Brown (Stephen McNally) steals a prized Winchester 73 from his brother Lin McAdam (James Stewart) .... at one point Dutch Henry tried to bushwhack a gun runner who had won the 73 in a card game .... Dutch was resigned to having to use a Henry which he had nothing nice to say about .... in short, the move extols the virtues of a Winchester at the expense of a Henry

Hey I just watched that on DVD last week! Great movie but I agree the Henry gets a bad rap!

Great movie, I really like Jimmy Stewart!.

Stewart always made a great cowboy, and looked right at home with a rifle in his hands.

Yes he does, I think he flew bombers in WW2?

Yes he saw active duty. Must have worried the studio bosses.

Re Worried studio execs, Gene Autry flew in WW2.

Yup, Gene was there. I have a huge collection of Autry, Roger and other B western movies. Although in the old B westerns, I could never figure out why these guys insist on shooting across canyons and all over the place with pistols, when there were perfectly good rifles around. I do like those movies though, it's the only place where you'll see cowboys, mad scientists, G-men, Indians, stagecoaches, cars and planes all in the same timeline. I guess the old west really was wild.