About
The .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo, also known as the .44 Rimfire, is a rimfire bullet designed for rifle and handgun usage featuring a 22.2mm-long brass copper case. The .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was named after the rifle intended to use the bullet, the Henry Rifle. Even though this bullet wasn't the first repeating rifle cartridge, it was one of the first successful designs and provided the foundation for the others to come in the future. Part of its success was thanks to the novel self-contained metallic bullet, which allowed the repeating mechanism to work. For repeating rifles Ammo to work correctly, they needed to be used in self-contained metallic cartridges, and because the .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was, it was widely successful in the Henry Rifle.
Manufacturer
The .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was designed and developed by Benjamin Tyler Henry of New Haven Arms Company in 1860 in the United States.
Uses
The primary use of the .44 Henry Rimfire Ammo was in the Henry Model 1860 Repeating Rifle. The Ammo and Rifle were first used in the American Civil War.
