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Henry two-position match rifle

We have all heard the old adage about waiting ages for a bus then three come along at the same time. Well that is almost what happened to me with the rare Alexander Henry unorthodox two-position match rifle.

There were only 24 such rifles ever built and I had only ever seen one in an illustration. Then, out of the blue last year, one appeared at my house, brought by a collector friend of mine, and then earlier

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