I have a question about the production date of the Henry rifle.
Wiley Sword in his book, 'The Historic Henry Rifle' wrote :
Date Production Ser.#at the end of month
Apr.-May-June1862 300 300
July 1862 125 425
Aug.1862 125 550
Sept 1862 150 700
Oct.1862 200 900
Nov.1862 200 1100
Dec.1862 200 1300
Jan.1863 200 1500
and so on.
Andrew L. Bresnan, M.S. The National Henry Rifle Company , wrote in his article 'The Henry Repeating Rifle':
The following is a production list of when the Henrys were produced.
This list accounts for serial numbers 1 through 14,094.
1860 1 270
1861 271 300
1862 301 1300
1863 1301 4000
1864 4001 8000
1865 8001 12,000
1866 12,001 14,094
The difference in the years 1860-1862 confuses me a little bit.
So, who is right and who is wrong?