The most difficult part of building a Henry reproduction is the barrel. The magazine tube is cast/forged with the barrel. It is not separate like an 1866, 1873, 1892 etc. Then it is bored and rifled. Or maybe the bore is part of the casting? I'd love to see how this is done.
It blows me away that they could do this in 1860!
The receiver could be cast, high pressure molded, CNC machined.......Piece of cake with extreme low production costs. No reason it would need to be made in Italy. Modern machining technology of only the past few years has allowed anyone with a relatively modest machine shop to turn out world class 1911 pistols and AR15 rifles......Hence there are over 150 companies in the USA doing just that!
I'm still hung up on the $2300..............