I have been a member here a while but I haven't posted much. I thought I would share this story. I met a man when I was looking on armslist. we were both in the same area of SC about 30 miles apart. I met him in a parking lot and bought a couple of old marlins from him. one day he called and said he had another to sell so met him, we made a deal on a gun, then he pulled another one out. my jaw dropped, it was a near pristine original 1866 henry/Winchester! he said it had belonged to his great, great uncle who had served in the civil war, for the confederacy of course. I held the gun and levered it a couple of times. what a great rifle! he was wanting to sell it but the price would have been out of my range. I gave him a couple of names of collectors in the area. I don't know if he ever sold it or not, just wish I could have taken it home,,,,,,,,,,