Serial numbers of the Henry rifle overlap those of the model 1866 from 1865 to 1866. 31 caliber style with superposed loads, made from 1860 to 1861. Winchester contracted to produce 3,000 revolvers for Cyrus Manville. In an attempt to raise operating capital the New Haven Arms Company and Oliver F. About 3,200 were made, but many of these remained on hand for almost 100 years until they were sold to employees for as little as one dollar in Winchester's surplus store.
In 18, the New Haven Arms Company repeaters were in production. VOLCANIC ARMSįrom 1855 to 1857 the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company made about 3,000 guns. Smith and Wesson lever action arms were made from 1853 to 1855. Total production of about 1,600 guns, 600 were transferred to the Volcanic Company for assembly, according to remaining Winchester records.
Guy Hubbard, a historian of Windsor, Vermont where Robbins and Lawrence made the Jennings repeater, stated in 1924 that he had been informed by principals of the company that only 1,000 Jennings and Smith Jennings rifles were made between 18 and of this number many were converted to single shots and many more were scrapped for parts. The Hunt repeater, generally regarded as the forerunner of the Winchester, was made only as a patent model in 1849.
