07/11/2026
This is a modified Henry action that served as a patent model for Nelson King’s side-loading gate. For this early form of the gate, a button is pressed on the bottom of the receiver which swings the door open, enabling a round to be loaded into the magazine. The door would then be closed once loading was complete to begin firing. This design would be patented by King in May of 1866 as patent # 55012A. The design was further refined and incorporated into the firearm that would become known as the Model 1866, the first to bear the name Wi******er.
