Engraved Volcanic Rifle

[Henry4440]

Here are some pics from a engraved Volcanic Rifle.

[Skinny Preacher 66418]

Caliber?

[Books OToole]

Caliber?

Probably .38 rocket ball.  It's kind of a hollow based bullet with powder in the base and a percussion cap as a primer.  It was the first attempt at a self contained cartridge.

Books

[Skinny Preacher 66418]

38 rocket? interesting

The action looks wicked short.

[Forty Rod]

They also made some in .41 RB. 

About half of all Volcanics were engraved and about half had nickeled receivers...not necessarily the same half.

Notice the rear sight placement.  Some Henrys also had the rear sight on the reciever.

[Driftwood Johnson]

The action looks wicked short.

It was wicked short. I had the peasure of handling an original Volcanic a few years ago. It was about the size of a boy's 22.

Read this thread. Lots of information, including pictures of Volcanics adn information about the rocket ball ammo. There is a terrific photo, contributed by Henry4440  comparing a Volcanic to a bunch of Henrys on the second page of the thread.

http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,18550.0.html