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and, for the first time, a wooden forend. The Henry and the 1866 Winchester shared a unique double firing pin that struck the head of the rimfire cartridge in two places when the weapon was fired, increasing the chances that the fulminate in the hollow rim would ignite the 28 or so grains of black powder inside the case.
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in San Diego, California. This short-lived attempt had a strong tie to firearms and ammunition with exclusive guns, ammo, and target launching machines being produced. The flaw was to see it quickly profitable in a western city with too many competing outdoor activities. The second venture was trying
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During the war, Winchester had borrowed heavily to finance its massive expansion. With the return of peace, the company attempted to use its surplus production capacity and pay down its debt by trying to become a general manufacturer of consumer goods – everything from kitchen knives to roller skates
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had only limited success. The company moved to New Haven (without Smith or Wesson) in 1856, but by the end of that year, it became insolvent. Oliver
Winchester and his partner John M. Davies purchased the bankrupt firm's assets from the remaining stockholders and reorganized it as the New Haven Arms
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U.S. Repeating Arms
Company To Close New Haven, CT Facility – U.S. Repeating Arms Company, maker of Winchester brand rifles and shotguns will close its New Haven, Connecticut manufacturing facility. Many efforts were made to improve profitability at the manufacturing facility in New Haven, and the
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completely modified and improved to become the first
Winchester rifle, the Model 1866, which fired the same .44 caliber rimfire cartridges as the Henry but had an improved magazine (with the addition of a loading gate on the right side of the receiver, invented by Winchester employee Nelson King)
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Winchester
Firearms will continue to sell and grow its current line of Select Over & Under shotguns, the new Super X3 autoloading shotgun, the new Super X autoloading rifle, and Limited Edition rifles. The company also plans to introduce new models in the future. There will be no change in
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Labor costs continued to rise through the 1960s and '70s, and a prolonged and bitter strike in 1979–1980 ultimately convinced Olin that firearms could no longer be produced profitably in New Haven. In
December 1980, the New Haven plant was sold to its employees, incorporated as the
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Corporation, owner of the Winchester trademarks, announced that it had entered into a new license agreement with Browning Arms Company to make Winchester brand rifles and shotguns, though not at the closed Winchester plant in New Haven. The production of
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in the camping and sporting goods market. "Trailblazer by
Winchester" products included propane-fueled stoves and lanterns. They also produced tents and sleeping bags. These products struggled to compete with similar offerings from an established company founded in 1900.
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The Model 1873 was followed by the Model 1876 (or "Centennial Model"), a larger version of the '73, which used the same toggle-link action and brass cartridge elevator used in the Henry. It was chambered for longer, more powerful cartridges such as
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Another extremely popular model was rolled out in 1873. The Model 1873 introduced the first
Winchester center fire cartridge, the .44-40 WCF (Winchester Center Fire). These rifle families are commonly known as the "Gun That Won the West."
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rimfire, and the Henry and 1866 rifles designed for it. Winchester was a leading designer of rifle ammunition throughout its existence and has been responsible for some of the most successful cartridges ever introduced, including the
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By the 1960s, the rising cost of skilled labor was making it increasingly unprofitable to produce
Winchester's classic designs, as they required considerable hand-work to finish. In particular, Winchester's flagship
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This action is a realignment of resources to make Winchester Firearms a stronger, more viable organization. Winchester Firearms plans to continue the great Winchester legacy and is very excited about the
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round. Henry also supervised a new rifle design based loosely on the Volcanic to use the new ammunition, retaining only the general form of the breech mechanism and the tubular magazine. This became the
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plant where Winchester rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years. Along with the closing of the plant, production of the Model 94 rifle (the descendant of the original
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In the early 1970s, the Olin Winchester-Western Division tried to diversify with at least two unsuccessful attempts. The first was an experimental indoor shooting range called
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The consumer goods strategy was a failure for Winchester, and the Great Depression put the final nail in the company's coffin. The Winchester Repeating Arms Company went into
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In 1866, Benjamin Henry, angered over what he believed was inadequate compensation, attempted to have the Connecticut legislature award ownership of New Haven Arms to him.
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In 1855, the Smith and Wesson partnership, in order to manufacture what they called the "Volcanic" lever-action rifle and pistol, sought investors and incorporated as the
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In April 2015, the company recalled several variants of its SXP-model 12-gauge shotguns that the company says may unintentionally fire while the action is being closed.
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to circumvent Browning's self-loading shotgun patents, prepared by the company's very own patent lawyers. One of Winchester's premier engineers,
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in the sense of a short version of a parent rifle) was designed at Winchester by an eight-man team including Edwin Pugsley, Bill Roemer,
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worked in partnership with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and designed a series of rifles and shotguns, most notably the
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Browning Model 1885 Black Powder Cartridge Rifle - 3rd Edition: A Reference Manual for the Shooter, Collector & Gunsmith.
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Revolver Company founded later by the same men). Smith and Wesson acquired Lewis Jennings' improved version of inventor
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Share of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, issued 4. March 1929
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George E. Hodson (1910–1915), partner of Oliver in the company.
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1189:. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History. p. 174.
1164:(7th ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 148.
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Winchester Bennett (1915–1918), son of Thomas Gray Bennett.
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of Japan and imported to the United States by Browning.
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and post-war was the first civilian manufacturer of the
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cartridge, and perfected the much larger, more powerful
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The Winchester: The Gun That Built an American Dynasty
917:(1880–1881), son of Oliver Winchester and husband of
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Winchester's success was founded on a cartridge, the
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Defunct manufacturing companies based in Connecticut
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Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut
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Defunct firearms manufacturers of the United States
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Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District
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Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District
1484:Tribute to former Winchester employees (New Haven)
1339:"SXP – Winchester Repeating Arms – Product Family"
951:The company's factory collection is owned by the
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807:rifles are produced under licensed agreement by
2604:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2006
840:Winchester made rimfire .44 and .32 cartridges
2629:Ammunition manufacturers of the United States
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1304:"Where are Winchester Firearms manufactured?"
547:The company was a major producer of the .303
1453:(Yale University Press, 2016). xxii, 242 pp.
659:move Winchester firearms during World War II
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450:pump-action shotgun; and the lever-action
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2599:American companies disestablished in 2006
1293:. Miroku-jp.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.
197:was a prominent American manufacturer of
1148:Guilford, CT: Lyons Books (2001), p. 19.
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2614:Connecticut in the American Civil War
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1407:"18. Cody Firearms Museum, Cody, WY"
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237:produced by two subsidiaries of the
16:American maker of repeating firearms
1476:(Winchester ammunition made by the
559:rifle for the United States during
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2634:1866 establishments in Connecticut
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2328:.223 Winchester Super Short Magnum
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1609:Winchester Repeating Arms Company
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483:The turn of the twentieth century
440:Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot
195:Winchester Repeating Arms Company
28:Winchester Repeating Arms Company
1158:Shackleford, Steve, ed. (2010).
1079:Winchester XPR bolt-action rifle
619:Western's First Vice-President (
373:Magazine advertisement from 1898
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126:(which later became part of the
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1146:History of Winchester Firearms.
1132:A Short History of the Levergun
1052:slide-action hammerless shotgun
1009:United States Cartridge Company
361:The Winchester arms factory in
314:Volcanic Repeating Arms Company
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217:in 1931 and was bought by the
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755:announced it was closing its
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657:Auxiliary Territorial Service
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2473:.351 Winchester Self-Loading
2448:.345 Winchester Self-Loading
2433:.325 Winchester Short Magnum
2413:.300 Winchester Short Magnum
2378:.270 Winchester Short Magnum
76:; 158 years ago
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2463:.35 Winchester Self-Loading
2388:7mm Winchester Short Magnum
2298:.17 Winchester Super Magnum
1596:U.S. Repeating Arms Company
1064:bolt-action .22 match rifle
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21:U.S. Repeating Arms Company
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1026:Winchester Model 1887/1901
705:Model 70 bolt-action rifle
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682:, Winchester produced the
491:Winchester Rifles ad, 1900
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1211:"World War II M1 Garands"
999:List of Winchester Models
609:Western Cartridge Company
478:20th-century developments
219:Western Cartridge Company
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1360:"SXP Recall Information"
1106:Winchester Mystery House
594:Simmons Hardware Company
565:Browning Automatic Rifle
429:Winchester Mystery House
19:Not to be confused with
2644:Military in Connecticut
1663:firearms and cartridges
1058:double-barreled shotgun
915:William Wirt Winchester
655:British members of the
555:and the similar .30-06
421:William Wirt Winchester
325:Company in April 1857.
2558:.458 Winchester Magnum
2443:.338 Winchester Magnum
2423:.32 Winchester Special
2418:.300 Winchester Magnum
2368:.264 Winchester Magnum
2353:.256 Winchester Magnum
1474:Winchester.com website
1438:TexasMac Publishing.
879:.300 Winchester Magnum
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551:Enfield rifle for the
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446:lever-action shotgun,
416:-designed Model 1886.
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363:New Haven, Connecticut
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221:, a forerunner of the
211:New Haven, Connecticut
148:New Haven, Connecticut
66:New Haven Arms Company
1545:Browning Arms Company
1089:Winchester Model 1200
1050:Winchester Model 1912
1044:Winchester Model 1903
1038:Winchester Model 1897
1032:Winchester Model 1894
1020:Winchester Model 1886
1014:Winchester Model 1885
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751:On January 16, 2006,
746:Browning Arms Company
701:Model 12 pump shotgun
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596:. The Winchester and
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507:and later centerfire
505:Winchester Model 1903
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251:Browning Arms Company
213:. The firm went into
2071:Falling-block action
1786:Model 1878 Hotchkiss
1385:"Ever Popular .30's"
1341:. Winchesterguns.com
1320:. Winchesterguns.com
1091:slide-action shotgun
1040:slide-action shotgun
1028:lever-action shotgun
979:Benjamin Tyler Henry
953:Cody Firearms Museum
940:John Edward Otterson
794:falling block action
645:War Production Board
635:The Second World War
627:and the semi-custom
579:Failure and recovery
353:The Winchester rifle
297:Benjamin Tyler Henry
2053:Olin/Winchester FAL
1791:Model 1895 Lee Navy
1284:株式会社ミロク：ショットガン＆ライフル
1265:, January 21, 2006.
1083:Winchester Model 71
1074:Winchester Model 70
1068:Winchester Model 54
1062:Winchester Model 52
1056:Winchester Model 21
897:U.S. Repeating Arms
753:U.S. Repeating Arms
667:(technically not a
543:The First World War
209:and was located in
30:
2563:.50-110 Winchester
1563:Browning Buck Mark
1489:2011-02-08 at the
1449:Trevelyan, Laura.
1364:Winchesterguns.com
1289:2017-09-27 at the
1144:Boorman, Dean K.,
1085:lever-action rifle
1034:lever-action rifle
1022:lever-action rifle
877:(.22 Magnum), the
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824:SXP shotgun recall
775:Customer Service.
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553:British Government
501:self-loading rifle
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343:American Civil War
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285:Smith & Wesson
199:repeating firearms
178:winchesterguns.com
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2548:.45-60 Winchester
2543:.44-40 Winchester
2518:.40-72 Winchester
2513:.40-60 Winchester
2508:.38-72 Winchester
2498:.38-55 Winchester
2493:.38-40 Winchester
2428:.32-20 Winchester
2398:.30-30 Winchester
2358:.25-35 Winchester
2348:.25-20 Winchester
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1821:Model 51 Imperial
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1604:Oliver Winchester
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832:Ammunition
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875:.22 WMR
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855:.30 WCF
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330:rimfire
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