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The Winchester Model 1892 was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning as a smaller, lighter version of his large-frame Model 1886, and which replaced the Model 1873 as the company's lever-action for pistol-caliber rounds such as the .44-40.
Designed by Kenny "Von Dutch" Howard, an experienced artist and gunsmith, [5] the original Mare's Leg was made by cutting down a .44-40 caliber Winchester Model 1892 rifle to a size that could be worn in a large leg holster and used with one hand. The barrel was cut to a length of nine inches, [1] and much of the butt-stock was removed. The ...
The .25-20 Winchester / 6.6x33mmR, or WCF (Winchester center fire), intermediate cartridge was developed around 1895 for the Winchester Model 1892 lever action rifle. It was based on necking down the .32-20 Winchester. In the early 20th century, it was a popular small game and varmint round, developing around 1,460 ft/s with 86-grain bullets ...
Winchester's Model 9422 was introduced in 1972. It was designed to capture the image of the traditional lever-actions with exposed hammer, straight grip, tube magazine and barrel bands. Unlike older Winchester lever actions it came grooved for scope mounting.
The Winchester 1300 shotgun was first introduced in around 1981, when the US Repeating Arms Company (USRAC) took over production of the 'Winchester' brand guns from the Olin / Winchester corporation. Model 9410 (2001) lever-action .410-bore shotgun (Model 94 variant) Super-X Model 1 (1974) semi-automatic shotgun
The first models were produced by Gárate y Anitua in 1915, but production was presumably interrupted by the war. Having spent most of World War I supplying the Allies with large-framed revolvers based on Smith & Wesson designs and the 7.65mm Browning calibre self-loading Ruby pistols, the company began to market the first El Tigre rifles in 1923.
The Colt-Burgess rifle is similar in design to Winchester's lever-action rifles, such as the Winchester Model 1873.It was produced in two versions chambered for the .44-40 Winchester cartridge: a rifle version with a 25 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (650 mm) barrel, and a carbine with a 20 in (510 mm) barrel. [2]
The Winchester Hotchkiss was a bolt-action repeating rifle patented by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in 1876 and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Springfield Armory from 1878. The Hotchkiss, like most early bolt-actions, had a single rear locking lug integral with the bolt handle, but was unique in feeding multiple rounds from a ...