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The Winchester Model 1912, also commonly known as the Winchester 1912, Model 12, or M12, is an internal-hammer pump-action shotgun with an external tube magazine. Popularly named the Perfect Repeater at its introduction, it largely set the standard for pump-action shotguns over its 51-year high-rate production life. From August 1912 until first ...
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
[3] [9] At least for some manufacturers, a serial number can unlock myriad details about the weapon. [10] An example is the Winchester Repeating Arms Company; their records may not be complete. As they note: There are many "legends" about why the historic serial number records for Winchester rifles and shotguns are not complete or why they are ...
Lots were made in blocks of 10; the first number before the slash was the sub-lot (1-10) and the number before the slash was the number of lots (1/9 is the 9th sub-lot of Lot 1). 04 VEB Mechanische Werkstätten Königswartha ("Mechanical Workshops" at Königswartha) – Königswartha, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany. An ammunition factory that ...
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
The Winchester Model 1200 was initially produced with barrel lengths of 30 inches (760 mm) or 28 inches (710 mm) chambered for 2.75-inch (70 mm) cartridges in either 12, 16, or 20-gauge. The magazine, with a capacity of four rounds was provided with a wooden insert to limit magazine capacity to two rounds in the magazine.
In 1931, the Western Cartridge Company (forerunner of the Olin Corporation) purchased Winchester Repeating Arms and subsequently merged with it to form the Winchester-Western Company. In 1981, the U.S. Repeating Arms Company was established by Winchester employees to purchase the rights to manufacture Winchester-branded rifles and shotguns in ...
The first part (NN) is the serial number, next the Manufacturer's 2 or 3 letter code, followed by a four digit number that indicates the two-digit month and two-digit year it was manufactured. For example, 123-JOP-0554 means it was Lot 123, made by Joliet Ordnance Plant (JOP) in May 1954.