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The Model 1912 (shortened to Model 12 in 1919) was the next step from the Winchester Model 1897 hammer-fired shotgun, which in turn had evolved from the earlier Winchester Model 1893 shotgun. The Model 12 was designed by Winchester engineer T.C. Johnson, and was based in part on the M1893/97 design by John M. Browning, in that it used a sliding ...
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)
Annie Oakley posing with a single shot Stevens rifle in hand, with the Spencer shotgun being the right of the two guns leaning on the prop rock. The Spencer 1882 is an early example of pump-action shotgun. It is a hammerless design and uses an unrefined and complex cycling design in which the toggle breech pivots up and down when cycling. [1] [4]
A Model 1300 with 20-inch (510 mm) barrel basic stripped. This example is fitted with an aftermarket picatinny rail. The metal strip immediately above the magazine tube is the ejector spring. The Winchester Model 1200 pump action shotgun employs a rotating bolt in a bolt carrier (slide) rather than the tilting breechblock used in the Model 12. [10]
Winchester Model 1894. The John Browning–designed Winchester Model 1894 is the most prevalent of the Winchester repeating rifles. The Model 1894 was first chambered for the .32-40 and .38-55 cartridges, and later, a variety of calibers such as .25-35 WCF, .30-30, and .32 Winchester Special. Winchester was the first company to manufacture a ...
In particular, Winchester's flagship Model 12 pump shotgun and Model 70 bolt-action rifle with their machined forgings could no longer compete in price with Remington's cast-and-stamped 870 and 700. Accordingly, S. K. Janson formed a new Winchester design group to advance the use of "modern" engineering design methods and manufacturing ...
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The Remington Model 31 is a pump-action shotgun that competed with the Winchester Model 1912 for the American sporting arms market. [1] Produced from 1931 to 1949, it superseded the John Pedersen-designed Models 10 and 29, and the John Browning-designed Model 17. It was replaced by the less expensive to manufacture Model 870 in 1950. [2]