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Teddy Roosevelt with his engraved Model 1876. The Winchester Model 1876, or Centennial Model, was a heavier-framed rifle than the Models 1866 and 1873, chambered for full-powered centerfire rifle cartridges suitable for big-game hunting, rather than the handgun-sized rimfire and centerfire rounds of its predecessors. [31]
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 .45-75 Winchester / 11.62x48mmR Centennial is an intermediate centerfire rifle cartridge developed in 1876 for the newly designed Winchester Model 1876 Centennial lever-action rifle. Winchester Repeating Arms Company introduced the rifle and cartridge at the United States Centennial Exposition .
The El Tigre rifles were again chambered for the Winchester .44-40 cartridge (known in Spain as the .44 Largo) and had a 22-inch round profiled barrel (like the previous 1873/1876 carbines) marked with the makers name, calibre, and the trademark image of a Tiger.
Whitworth rifle (UK – rifle – 1857) Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Winchester Hotchkiss (USA – rifle – 1878) Winchester Model 1885 (US – rifle – 1885) Winchester Model 1887 (US – shotgun – 1887) Winchester Model 1890 (US – rifle – 1890) Winchester Model 1893 (US – shotgun – 1893) Winchester Model 1897 (US – shotgun ...
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 ...
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 .44-40 WCF (Winchester Center Fire), the .30 WCF (.30-30), the .50 BMG, the .270 Winchester, the .308 Winchester, the .243 Winchester, the .22 WMR (.22 Magnum), the ...
In 2012 the company's 1873 Rifle won the "Best Repeating Rifle" category. [29] In 2011 Cimarron's 1873 Replica Lever Action Rifle earned Best Cowboy Action Gun. [30] 2010 saw the company earn Best Firearm of the West with their replica 1876 Winchester NWMP Carbine. [31]