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The Winchester Model 1886 was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning to handle some of the more powerful cartridges of the period. Originally chambered in .45-70 Government, .45-90 Sharps, and .40-82 Winchester, it was later offered in a half dozen other large cartridges, including the .50-110 Winchester. [1]
Winchester Model 1886. The Model 1886 continued the trend towards chambering heavier rounds and had an all-new and considerably stronger locking-block action than the toggle-link Model 1876. It was designed by John Moses Browning, who had a long and profitable relationship with Winchester from the 1880s to the early 1900s.
A Winchester Model 1200 shotgun. Below is a list of firearms produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company ... Model 1886 lever-action centerfire rifle;
The .33 Winchester Center Fire / 8.6x54mmR (colloquially .33 Winchester, .33 WCF, [2] or .33 Win) is a centerfire rifle cartridge designed and produced from 1902 to 1940 by Winchester Repeating Arms Company for their Model 1886 lever-action rifle.
Production of Winchester Model 1886 rifles chambered in this cartridge ceased in 1910 due to lack of demand, [3] and most commercial production of the cartridge itself ceased in the 1930s. New production loaded cartridges and unloaded brass cases are rare and are often created using reformed .45-70 brass.
Harold Johnson necked out the .348 Winchester case to accept a .510" diameter bullet, [2] and Harold Fuller developed the barrel, marrying a .50 caliber barrel to an old Winchester Model 1886 rifle. Harold Johnson made the first 450 Alaskan in 1952, and continued to make them in the 1950s and 60s. The rifle was based on the Winchester Model 71 ...
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 – 1897) Winchester rifle series (US – rifle – first model 1866) Model 1866; Model 1873; Model 1876; Model 1886 ...
From 1883, John Browning worked in partnership with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and designed a series of rifles and shotguns, most notably the Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot, Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun, Model 1897 pump-action shotgun; and the lever-action Model 1886, Model 1892, Model 1894 and Model 1895 rifles.