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1975 Western Auto Garden Tiller. Western Auto was known for its private labelled Western Flyer Bicycle and Performance Radial GT tire brand. Other Western Auto private-labeled brands included Davis tires, Tough One batteries, TrueTone electronics, Citation appliances, Wizard tools, and Wizard typewriters — the latter as re-branded typewriters manufactured by Brother Industries of Nagoya, Japan.
The Marlin Levermatic was a family of lever-action rifles created by Marlin Firearms in the 1955. The Levermatic differed from the traditional lever-action rifles, such as the Marlin 39A, in that it employed a cam-and-roller system giving it an extremely smooth and short lever motion to reload a new cartridge.
The Marlin Model 60, also known as the Marlin Glenfield Model 60, is a semi-automatic rifle that fires the .22 LR rimfire cartridge. Produced by Remington Arms in Huntsville, Alabama formerly in Mayfield, Kentucky, formerly by Marlin Firearms Company of North Haven, Connecticut, it was in continuous production from 1960 to 2020 and the company says it is the most popular rifle of its kind in ...
Simeon North (July 13, 1765 – August 25, 1852) was an American gun manufacturer, who developed one of America's first milling machines (possibly the very first) in 1818 and played an important role in the development of interchangeable parts manufacturing.
Berkut rifle: KBP Instrument Design Bureau.308 Winchester 7.62×54mmR 9×53mmR Russia 1998 Big Horn Armory AR500 Big Horn Armory .500 Auto Max United States 2010s Breda M1935 PG Rifle: Breda: 6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano 7×57mm Mauser Italy 1931 Browning 22 Semi-Auto rifle: FN Herstal.22 LR Belgium: 1914 Browning BAR: Browning Arms Company Belgium
Uberti firearms have been featured in numerous Western movies thanks to their authentic looks. Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone visited the Uberti factory in the 1960s to procure replica Civil War and Old West revolvers for use in all his Western films including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. [9]
Western produced 3 billion rounds of ammunition in World War II, and the Winchester subsidiary developed the U.S. M1 carbine and produced the carbine and the M1 rifle during the war. Western ranked 35th among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. [10] Cartridges made by Western are stamped WCC.
Smith Enterprise was founded as Western Ordnance in 1979 by Ron Smith in Mesa, Arizona and the company made numerous types of rifles, but specialized in M1 Garands and M14s. [4] In 1993, Ron Smith reformed the company as Smith Enterprise and relocated production to Tempe. [ 5 ]