Winchester rifle - wikipedia Winchester rifle Winchester rifle series `` The Gun that Won the West '' Type Rifle Place of origin United States Service history In service 1866 -- 1940s ( U.S ) Used by United States Canada Mexico Ottoman Empire Wars American Indian Wars, Russo - Turkish War of 1877 -- 78, North - West Rebellion, French intervention in Mexico Spanish -- American War Mexican Revolution World War I World War II Production history Designed 1866 Manufacturer Winchester Repeating Arms Company Produced 1866 -- present No. built c. 720,000 Variants Full - stocked `` Musket '', Carbine, Sporting model Specifications Weight 9.5 lb ( 4.3 kg ) Length 49.3 in ( 125 cm ) Barrel length 30 in ( 76 cm ) Caliber. 44 - 40 Winchester,. 38 - 40 Winchester,. 32 - 20 Winchester,. 22 Long Rifle Action Lever action Feed system 15 - round tube magazine Sights Graduated rear sights, fixed - post front sights Winchester rifle is a comprehensive term describing a series of lever - action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860 Henry rifle, Winchester rifles were among the earliest repeaters. The Model 1873 was particularly successful, being colloquially known as `` The Gun that Won the West ''. Contents 1 Predecessors 2 Development 3 Winchester lever - action repeating rifles 3.1 Model 1866 3.2 Model 1873 3.3 Model 1876 3.4 Model 1886 3.5 Model 1892 3.6 Model 1894 3.7 Model 1895 3.8 Model 88 3.9 Model 9422 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 Footnotes 7 References 8 External links Predecessors Volcanic pistol. 1860 Henry and 1866 Winchester Musket. Left to right Carbines two 1873 / 1894 / 92 / Trapper 92. In 1848, Walter Hunt of New York patented his `` Volition Repeating Rifle '' incorporating a tubular magazine, which was operated by two levers and complex linkages. The Hunt rifle fired what he called the `` Rocket Ball '', an early form of caseless ammunition in which the powder charge was contained in the bullet 's hollow base. Hunt 's design was fragile and unworkable, but in 1849 Lewis Jennings purchased the Hunt patents and developed a functioning, if still complex, version which was produced in small numbers by Robbins & Lawrence of Windsor, Vermont until 1852. Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson of Norwich, Connecticut, acquired the Jennings patent from Robbins & Lawrence, as well as shop foreman Benjamin Tyler Henry. Smith made several improvements to the Jennings design, and in 1855 Smith and Wesson together with several investors formed a corporation, the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company, to manufacture Smith 's modification of the Hunt - Jennings, the Volcanic lever - action pistol and rifle. Its largest stockholder was Oliver Winchester. For the Volcanic rifle, Smith added a primer charge to Hunt 's `` Rocket Ball '' and thus created one of the first fixed metallic cartridges which incorporated bullet, primer and powder in one self - contained unit. While still with the company Smith went a step further and added a cylindrical copper case to hold the bullet and powder with the primer in the case rim, thus creating one of the most significant inventions in firearms history, the metallic rimfire cartridge. Smith 's cartridge, the. 22 Short, would be introduced commercially in 1857 with the landmark Smith & Wesson Model 1 revolver and is still manufactured today. The Volcanic rifle had only limited success, which was partially attributable to the design and poor performance of the Hunt - derived Volcanic cartridge : a hollow conical ball filled with black powder and sealed by a cork primer. Although the Volcanic 's repeater design far outpaced the rival technology, the unsatisfactory power and reliability of the. 25 and. 32 caliber `` Rocket Balls '' were little match for the competitors ' larger calibers. Wesson had left Volcanic soon after it was formed and Smith followed eight months later, to create the Smith & Wesson Revolver Company. Volcanic moved to New Haven in 1856, but by the end of that year became insolvent. Oliver Winchester purchased the bankrupt firm 's assets from the remaining stockholders, and reorganized it as the New Haven Arms Company in April 1857. Benjamin Henry continued to work with Smith 's cartridge concept, and perfected the much larger, more powerful. 44 Henry cartridge. Henry also supervised the redesign of the rifle to use the new ammunition, retaining only the general form of the breech mechanism and the tubular magazine. This became the Henry rifle of 1860, which was manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company, and used in considerable numbers by certain Union army units in the American Civil War. Confederates called the Henry `` that damned Yankee rifle that they load on Sunday and shoot all week ! '' Development After the war, Oliver Winchester renamed New Haven Arms the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company modified and improved the basic design of the Henry rifle, creating the first Winchester rifle : the Model 1866. It retained the. 44 Henry cartridge, was likewise built on a bronze - alloy frame, and had an improved magazine and a wooden forearm. In 1873 Winchester introduced the steel - framed Model 1873 chambering the more potent. 44 - 40 centerfire cartridge. In 1876, in a bid to compete with the powerful single - shot rifles of the time, Winchester brought out the Model 1876 ( Centennial Model ). While it chambered more powerful cartridges than the 1866 and 1873 models, the toggle link action was not strong enough for the popular high - powered rounds used in Sharps or Remington single - shot rifles. From 1883, John Moses Browning worked in partnership with Winchester, designing a series of rifles and shotguns, most notably the lever - action Winchester Model 1886, Model 1892, Model 1894, and Model 1895 rifles, along with the lever - action Model 1887 / 1901 shotgun, the pump - action Model 1890 rifle, and the pump - action Model 1893 / 1897 shotgun. Winchester lever - action Repeating rifles Model 1866 M1866 The first Winchester rifle -- the Winchester Model 1866 -- was originally chambered for the rimfire. 44 Henry. Nicknamed the `` Yellow Boy '' because of its receiver of a bronze / brass alloy called gunmetal, it was famous for its rugged construction and lever - action `` repeating rifle '' mechanism that allowed the user to fire a number of shots before having to reload. Nelson King 's improved patent remedied flaws in the Henry rifle by incorporating a loading gate on the side of the frame and integrating a round, sealed magazine which was partially covered by a forestock. France purchased 6,000 Model 1866 rifles along with 4.5 million. 44 Henry cartridges during the Franco - Prussian War. The Ottoman Empire purchased 45,000 Model 1866 rifles and 5,000 carbines in 1870 and 1871. These rifles were used in the 1877 Russo - Turkish War, causing much surprise when outnumbered Turks at the Siege of Plevna inflicted many times more casualties than their opponents armed with single - shot Krnka and Berdan rifles. The Model 1866 compelled Russians to develop a new rifle, the Mosin -- Nagant, after the war. The Swiss Army initially selected the Model 1866 to replace their existing single - shot Milbank - Amsler rifles. However, ensuing political pressure to adopt a domestic design resulted in the Vetterli Model 1867, a bolt - action design utilizing a copy of the Winchester 's tubular magazine, being adopted instead. Due to public demand, the Model 1866 continued to be manufactured and sold until 1899, mainly because they were less expensive than the later steel - framed centerfire models. Model 1873 Winchester 73 toggle - link action The Model 1873 was one of the most successful Winchester rifles of its day, with Winchester marketing it as `` The Gun that Won the West ''. Still an icon in the modern day, it was manufactured between 1873 and 1923. It was originally chambered for the. 44 - 40 cartridge, which was the first centrefire cartridge and which became immensely popular. The 1873 was later produced in. 38 - 40 and. 32 - 20, all of which later became popular handgun cartridges of the day, allowing users to carry just one type of ammunition. The Model 1873 was produced in three variations : a 24 - inch barrel rifle, a 20 - inch barrel carbine, and a `` musket '' -- which was aimed at military contracts and only made up less than 5 % of production. ( Musket was a term that, at the time, denoted a full length military - style stock, not to be confused with a true smoothbore musket ). The standard rifle - length version was most popular in the 19th century, although Winchester would make rifles to order in any configuration the customer wished, including longer barrels or baby carbines with barrels as short as 12 inches, octagonal - shaped barrels, colour case hardened receivers and fancy engraving. The original Model 1873 was never offered in the military revolver. 45 Colt cartridge, as it was a proprietary cartridge owned by Colt, although a number of modern reproductions are chambered for the round. To both celebrate and enhance the Model 1873 's prestige, Winchester established a coveted `` One of One Thousand '' grade in 1875. Barrels producing unusually small groupings during test - firing were fitted to rifles with set triggers and a special finish. Marked `` One of One Thousand '', they sold for a then pricey $100 ( equivalent to $2,200 in 2017 ). A popular 1950 Western starring Jimmy Stewart, Winchester ' 73, was based on the coveted gun. Promotions included a search for `` One of One Thousand '' rifles by Universal Studios, with advertisements in sporting magazines and posters in sporting goods stores. A second grade of Model 1873 barrels producing above average accuracy were fitted to rifles marked `` One of One Hundred '', and sold for $20 over list. Approximately 136 `` One of One Thousand '' Model 1873s were sold, and only eight `` One of One Hundreds ''. In all, over 720,000 Model 1873s were produced up until 1923. With a return to popularity due to the Cowboy Action Shooting game, ' 73 rifles and carbines of a high quality have been made in Italy by Uberti, encouraging a return to production under license from the Olin company in 2013, joining the Model 1892 and the Model 1894 being manufactured in Japan by the Miroku Corporation for FN / Browning. The new ten shot Model 1873 is only available with a 20 '' round barrel chambered in. 357 Magnum /. 38 Special. Nearly faithful in design to the original, including the trigger disconnect safety, sliding dustcover, and a crescent - shaped buttplate, it incorporates two safety improvements : a firing pin block preventing it from moving forward unless the trigger is pulled, and a cartridge carrier modification to eject used casings away from the shooter. In 2014, a weathered model 1873 was found leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park. It became known as the Forgotten Winchester and sparked media interest because of the mystery about who left it there and why they never came back for it. Model 1876 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. While similar in design to the 1873, the 1876 was actually based on a prototype 1868 lever - action rifle that was never commercially produced by Winchester. Introduced to celebrate the American Centennial Exposition, the Model 1876 earned a reputation as a durable and powerful hunting rifle. Four versions were produced : a 22 - inch ( 56 cm ) barrel Carbine, a 26 - inch ( 66 cm ) barrel Express Rifle with a half - length magazine, a 28 - inch ( 71 cm ) barrel Sporting Rifle, and a 32 - inch ( 81 cm ) barrel Musket. Standard rifles had a blued finish while deluxe models were casehardened. Collectors identify a first model with no dust cover, a second model with a dust cover rail fastened by a screw, and a third model with an integral dust cover. Total production was 63,871 including 54 One of One Thousand Model 1876s and only seven of the One of One Hundred grade. Originally chambered for the new. 45 - 75 Winchester Centennial cartridge ( designed to replicate the. 45 - 70 ballistics in a shorter case ), versions in. 40 - 60 Winchester,. 45 - 60 Winchester and. 50 - 95 Express followed ; the ' 76 in the latter chambering is the only repeater known to have been in widespread use by professional buffalo hunters. The Canadian North - West Mounted Police used the ' 76 in. 45 - 75 as a standard long arm for many years with 750 rifles purchased for the force in 1883 ; the Mountie - model ' 76 carbine was also issued to the Texas Rangers. Theodore Roosevelt used an engraved, pistol - gripped half - magazine ' 76 during his early hunting expeditions in the West and praised it. A ' 76 was also found in the possession of Apache warrior Geronimo after his surrender in 1886. The Model 1876 toggle - link action receiver was too short to handle popular big - game cartridges, including the. 45 - 70, and production ceased in 1897, as big - game hunters preferred the smoother Model 1886 action chambered for longer and more powerful cartridges. Model 1886 Main article : Winchester Model 1886 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. William Mason made some improvements to Browning 's original design. In many respects the Model 1886 was a true American express rifle, as it could be chambered in the more powerful black powder cartridges of the day, such as the. 45 - 70 Government, long a Winchester goal. The 1886 proved capable of handling not only the. 45 Gov 't but also. 45 - 90 and the huge. 50 - 110 Express `` buffalo '' cartridges, and in 1903 was chambered for the smokeless high - velocity. 33 WCF. In 1935, Winchester introduced a slightly modified M1886 as the Model 71, chambered for the more powerful. 348 Winchester cartridge. Model 1892 Main article : Winchester Model 1892 In order to compete with newer Marlin offerings, Winchester returned to its roots with the Model 1892, which was chambered for the same low - pressure cartridges as the Model 1873. The Model 1892 incorporates a much - stronger Browning action that was a scaled - down version of the Model 1886. It was also a much - lighter rifle than the 1873 model, with which it was sold concurrently for over twenty years, for the same price. A total of 1,004,675 Model 1892 rifles were made by Winchester, and it was exported internationally, becoming very popular in South America and Australasia. Although Winchester stopped manufacture in 1941, today versions are still being made by the Brazilian arms maker Amadeo Rossi, and by Chiappa Firearms, an Italian maker. In its modern form, using updated materials and production techniques, the Model 1892 's action is strong enough to chamber high - pressure handgun rounds, such as. 357 Magnum,. 44 Magnum, and. 454 Casull. The Winchester ' 92 was sometimes used in Hollywood Western movies and TV shows out of its correct period, achieving some fame as a ' cowboy ' lever action, although it was historically too late for that. Model 1894 Main article : Winchester Model 1894 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 civilian rifle chambered for the new smokeless propellants, and although delays prevented the. 30 - 30 cartridge from appearing on the shelves until 1895, it remained the first commercially available smokeless powder round for the North American consumer market. Though initially it was too expensive for most shooters, the Model 1894 went on to become one of the best - selling hunting rifles of all time -- it had the distinction of being the first sporting rifle to sell over one million units, ultimately selling over seven million before U.S. - production was discontinued in 2006. The Winchester. 30 - 30 configuration is practically synonymous with `` deer rifle '' in the United States. In the early 20th century, the rifles designation was abbreviated to `` Model 94 '', as was done with all older Winchester designs still in production ( for example, Model 97, Model 12, etc. ). Model 1895 Main article : Winchester Model 1895 The Winchester Model 1895 has the distinction of being the first Winchester lever - action rifle to load from a box magazine instead of a tube under the barrel. This allowed the Model 1895 to be chambered for military cartridges with spitzer ( pointed ) projectiles, and the rifle was used by the armed forces of a number of nations including the United States, Great Britain, and Imperial Russia. The Russian production models could also be loaded using charger clips, a feature not found on any other lever - action rifle. Calibers included. 30 - 40 Krag (. 30 US or. 30 Army ),. 303 British,. 30 - 03 Springfield,. 30 - 06 Springfield, 7.62 × 54mmR, and. 405 Winchester. Theodore Roosevelt used a Model 1895 in. 405 on African safaris and called it his `` medicine gun '' for lions. In 1908 the 1895 Winchester became the first commercially produced sporting rifle chambered in. 30 - 06 ( then called ``. 30 Gov 't 06 '' ). Model 88 Introduced in 1955, 60 years after Winchester 's last all - new lever - action design, the Model 88 was unlike any previous lever - action. A short - throw lever operated a three - lug rotating bolt and rounds were fed vertically from a detachable box magazine : in effect it was a lever - operated bolt action. These features in a lever - action permitted the use of high - powered modern short - case cartridges with spitzer bullets :. 243 Winchester,. 284 Winchester,. 308 Winchester and. 358 Winchester. The Model 88 was discontinued in 1973 and is the third best - selling lever - action rifle in Winchester 's history, following only the M1894 and M1892. The later Sako Finnwolf and Browning BLR have similar actions. Model 9422 Winchester 's Model 9422 was introduced in 1972. It was designed to capture the image of the traditional lever - actions with exposed hammer, straight grip, tube magazine and barrel bands. Unlike older Winchester lever actions it came grooved for scope mounting. It was offered in. 22 Long Rifle and. 22 WMR, and was priced at the high end of the. 22 LR sporting rifle market. The 9422 action design was original and extremely reliable. The feed system handled the cartridge from the magazine to the breech face by its rim, and the slide cammed the rear of the breechblock up into the locking recess. A concealed polymer buffer above the breech gave a firm - feeling lockup and a very positive unlocking motion. The 9422 had worldwide appeal to customers raised on Western fiction and to parents looking for a way to introduce their children to shooting. Over the course of production a higher - finished model called the 9422 XTR, a. 17 rimfire model, and several commemorative models were offered. Production ended in 2005. Legacy In 2013 Winchester brought back the Model 1873, manufactured under license from the Olin company by FN / Browning in the Kōchi Prefecture of Japan by the Miroku Corporation. This marks the third of the classic Winchester rifle models to be reintroduced, the previous models being the Model 1892 and the Model 1894. The new 1873 model is available with a 20 '' round barrel and chambered in. 357 Magnum /. 38 Special only. It is nearly identical in design to the originals including the trigger disconnect safety, sliding dustcover, and crescent - shaped buttplate, but with two notable exceptions. An additional safety mechanism, a firing pin block that prevents it from moving forward unless the trigger is pulled, was integrated, and the cartridge carrier was changed to eject used casings away from the shooter. The fixed, tubular magazine has a maximum capacity of ten rounds. See also Antique guns Evans Repeating Rifle List of rifle cartridges List of Winchester models Mare 's Leg Winchester Model 70 Footnotes Jump up ^ Smith 's cartridge was derived largely from the Flobert BB Cap, but the Flobert design contained no powder. The cylindrical case was in all likelihood inspired by another French design, the Lefaucheux pinfire cartridge. References Notes ^ Jump up to : Taylor, Jim. `` A Short History of the Levergun ''. Paco Kelly 's Leverguns. Jump up ^ `` 1860 Henry ''. Fort Smith National Historic Site. National Park Service. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Trenk, Richard ( August 1997 ). `` The Plevna Delay : Winchesters and Peabody - Martinis in the Russo - Turkish War ''. Man At Arms. Vol. 19 no. 4. Mowbray Publishing. Retrieved April 17, 2016 -- via Militaryrifles.com. Jump up ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. `` Consumer Price Index ( estimate ) 1800 -- ''. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Lewis, Edmund ( October 2005 ). `` One of One Hundred ''. American Rifleman. National Rifle Association. pp. 96, 129 & 134. Jump up ^ Schreier, Philip ( November 2013 ). `` ' Guaranteed by Us ' : Winchester 's ' New ' Model 1873 ''. American Rifleman. Vol. 161 no. 11. National Rifle Association. p. 64. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Jump up ^ French, Brett ( July 7, 2015 ). `` Mysterious rifle arrives at Cody Firearms Museum for TLC ''. The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 08. ^ Jump up to : Hacker, Rick ( November 2014 ). `` Winchester Model 1876 ''. American Rifleman. Vol. 162. National Rifle Association. p. 120. Jump up ^ Durston, Kirk. `` The Winchester Model 1876 '' ( PDF ). Paco Kelly 's Leverguns. Retrieved April 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Winchester Model 1876 Rifle ''. Bar-w.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2002. Retrieved December 26, 2008. Jump up ^ Walter, John ( 2006 ). Rifles of the World ( 3rd ed. ). Iola, Wisconsin : Krause Publications. p. 542. ISBN 978 - 0 - 89689 - 241 - 5. Jump up ^ Herring, Hal ( 2008 ). Famous Firearms of the Old West : From Bill Hickok 's Colt Revolvers to Geronimo 's Winchester, Twelve Guns that Shaped Our History. Morris Book Publishing LLC. ISBN 978 - 0 - 76274 - 508 - 1. Jump up ^ Barnes, Frank C. ``. 577 / 500 Magnum Nitro Express ''. In Amber, John T. Cartridges of the World. p. 116. As well as the related. 50 - 100 and. 50 - 105. Jump up ^ `` Winchester 's Big 50 ''. American Rifleman. National Rifle Association. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. 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( WACA ) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation of all Winchester produced and related items Largest Collection of Winchester Manuals Pump - action shotgun : internal workings are quite similar to the Winchester - shotgun Winchester rifle models and their use in movies A video narration of lever guns from the Henry to the 1895 Winchester Winchester 1886 World Record Rifle Winchester firearms and cartridges Rifles Lever - action Henry rifle Model 1866 Model 1873 Model 1876 Model 1886 Model 1892 Model 1894 Model 1895 Model 53 Model 55 Model 64 Model 65 Model 71 Model 88 Model 150 Model 250 Model 255 Model 9422 Bolt - action Model 1878 Hotchkiss Model 1895 Lee Navy Model 1900 Model 1902 Model 1904 Model 43 Model 47 Model 51 Imperial Model 52 Model 54 Model 56 Model 57 Model 58 Model 59 Model 60 Model 60A Model 67 Model 68 Model 69 Model 70 Model 72 Model 75 Model 121 Model 131 Model 141 Model 320 Model 325 Model 670 Model 770 Pump - action Model 1890 Model 1906 Model 61 Model 62 Model 62A Model 270 Semi-automatic Model 1903 Model 1905 Model 1907 Model 1910 Model 30 Model 63 Model 74 Model 77 Model 100 Model 190 Model 490 Full - automatic Olin / Winchester FAL Model 1917 Falling - block action Model 1885 Shotguns Pump - action Model 1893 Model 1897 Model 1912 Model 25 Model 42 Model 1200 Model 1300 Lever - action Model 1887 Model 1901 Model 9410 Single - shot Model 20 Model 36 Model 37 Model 37A Model 41 Double - barrel Model 21 Model 24 Model 96 Model 101 Semi-automatic Model 1911 SL Model 40 Model 50 Model 59 Model 1400 Model 1500 SX - 1 Cartridges. 17 Winchester Super Magnum. 22 Magnum ( WMR ). 218 Bee. 219 Zipper. 22 Hornet. 220 Swift. 223 Winchester Super Short Magnum. 225 Winchester. 243 Winchester. 243 Winchester Super Short Magnum. 25 - 20 WCF. 25 - 20 Winchester. 256 Winchester Magnum. 25 - 35 Winchester. 25 Winchester Super Short Magnum. 264 Winchester Magnum. 270 Winchester. 270 Winchester Short Magnum 7mm Winchester Short Magnum. 284 Winchester. 30 - 30 Winchester. 307 Winchester. 308 Winchester. 300 Winchester Short Magnum. 300 Winchester Magnum. 32 Winchester Special. 32 - 20 Winchester. 325 Winchester Short Magnum. 33 Winchester. 338 Winchester Magnum. 345 Winchester Self - Loading. 348 Winchester. 35 Winchester. 35 Winchester Self - Loading. 351 Winchester Self - Loading. 356 Winchester. 358 Winchester. 375 Winchester. 38 - 40 Winchester. 38 - 55 Winchester. 38 - 56 WCF. 38 - 72 Winchester. 40 - 60 Winchester. 40 - 72 Winchester. 401 Winchester Self - Loading. 405 Winchester. 44 Henry. 44 - 40 Winchester. 45 - 60 Winchester. 45 - 75 Winchester. 458 Winchester Magnum. 50 - 110 Winchester Herstal Group Browning Arms Company Browning BDA. 380 - caliber Browning BDM Browning Buck Mark FN Herstal Alexandre Galopin Dieudonné Saive U.S. Repeating Arms Company Oliver Winchester Winchester Repeating Arms Company Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District Winchester rifle Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winchester_rifle&oldid=853079543 '' Categories : American Old West Police weapons Rifles of the United States Winchester Repeating Arms Company firearms Guns of the American West Carbines Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December 2016 All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from December 2008 Talk Variants Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 2 August 2018, at 08 : 59 ( UTC ). 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Question: when was the first winchester repeating rifle made
Answer: 1866