Winchester Gun Museum - Part 1: The Evolution of Firearms

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The Winchester Mystery House includes the Winchester Gun Museum, which is actually free to visit. There's also a Winchester Products exhibit off the gift shop, which I was not interested in enough to take pictures. I took a lot of pictures in the Gun Museum back during my original visit, and I finally got up the ambition to edit them into something presentable. There's a lot of them, so I'm breaking this article up into multiple parts.

Evolution of Firearms

Evolutions of Firearms, entire case

From bottom to top:
Matchlock
Wheellock
Flintlock
Percussion System
Metallic Cartridge
Pinfire
Winchester Model 55 .30 caliber
The repeater

Close-up of Matchlock action

Close-up of Wheellock action

Close-up of Flintlock action

Close-up of Percussion action

More from the history of firearms

Kentucky Rifle, .59 cal

(Note: photo was edited to remove glare spot)

Some miscellaneous guns

From top to bottom:
Percussion fowling piece (shotgun)
Remington rolling-block rifle
"Buggy Gun" (shotgun)

Next time: Part 2: The Winchester Repeating Rifle