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Winchester Gun Museum - Part 1: The Evolution of Firearms

The Winchester Repeating Rifle, aka "The Gun that Won the West" was what made the Winchester fortune. It was an improvement on the Henry Rifle.

Henry Repeating Rifle Advertisement

Diagram of Winchester Model 1873 lever action

Winchester Model 1873 rifle with side open to show action

Winchester Repeating Rifles

From top to bottom, the placards say:

Henry Rifle .44 caliber rim-fire: 1860 - 1866; Last two in top picture are first two in following picture
Winchester Model 1866 .44 caliber: This early model was an improvement of original Henry Rifle.
Winchester Model 1873 .44 caliber: The 73 was the first center-fire rifle and had a steel mechanism instead of brass.
Winchester Model 1873 .44 cal carbine: 1884 - 1904
Winchester Model 1876 .45 caliber: This rifle was developed to handle larger cartridges with longer range.
Winchester Low Wall Single-shot Rifle .32 long caliber: 1855 - 1920.
Winchester Model 1886 .45-90 caliber: Sporting Rifle

More Winchester Rifles

From top to bottom, 1st column then 2nd column, the placards say:

Column 1
Winchester Model 1890 Slide Action Rifle: Third model takedown, .22 caliber
Winchester Model 94: First rifle designed specifically for smokeless powder cartridges.
Winchester "Model 1895" 8mm Lee Straight Pull Musket: Lee Arms were made for the U.S. Navy. (Note: Other sources say not to confuse this with the actual Winchester Model 1895 rifle).; Remaining 2 placards in column 1 too blurry to read
Column 2: First one is too blurry to read
Winchester Model 1895 Government Model: 30-40 Caliber. 1896 - 1931
Winchester Model 1900 .22 caliber single-shot rifle: 1900 - 1902
Winchester Model 1903 .22 caliber self-loading rifle: 1903 - 1932. This is the first semi-automatic rifle by Winchester.
Winchester Model 1904 .22 caliber single-shot rifle: 1904 - 1931.

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