Winchester Lever Action Rifles

Winchester Lever Action Rifles
Volcanic Arms Company Used Hunt's Rocketball Smith, Wesson were partners Oliver Winchester invester Lead to the development of the "Henry"
Henry Repeating Rifle Used .44 Henry cartridge Successful repeating Rifle
Winchester Repeating Rifles 1866: .44 Henry cartridge Added King's gate and fore end 1873: Steel frame More powerful 44-40 centerfire "The gun that won the west" First centerfire 44-40, 38-40, 32-20, handgun cartridges 1876: Heavier frame for bigger game Toggle-link action too short for 45-70 40-60 Win., 45-75 Win., 45-60 Win. 1886: John Moses Browning design Needed to chamber stronger rounds 45-70, 45-90. 50-110 express, .33 Win 1892: Low pressure pistol cartridges Scaled down 1886, lighter than 1873 Production ran through 1941 Currently made by: Rossi and Chiappa 1894: John Browning Design Stronger action Chambered in 32-40, 38-55, 25-35,30-30, .32 Win First smokeless powder cartridge 30-30 Discontinued as model 94 in 2006 1895: First internal box mag for lever actions rifles It can use spitzer bullets 30-40 Krag, .303 Brit, 30-30, 30-06, 7.62 x 54R and .405 Win.