the first winchester repeating rifle was made in 1866.
the first winchester repeating rifle was made in 1866.
when was the first winchester repeating rifle made?
1866
in 1866, benjamin henry, angered over what he believed was inadequate compensation, attempted to have the connecticut legislature award ownership of new haven arms to him. oliver winchester, hastening back from europe, forestalled the move and reorganized new haven arms yet again as the winchester repeating arms company. winchester had the basic design of the henry rifle completely modified and improved to become the first winchester rifle, the model 1866, which fired the same .44 caliber rimfire cartridges as the henry but had an improved magazine (with the addition of a loading gate on the right side of the receiver, invented by winchester employee nelson king) and, for the first time, a wooden forend. the henry and the 1866 winchester shared a unique double firing pin which struck the head of the rimfire cartridge in two places when the weapon was fired, increasing the chances that the fulminate in the hollow rim would ignite the 28 or so grains of black powder inside the case.
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