The First Winchester
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The First Winchester
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Author : John E. Parsons
language : en
Publisher: New York, Winchester Press
Release Date : 1960
The First Winchester written by John E. Parsons and has been published by New York, Winchester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Winchester rifle categories.
Winchester
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Author : Robert Lawrence Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
Release Date : 1991
Winchester written by Robert Lawrence Wilson and has been published by Random House Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
A comprehensive and detailed history of Winchester firearms and ammunition includes photographs of hundreds of models
Winchester Lever Action Rifles
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Author : Martin Pegler
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-20
Winchester Lever Action Rifles written by Martin Pegler and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-20 with History categories.
Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the hands of civilians that it would become known as 'The gun that won the west'. Offering a lethal combination of portability, ruggedness and ammunition interchangeability with pistol sidearms, the Winchesters and their innovative and elegant breech-loading system represented a revolutionary design. They were used by a staggering variety of military and civilian groups - gold-miners, trappers, hunters, farmers, lawmen, professional gunmen and Native Americans. It equipped a whole generation of settlers and as such left an imprint on American culture that continues to resonate today. This book explores the Winchesters' unique place in history, revealing the technical secrets of their success with a full array of colour artwork, period illustrations and close-up photographs.
Winchester 73 76
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Author : David F. Butler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Winchester 73 76 written by David F. Butler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Winchester rifle categories.
The Winchester
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Author : Laura Trevelyan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-31
The Winchester written by Laura Trevelyan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with History categories.
The Winchester Rifle, the iconic gun made in New Haven, Connecticut, and sold in its hundreds of thousands around the world, mirrors American expansion at a key period in the young country's history. The lethal repeating rifle became the defining image of America's frontier - and was known amongst Native Americans as "the spirit gun". It represented both the pioneering vigour and the brutal force which conquered the West. Laura Trevelyan explores the history of, and the family behind, this renowned representation of American power. The entrepreneurial drive of Oliver Winchester led the rifle to rapidly assume legendary status not long after its release in 1866, gaining endorsements from the likes of Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and President Teddy Roosevelt. This engaging history sheds light on the story and myth of an American legend.
The First Battle Of Winchester
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Author : Brandon H. Beck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The First Battle Of Winchester written by Brandon H. Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
The Winchester Book
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Author : George Madis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Winchester Book written by George Madis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Winchester firearms categories.
Volcanic Firearms
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Author : Edmund E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-09
Volcanic Firearms written by Edmund E. Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Firearms categories.
America S Premier Gunmakers Winchester
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Author : K.D. Kirkland
language : en
Publisher: JG Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
America S Premier Gunmakers Winchester written by K.D. Kirkland and has been published by JG Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
America's great gunmakers are more than industrial entities. They are centers of exacting craftsmanship and precision engineering, and they are truly living legends. American gunmakers built not only the guns that won the Wild West but the guns that won both World Wars, and which today delight demanding sportsmen the world over. In this volume of America's Premier Gunmakers you will read about: Oliver F. Winchester's Company, Winchester and the Age of Smokeless Powder, The Company's Entry Into The Twentieth Century, The Western Cartridge Company, Winchester Today, Major Browning Winchester Models and Major Winchesters Through The Years. Oliver F. Winchester was born in Boston in 1810. His impoverished youth was followed by an apprenticeship with a carpenter. By age twenty-one, he became a master builder. Winchester first invested his talent and money in the gun business in 1855, when he became one of the original stockholders of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. Winchester never failed to publicize the fact that its guns were the first choice of star performers, such as Buffalo Bill Cody. This semi-elitism became the hallmark of Winchester advertising. A typical example would read: "Look all the makes over, but if you are not swayed from your purpose of getting the gun with the maximum strength, safety, ease, and certainty, good shooting and good wearing qualities, you will surely select a Winchester." Carefully researched and illustrated with more than 100 photographs, this book tells the full story of Winchester firearms.
Oliver Winchester
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-13
Oliver Winchester written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-13 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography By the time weapons industrialist Oliver Winchester was born, the Lewis and Clark Expedition sent to the Pacific by Thomas Jefferson had only recently returned with their report on the first overland continental journey. Outside of a small group of mountain men trapping and trading fur for European fashion magnates, few white settlers had found their way across the Great Plains. The firearms of the Revolution demonstrated little difference between a soldier's flintlock musket and a hunting weapon taken from the mantle. Gunsmiths in early 19th century America were helped along by noted artisans from Germany, Switzerland, and other European powers, but despite advances made in the European and American musket, the requirement of an exterior spark and percussion to ignite powder for a single-shot discharge remained the paradigm. Similarly, the era was unable to move past the cumbersome weapon that required at least half a minute to reload. The military compensation for such an ungainly and vulnerable process was the alternation of troop lines, in which one fired while the other reloaded from behind. Effective as that was in laying down constant fire and simultaneous reloading, the force as a whole was disabled by a large fraction, and the reloading soldiers were vulnerable to saber attacks on horseback as well. From the bayonet of 1620 to the emergence of repeating firearms in the American Civil War, sometimes referred to as the "first truly modern war," military procedures remained largely the same, based on entrenched European customs. Napoleonic tactics were taught as mainstream at the military academies, and the musket remained in a stagnant state of evolution, but even the most tradition-bound army command was forced to give way at some point to a generation of scientist-inventors, civilian manufacturing centers, and entrepreneurs born during the Industrial Revolution. The old guard dug in its heels, and even well past the Civil War, new technologies were met with stiff resistance. High-ranking officers, drawn from the ranks of martial families steeped in the War of 1812, fended off the new scientific engineering and what they considered the waste of random firing. However, the realities of American expansionism, population redistribution, a labor movement unwilling to cede its members well-being, and the rise of the factory became impossible to ignore. The driving forces behind modern light weaponry were new disciples of mass production, interchangeable parts, and a more developed and aggressive marketing style. Evolution of the modern rifle did not provide all of its own impetus. As the ever-improving cartridge progressed from primitive paper to brass encasement, the weapons required to fire with the charge were forced to change as well. As the civilian entrepreneur and the soldier became increasingly interdependent, the new corporate executives of arms companies became tycoons. Mass production and increasingly sophisticated marketing techniques helped to create the national and international arms merchant, a model upon which global governments expanded. With few exceptions, the nature of the modern firearm as an everyday utility enabled these giants to arm any ideology, or both sides of any conflict. In the manner that Samuel Colt broke open the single-shot tradition in hand weapons, Oliver Fisher Winchester and his celebrated rifle shared the title of "the gun that won the West." In the arena of portable arms, these two men dominated much of the technological and promotive aspects of 19th century weaponry, alternating between resisting and collaborating with rivals. While Colt created the first effective revolver mechanism for the handgun based on the technology of the ship's wheel, it was Oliver Winchester who instituted 140 years of branding dominance by virtue of the first reliable repeating rifle.