A few years later, an executive from Winchester visited Browning to purchase the design. A deal was struck, and in 1885 the first firearms of the Browning-Winchester collaboration started rolling off ...

Winchester 1885 High Wall (top) and Winchester 1885 Low Wall images courtesy NRAMuseum.org Some gunners—usually younger ones—come down with a case of the vapors at the mention of John Moses ...

The Winchester rifle’s next big jump came in 1886. ... That’s when John Moses Browning, America’s greatest gun designer, entered the Winchester’s story. In 1885, ...

This article was first published in American Rifleman, July 2002. The origins of the Winchester Junior Rifle Corps can be traced in large part to two little books that were published in 1906 and 1907.

Winchester 1885 Rifle Current production Winchester 1885 Traditional Hunter High-Grade rifle. Photo Courtesy of Winchester. The Model 1885 single-shot, falling-block action rifle was the first long ...

THE BATTLE OF WINCHESTER. Share full article. Oct. 2, 1885. ... See the article in its original context from October 2, 1885, Page 3 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

The rifle is estimated at $55,000 to $85,000 pre-auction. The auction for these presidential and other historic firearms is set for May 17 through May 19 in Bedford, Texas through Rock Island ...

Appraisal: Custom Model 1894 Winchester Rifle, from Tulsa Hour 1. ... Francois Gaultier Doll with Original Costume, ca. 1885, from Tulsa Hour 1 (1m) Appraisal: Fred Kabotie Painting, ca. 1940.