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Aug 13, 2019 · Oliver Winchester was one of those type people and this book chronicles his life and the revolutionary new innovation, the repeating rifle that he developed, produced, and marketed as an essential tool for the settlement of the country's vast frontier.
Aug 12, 2019 · 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.
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Oliver Fisher Winchester (November 30, 1810 – December 10, 1880) was an American businessman and politician, best known as being the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
But who actually was Oliver F. Winchester? As one of the most historic and enduring brand names in all of firearms and shooting, the Winchester brand’s namesake, Oliver F. Winchester was neither personally a gun builder by trade nor an engineer or designer.
Apr 1, 2002 · Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 2002. It was perhaps the most important firearm of its era. Tested and proved in the fiery crucible of the Civil War, the Henry Rifle became the forerunner of the famous line of Winchester Repeating Rifles that "Won the West."
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Aug 11, 2020 · Trevelyan chronicles the rise and fortunes of a great American arms dynasty, from Oliver Winchester’s involvement with the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855 through the turbulent decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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.
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