The Winchester rifle’s technological family tree runs through the Henry rifle, used during the Civil War, and on back to 1849, when inventor Walter Hunt patented the Volition Repeating Rifle.

Oliver Winchester, the inventor of the Winchester Repeating Rifle Laura's great, great grandfather Oliver invented the Winchester Repeating Rifle, which, as all students of American history know ...

To most gun enthusiasts, the name Winchester typically conjures up images of lever-action rifles or slide-action shotguns. For many years, the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. of New Haven, Conn.

Winchester directors the Spierig Brothers discuss their new haunted house movie and the unique role guns and the Winchester rifle play in both scaring audiences and the history of violence in the ...

405 Winchester. Yes, for a time, it was the most powerful rimmed cartridge in a lever-action rifle. Too, it eventually enjoyed some modest success in the company’s Model 1885 High Wall Single ...