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=== Winchester Ammunition ===
 
=== Winchester Ammunition ===
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[[Olin]] Corporation now manufacture Winchester branded [[ammunition]] since the ammo part of the business was not sold to [[U.S. Repeating Arms]]. These product lines within the Winchester brand including Winchester Cowboy Loads [[revolver]] [[cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]] and the Supreme and Supreme Elite, Super-X, AA and Super Target [[shotgun]] [[shell (firearms)|shells]].
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[[Olin]] Corporation now manufactures Winchester branded [[ammunition]] since the ammo part of the business was not sold to [[U.S. Repeating Arms]]. These product lines within the Winchester brand including Winchester Cowboy Loads [[revolver]] [[cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]] and the Supreme and Supreme Elite, Super-X, AA and Super Target [[shotgun]] [[shell (firearms)|shells]].
  
 
Winchester was one of the leading designers of [[rifle]] [[ammunition]] since its founding in 1866. They are responsible for inventing some of the most popular [[cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]] in the [[history of firearms]]. These include the .30 WCF ([[.30-30]]), the [[.50 BMG]], the [[.270 Winchester]], the [[.308 Winchester]], the [[.243 Winchester]], the .22 WMR ([[.22 Magnum]]), and the [[.300 Winchester Magnum]]. The engineers from [[Browning]] and Winchester co-developed the Browning .50 caliber [[machine gun]] during [[World War I]]. Winchester's engineering team invented the [[.50 BMG]] [[caliber (firearms)|caliber]] ammunition used by both the Browning machine gun and modern [[bolt-action]] [[sniper rifle]]s such as the [[Barrett M99]].
 
Winchester was one of the leading designers of [[rifle]] [[ammunition]] since its founding in 1866. They are responsible for inventing some of the most popular [[cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]] in the [[history of firearms]]. These include the .30 WCF ([[.30-30]]), the [[.50 BMG]], the [[.270 Winchester]], the [[.308 Winchester]], the [[.243 Winchester]], the .22 WMR ([[.22 Magnum]]), and the [[.300 Winchester Magnum]]. The engineers from [[Browning]] and Winchester co-developed the Browning .50 caliber [[machine gun]] during [[World War I]]. Winchester's engineering team invented the [[.50 BMG]] [[caliber (firearms)|caliber]] ammunition used by both the Browning machine gun and modern [[bolt-action]] [[sniper rifle]]s such as the [[Barrett M99]].
  
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In the United States and Canada, Winchester's venerable .30-30 was the most popular hunting cartridge in history. Now the commercial [[civilian]] market version of the [[NATO]] [[military]] [[7.62x51mm NATO]] cartridge, called the .308 Winchester, has surpassed the .30-30 in popularity<ref>[[Chuck Hawks|Hawks, Chuck]], [http://www.chuckhawks.com/ever_popular_30.htm Ever Popular .30's]. Chuckhawks.com, Accessed January 14, 2015</ref>  
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In the United States and Canada, Winchester's venerable .30-30 was the most popular hunting cartridge in history. Now the commercial [[civilian]] market version of the [[NATO]] [[military]] [[7.62x51mm NATO]] cartridge, called the .308 Winchester, has surpassed the .30-30 in popularity<ref>[[Chuck Hawks|Hawks, Chuck]], [http://www.chuckhawks.com/ever_popular_30.htm Ever Popular .30's]. Chuckhawks.com, Accessed January 14, 2015</ref>
  
 
==City in England==
 
==City in England==

Revision as of 07:21, January 15, 2015

Winchester has several meanings.

American Firearms Manufacturer

Winchester is a major American firearms manufacturer founded in 1866 in New Haven, Connecticut. The Winchester brand is nowadays used under license by two subsidiaries of the Herstal Group, Browning Arms Company of Morgan, Utah and Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Belgium. Their most common product is the Winchester Model 70 bolt-action rifle and the original antique pre-1899 firearm referred to as the Winchester Rifle.

Winchester Ammunition

Olin Corporation now manufactures Winchester branded ammunition since the ammo part of the business was not sold to U.S. Repeating Arms. These product lines within the Winchester brand including Winchester Cowboy Loads revolver cartridges and the Supreme and Supreme Elite, Super-X, AA and Super Target shotgun shells.

Winchester was one of the leading designers of rifle ammunition since its founding in 1866. They are responsible for inventing some of the most popular cartridges in the history of firearms. These include the .30 WCF (.30-30), the .50 BMG, the .270 Winchester, the .308 Winchester, the .243 Winchester, the .22 WMR (.22 Magnum), and the .300 Winchester Magnum. The engineers from Browning and Winchester co-developed the Browning .50 caliber machine gun during World War I. Winchester's engineering team invented the .50 BMG caliber ammunition used by both the Browning machine gun and modern bolt-action sniper rifles such as the Barrett M99.

In the United States and Canada, Winchester's venerable .30-30 was the most popular hunting cartridge in history. Now the commercial civilian market version of the NATO military 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge, called the .308 Winchester, has surpassed the .30-30 in popularity[1]

City in England

The less common meaning of Winchester refers to a small city of 116,595[2] in the county of Hampshire in Southern England. It was the capital city of Wessex, and after the unification of England by Alfred the Great in the 10th century, it became the capital city of England. It was superceded as capital by London after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Winchester is a picturesque and historical city with a fine Saxon and Norman cathedral which offers Anglican services.

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References

  1. ↑ Hawks, Chuck, Ever Popular .30's. Chuckhawks.com, Accessed January 14, 2015
  2. ↑ "2001 vs 2011 Census - Population and Age" Accessed January 14, 2015
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