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2010 150 YEARS OF LEGENDARY EXCELLENCE 1912 The fi rst of 1996 2003 Building on the “shorter is 1885 The Single Shot is 1964 many Win- The optional Ballistic better” concept, the Winchester Super In honor of the 200th 1866 With its polished brass receiver the Model The Model 1912 pump 1920 introduced. chester Factory Commemora- BOSS Optimizing Shooting Short Magnums (WSSM) are unveiled. birthday of Oliver F. 1866 “Yellow Boy” lever- rifl e is the fi rst 1904 is introduced The Model 20, tives is a Model 1894 produced System (BOSS) is introduced, combining Winchester, Winchester to bear the Winchester name. The Model 1902 and becomes one of the chambered for T H A N K S F O R T H E R I D E for the Wyoming Diamond a barrel tuner and ported muzzle break o¥ ers a special Model 1895 single-shot .22 rimfi re world’s most popular the.410 shotshell 2008 The Model 70 rifl e Jubilee. It remains among the that allows the shooter to fi ne tune their 1894 rifl e and limited MAY 22,1866 1886 The Model 1886 lever-action rifl e is rifl e is introduced and and respected designs is introduced and returns, equipped with the 1866 Winchester introduces its fi rst commercial rarest of the all Winchester rifl e with just a twist of the wrist. edition collectible The iconic Winchester brand celebrates 150 years of introduced to handle the large cartridges becomes famous as of all time. included in the latest three-lever M.O.A. establishes the Winchester 1931 The Model 21 side-by-side Factory Commemoratives, and . like the potent 45-70 Government. part of the Winchester Winchester Junior System and an improved Repeating Arms Company to build the fi nest smokeless centerfi re cartridges including shotgun is introduced and estab- establishes the Custom Shop as legendary excellence in 2016—a historic milestone 1873 The Model 1873 lever-action rifl e Junior Rifl e Corps Trap Shooting three-position safety. and ammunition possible. the 30-30 Winchester. lishes Winchester’s reputation for an important part of commemo- representing a steadfast commitment to the is introduced in 44-40 WCF. Known as Range Kit. O u t fi t . building top-quality sporting arms. rative design and production. the “Gun That Won the West,” more than 2015 The introduction of the XPR rifl e marks the fi rst When paired with the The Model 70 Custom Sharpshooter is introduced. Fitted with a new Winchester brand action centerfi re design and traditions and future generations 700,000 are produced. To celebrate our nation’s 200th anniversary, Winchester introduces Schneider stainless steel barrel, it comes with a 1 MOA accuracy in more than 50 years. It is a robust, reliable and a¥ ordable hunting rifl e Model 1894, it’s the most The Model 1898 breech-loading signal cannon is introduced. Chambered for 1919 The Model 52 rimfi re bolt-action target rifl e is the Bicentennial Model 1894 fi nished with an antique silver receiver, 1993 of sportsmen. Thank you to our loyal customers 1976 guarantee and is one of the world’s fi rst -grade factory rifl es. that’s intended to carry the brand forward for decades to come. famous deer and 1903 a 10-gauge , it remains a Winchester-branded product. introduced and it soon becomes the benchmark. special engraving and an inlaid medallion. who’ve trusted us in the great outdoors, at the range, ammo combination ever. Ti¥ any & 1905 The Model 1933 Three new 1935 The 1936 The leg- 1955 The 1974 The Super 1972 A rimfi re version 1974 The 1883 1887 The Model 1890 The 1894 The 1895 The 1897 The 1900 1978 The Model 1979 The fi rst 1983 The Model 1998 A new era of 2000 The Supreme® 2005 The Winchester Super 2016 Winchester on patrol and in combat. A world leader in delivering 1905 is introduced, guns are introduced; Model 69 endary Model 70 Model 88 is X Model 1 auto- of the Model 1894 is Super X Model 1875 The Model 1883 T.G. Bennett of Win- 1887 lever-action Model 1890 Model 1894 le- Model 1895 Winchester Co. produces a 1300 pump shot- Matched Set of 9422 Annie autoloading shotgun over-and-under shot- X2 autoloader sets the fi rst of proudly introduces the fi rst Winchester the Model 63 rimfi re bolt-action centerfi re bolt introduced, loading shotgun launched. Called the 1 autoloading innovative products, Winchester is The American Winchester Hotchkiss chester purchases repeating shot- pump-action .22 ver-action rifl e centerfi re rifl e is Model 1897 is silver embel- gun and Model One Thousand Oakley rimfi re performance begins gun is introduced. three new world records. a host of commem- for hunting, self-loading center- rifl e, the Model 64 r i m fi r e action rifl e begins breathing introduced — the 9422 it helps introduce shotgun intro- Gun, often the manufacturing gun and Model rimfi re rifl e is in- is introduced, introduced with introduced. It’s lished Model 1500 autoloading commemorative in commemorative with the Winchester oratives including Legend, a brand built on integrity, hard work and a fi re rifl e and the fi rst lever-action centerfi re rifl e is in- production and new life into fi rst of the Super a whole new genera- duced — the called the Third Mod- rights for a new 1887 pump-ac- troduced, along becoming the an internal box the best-selling 1894 in the Art fi rst of the Su- shotgun are intro- Winchester history is re- Super X2 The Model 70 is 2006 The Super X3 auto- the Model 1866 I pronounce Winchester rifl e with rifl e and the Model 42 troduced. soon becomes the lever-ac- X automatic tion to the Winchester winchester el, is introduced and single-shot rifl e tion repeating with the .22 best selling magazine to pump-action Nouveau style per X automatic duced, as well as is released, pairing leased, the fi rst named “Bolt-Action loading shotgun is introduced Yellow Boy — the deep focus on its most loyal customers. a detachable box pump-action shotgun. known as the “Ri- tion rifl e. . lever-action mystique. introduces new is the fi rst Winchester designed by John shotgun are Winchester c e n t e r fi r e r i fl e handle modern shotgun on the for the Paris shotguns. the Model 23 side- a Model 1894 and a such fi rearm to Rifl e of the Century” with an improved, self-adjust- gun that started it your improved market. Exposition. magazine. fl eman’s Rifl e.” RIVAL products bolt-action rifl e. M. Browning. introduced. Fire . in U.S. history. pointed . by-side shotgun Model 9422 honor a woman. by Shooting Times. ing Active Valve gas system all 150 years ago. JOIN US AS THE LEGENDARY RIDE CONTINUES. Winchester 1877 1886 1897 2001 2014 the boss.” Shotshell Loaded shot- Factory components shells in 10, loaded During the fi rst decade of The 300 WSM — William F. “Bu alo Bill” Cody in 1904 1975 for reloaders 12, 14, 16 and shotshells WINCHESTER SUPPORTS AMERICAN TROOPS IN TWO WORLD WARS the Global War on Terror, (Winchester Short the 1875 Winchester catalog 20 gauge Winchester The Bu¥ alo Bill Historic Center in Cody, Winchester will deliver over Magnum) cartridge Wyoming begins negotiations to secure the Win- shooters Ad and is introduced. The Long Beard XR redefi nes turkey hunting ammunition 1914 1918 1939 1945 chester Repeating Arms corporate gun collec- Plinky Topperwein TWO 300 WSM o¥ ers and sets two new world records at the NWTF still tar- The assassination of Arch- Winchester produces over After more than a half-decade of global tion. Thousands of Winchester guns become the 1876 dazzle visitors at long action mag- get competition. SHOT LOK technology uses a liquid duke Franz Ferdinand of war, Allied armies are victorious. Some cornerstone of the new Cody Firearms Museum. the Worlds Fair in 65,000 1965 BILLION num performance resin that hardens, keeping the shot perfectly round. The Winchester… 1900 Saint Louis. Austria plunges Europe into 47,000 Quantity of the fi rst M1 Garand rifl e or- in a short action . Model 1918 Browning Winchester introduces the rounds of Winchester der for the U.S. Military. During the war, 15 BILLION The Winchester 1981 rifl e. Additional is by all odds the Automatic Rifl es (BARs) rounds of Winchester ammunition were 1962 legendary AA shotshell. Its ammunition Designed for the new introduces 1915 Winchester will build more than a half Mark 5 shot collar is in- WSM soon during WWI. The Model delivered to American troops. durable one-piece compres- shooter, Winchester’s W Repeater million such rifl es. troduced, enclosing the to support follow. best weapon I ever Winchester produces nearly 1897 pump-action shotgun sion-formed hull is ideal for re- Train & Defend ammunition shotshells. shot column and greatly is modifi ed and nicknamed 1941 loading and quickly becomes America’s is matched for range training improving patterning the “go-to” shell for millions of and personal defense. had, and now I The fi rst Grand American Trapshooting 250,000 the “Trench Broom” by Winchester’s turnaround 1976 Warfighters. Enfi eld Pattern Number 14 …THE GREATEST performance. clay target shooters. Championship marks the beginning of American soldiers. time to develop a light mil- bolt-action rifl es to equip the 13 itary carbine and cartridge use it almost more than a century of Winchester sup- 1909 Theodore Roosevelt 2013 British Army in Europe and Winchester engineers collaborate with John M. days and deliver to government BATTLE IMPLEMENT 24,000 1993 High-perfor- port for the annual event. and his son Kermit bring The new world’s one Browning to develop the legendary .50 ma- evaluators. Winchester builds more mance, water-resis- 2011 exclusively...” smoothbore Model 1873 EVER DEVISED.” day record, set by a 300,000 chine gun cartridge. Over a half decade Winchester than 800,000 of the six million M1 tant Super-X Drylok “Bu¥ alo Bill” Cody’s favorite Winchester rifl e for trick shots 15 crates team of six trapshoot- 1898 The United Model 1895 for the army supports the War E¥ ort with over made during the confl ict. — General George S. Super Steel Water- 3,000 — Theodore Roosevelt on the in his “Wild West Show.” The show launched in and of brand new Winchester rifl es, ers uses six Winchester 1883 States goes to war of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. Patton, Jr. on the M1 1963 The 300 Winchester Magnum NASA selects Winchester fowl shotshells are feet per second Centennial Model 1876 lever- would soon feature Annie Oakley. ammunition and spare parts for a Super X Model 1 shot- with Spain. Lt. Col. 870 MILLION ROUNDS 1944 Garand. Winchester cartridge is introduced, fi lling an 209 shotshell primers introduced, as well action rifl e year-long African safari sponsored 1917 guns, crushing the old The speed of the newly released Theodore Roosevelt In June Allied forces invade Normandy, builds a special M1 important performance niche between to initiate the separation as Supreme Fail Safe by the Smithsonian Institution. Winchester modifi es the Enfi eld mark by 9,000 targets. Winchester Blind Side Steel ammu- 17 Winchester Super Magnum 1893 becomes a national marking the start of the fi nal liberation Garand for Patton. Winchester’s 264 and 338 Magnums. and parachute recovery rifl e ammunition. Number 14 Pattern to handle the nition, with its ‘hex’ shape shot and debuts, making it the fastest Winchester hero leading his of Europe. systems on the Space 1875 Premium US.-standard 30-06 Springfi eld diamond cut wad, is named ammo rimfi re cartridge in the world. begins load- “Rough Rider” volun- 1905 - Winchester Shuttle’s solid rocket quality Model cartridge, and builds more than 1965 While the “Horse & Rider” product of the year by Outdoor Life 1871 The National Rifl e ing sporting teer unit at San Juan begins using the 1952 NILO Farms is created booster engines. 1873s are marked have been part of the Winchester 1966 To mark the and NRA American Hunter. Association is found- cartridges Heights. Roosevelt famous W/P oval as part of Winchester’s “One of One Hun- brand since 1919, 100th Anniversary of ed in New York with with the reportedly loans his proof mark called 500,000 ongoing commitment to 1959 - Two-time national dred” and “One of the trademark 1991 Winchester 2009 Based on tech- U.S. Army General personal Winchester the “Hallmark of U.S. Model 1917 Enfi eld rifl es, champion King Buck, bred Winchester Repeating 2015 One Thousand,” latest thing in product development, is o« cially introduces the Super-X nology developed for Ambrose Burnside Model 1895 rifl e Quality” and intro- the widely used rifl e by Ameri- and trained at NILO Farms Arms, a gold-tone plat- 2007 The award-winning Deer Season XP debuts–the fi rst making them ammunition 1935 collab- fi eld-testing and modern registered. BRI Sabot Slug, setting the FBI, Winchester as the organization’s to another soldier duces Nublack brand can troops during WWI. and Kennels, is the fi rst ed Model 1894 named Winchester Legends Winchester product specifi cally among the most — smokeless orates with Smith & game management. a new standard for introduces PDX1 De- fi rst president. during the attack. shotshells. and only dog to appear on the Model 66 Centen- television series debuts designed for sought after by powder. Wesson to produce the shotgun accuracy and fender personal defense the Federal Duck Stamp. nial is introduced. with host Ron Spomer. hunting deer. collectors. 357 Magnum cartridge. terminal performance. ammunition.

1869 The transcontinental railroad is 1878 1880 Oliver 1897 Winchester’s fi rst custom-en- 1907 The Model 1907 1911 Winchester starts loading Lesmok 1921 Winchester intro- 1925 The 1927 Winchester 1932 Dr. Fred Olsen 1950 The west- 1961 The Power Point 1967 Winchester opens its 1985 - Winchester is awarded 2005 Winchester Ammunition cele- 2015 The 2016 completed, opening the American West Winchester F. Winchester powder in centerfi re cartridges. duces the legendary fl at-shooting Geelong, Australia manufac- the contract to operate the graving catalog “Highly Finished semi-auto centerfi re introduces Lubaloy patents a method for ern movie “Win- 1956 is introduced, designed to 1969 Winchester brates its new rimfi re manufacturing Winchester The iconic to settlement. receives a dies at age Super-X brand shotshell. 270 Winchester copper-plated bullets. making smokeless chester ‘73” is provide more rapid expan- turing facility and begins pro- government’s Lake City Army Arms” rifl e is introduced The 458 introduces WinChoke, operations in Oxford, Mississippi, Pattern Board Winchester This westward patent for a 70 in New cartridge is powder underwater in released, staring sion on thin-skinned game. duction with the famous AA Ammunition Plant in Indepen- produced along with the new 1919 Artist Phillip R. Winchester one of the fi rst inter- also home to one of the most state- App launches, a brand celebrates 150 years expansion will folded type Haven, CT introduced and small spherical grains. Jimmy Stewart. compression form shotshell. dence, Missouri. Over the next and remains .351 Winchester Self Goodwin creates an Magnum changeable choke of-the-art facilities in the world for tool used to com- of legendary excellence. fuel decades of primer anvil. becomes fa- The new Ball Powder Winchester’s a source of Loading smokeless illustration that cartridge is tube systems o¥ ered centerfi re rifl e and handgun ammu- pare shotshell demand for Win- mous through creates an instant wizard Herb For a full Winchester historic inspiration cartridge. soon becomes introduced. on a factory shotgun. nition manufacturing. patterns using chester fi rearms. the writings of competitive advantage Parsons fi lls 15 years timeline and more information, for today’s the trademark for the plant will deliver more than actual data from Jack O’Connor. engravers. Winchester. for Winchester’s am- in for Stewart the range. visit www.winchester.com munition operation. during the fi lm’s trick shooting 8 billion scenes. rounds of mil-spec ammunition.