They had little trouble recognizing the advantages of a repeating firearm over a single-shot rifle. Two of the best known Winchester products are the Model 1873 and the Model 94, brainchild of ...

First came the Model 1886 Winchester that discarded the toggle-link lockup of the 1860,’66,’73 and ’76 lever actions and replaced it with two vertical, rectangular bolts of solid steel.

The Model 88 is a light, handy rifle, but touching one off, especially in .284 or .358 Win. rattled the teeth of shooters not used to dealing with the level of recoil generated by these cartridges.

Let’s begin with the really important stuff: XPR doesn’t officially stand for anything. I checked. The people at Winchester needed a name for their new rifle and rather than “Ralph” or ...

A pair of Browning Model 1885 single-shot rifles were also engraved gifted to President Ford, along with a pair of Ruger No. 1 single-shot rifles engraved and gold inlaid by James Meek.