Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2018 Design Drawing, Winchester Repeating Shotgun A quick glance through each of the Center’s five museums, and… Read More
Points West Online: To My Winchester
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2016 To My Winchester By Captain Jack Crawford Sweetheart of mine:For years thy loyalty has proven trueAs is the… Read More
A Winchester Christmas List: Winchester Stores and Merchandise in the 1920s
What was on a Christmas wish list from the 1920s? Roller skates? A baseball bat? How about a new refrigerator, or tool set? Or a… Read More
Museum Minute: Buffalo Bill’s Winchester Carbine
There are stories, which pass through hearsay but one can never be sure if the story is completely true. The Buffalo Bill Museum at… Read More
Author Laura Trevelyan shares Winchester family lecture
As the great-great-great-granddaughter of Oliver Winchester, author Laura Trevelyan knows a thing or two about the Winchesters—the family and the guns. On Thursday, May 18… Read More
T.C. Johnson’s Bolt Action Experiments
One of the most widely produced rifles in America during World War One was the P14 Enfield and the M1917. Designers based these guns on… Read More
Winchester Goes to War
This year, 2017, is the centennial of the United States joining World War One. But while the U.S. government did not join the war until… Read More
Role Reversal: Colt’s Rifle and Winchester’s Revolver
When you go to the local gun shop or sporting goods store these days you can find a dizzying array of brands and corporate logos… Read More
Smith & Wesson Name Change? Let’s Look Back
Last week Smith & Wesson announced a potential name change. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation would like to change its names to American Outdoor Brands… Read More
A Caliber Too Far: The Lee Navy
These days small bore high velocity cartridges abound, and new ones keep pushing the limits of cartridge performance. The 1890s weren’t that different. The introduction… Read More