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  2. Winchester Model 1912 - Wikipedia

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    The Model 1912 (shortened to Model 12 in 1919) was the next step from the Winchester Model 1897 hammer-fired shotgun, which in turn had evolved from the earlier Winchester Model 1893 shotgun. The Model 12 was designed by Winchester engineer T.C. Johnson, and was based in part on the M1893/97 design by John M. Browning, in that it used a sliding ...

  3. Winchester Super Short Magnum - Wikipedia

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    For example, if we compare the .25 WSSM to the .25-06 Remington, we find that the .25-06 requires a .30-06 length action, commonly called a standard or long action. The .25 WSSM case which is almost a full inch shorter, can make use of an existing short action such as used by the 5.56 NATO and .223 Remington family of cartridges.

  4. List of Winchester Center Fire cartridges - Wikipedia

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    More commonly known as WCF, it is a family of cartridges designed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. There are many other Winchester cartridges that do not carry the WCF moniker, such as the .300 WSM. .270 Winchester, and .300 Winchester Magnum Cartridges.22 WCF.25-20 WCF - ".25 WCF".25-35 WCF.30 WCF - ".30-30".307 Winchester

  5. .30-30 Winchester - Wikipedia

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    The .30-30 Winchester (officially named the .30 Winchester Center Fire or .30 WCF) cartridge was first marketed for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle in 1895. The .30-30 (pronounced "thirty-thirty"), as it is most commonly known, along with the .25-35 Winchester, was offered that year as the United States' first small-bore sporting rifle cartridges designed for smokeless powder.

  6. U.S. Repeating Arms Company - Wikipedia

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    Products. Rifles, shotguns. The U.S. Repeating Arms Company ( USRAC) was an American manufacturer of firearms. It was established in 1981 and operated as an independent company until 1989, when it went bankrupt and was taken over by Fabrique Nationale Herstal. The company traced its origins to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, which was ...

  7. Nathan Bedford Forrest - Wikipedia

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    Nathan Bedford Forrest was born on July 13, 1821, to a poor settler family in a secluded frontier cabin near Chapel Hill hamlet, then part of Bedford County, Tennessee, but now in Marshall County. Forrest was the first son of Mariam (Beck) and William Forrest.

  8. Winchester model 30 - Wikipedia

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    The Winchester Model 30 was an experimental self-loading rifle offered to the United States War Department as an alternative to the M1 Garand. Winchester Repeating Arms modified the design to a selective fire Winchester Automatic Rifle after military field trials favored the Garand. Development had not progressed beyond limited-production ...

  9. IWI Tavor TS12 - Wikipedia

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    IWI Tavor TS12. The IWI Tavor TS12 is an Israeli semi-automatic bullpup shotgun, based on the IWI Tavor assault rifle. The Tavor TS12 is designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). [3] The TS12 was the best selling semi-automatic shotgun on GunBroker.com in 2020. [4]