Tag: 1866

Winchester Celebrates 150 Years in Business in 2016

Posted January 15, 2016 in Companies, Daily News, Guns & Gear, Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns by TFB Staffer with 16 Comments

Winchester as founded in 1866 by Oliver Winchester as the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company’s first gun was, of course, the Model 1866, a lever-action repeating rifle chambered in .44 Henry. The Model 1866 was nicknamed the “Yellow Boy” [Read More…]

Water cooled rifle

Posted April 26, 2010 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 31 Comments

This bizarre rifle is apparently a Turkish made Winchester 1866 lever action with a extra long barrel, 17 round magazine and a water cooling device. I have never seen this Maxim gun style water cooling on a rifle before!