Description
Winchester 1871 Fire Arms January Gun Catalog
82 pages, about 8 1/2″ x 11″ glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.
MANUALS FOR OLD WINCHESTERS – Winchester Catalogs from 1875 through 1920 contained operation manuals for all guns including cutaway drawings and component parts pictures.
This reprint of Winchester’s January 1871 catalog presents period advertising and sales literature from the early days of Winchester’s development as a major arms manufacturer.
What You’ll Find Inside
- Descriptions and listings of Winchester’s “live” models circa 1871
- References to earlier models like the Henry and Model ’66 (though not necessarily illustrated)
- Company background, vision statements, and brand messaging
- Pricing tables and product listing summaries for models available at the time
Best Suited For
- Collectors and bibliophiles interested in early Winchester marketing literature
- Historians tracing the evolution of Winchester’s product line and branding
- Researchers studying 19th-century firearms advertising and sales tactics
- Enthusiasts seeking original context for early Winchester catalog material
We are not affiliated with any arms or gun manufacturer.
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
- Winchester Fire Arms January 1871 Gun Catalog
- New Haven, Connecticut
- The Swiss Military Commission on Breech Loaders
- Winchester The Coming Gun”
- History and innovations
- The Spencer, The Henry
- One shot or 30 in a minute
- Better than the Springfield
- Sturdy
- Meetings of the Ordnance Boards is like Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle
- Official Report of the Chief Ordnance after the Civil War
- Message of the Federal Council to the High Federal Switzerland concerning Breech Loading Arms 1866
- Result of report: Winchester is the best portable fire arm now known
- Copies of targets made with the Winchester Infantry Model
- Testimonials
- Article from the New York World 1866
- The Prussian Expenditure of Cartridges
- Directions of use
- Cut away view of the Henry
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