40 82 winchester history book

I cant find my cartridges of the world book, so i dont know what the specs are. Winchester 1892 fix disassembly and reassembly youtube. It has a 26 full octagon barrel, full magazine, checkered 2x fancy wood stocks, shotgun butt and pistol grip. I drove down to one of our properties south of town and tried a few test rounds in my 1903 vintage lw. I have learned a lot from reading this book about the history of winchester firearms. A brief history of winchester rifles and the model 1886. The first model produced under his name was the model 1866 leveraction rifle. Winchester repeating arms company established itself as one of the leading firearms manufacturers of the world, and subsequent rifles produced by winchester are highly prized by collectors today.

Looking in my old reloading record book, i found a note i wrote in 1954 for a 35 w. In mike venturinos book, shooting lever guns of the old west he covers the 40 82. Winchesters winchester model 1886 page 1 collectors. Oliver winchester, the founder of the company, was an astute businessman who hired the best designers and gunmakers and acquired companies and patents in order to create a full range of longarms. The rear sight is a correct winchester 24c with the proper elevator. Ventura heritage 40 82 wcf 255gr rnfp cowboy ammunition for sale at ventura munitions. John browning resolved the problem by scaling down the already proven 86 action.

A very nice antique winchester model 1886 rifle, 40 82 wcf caliber, 26 octagonal barrel, length 1 cm, in very good condition. Completely updated pricing for winchester firearms with new entries and photos. Introduced as the 40 82 winchester center fire wcf in 1885, for the winchester mdl 1886, this was a black powder cartridge, later loaded in smokeless, and discontinued about 1935. The 5 calibers to claim the most powerful handgun in the world title reupload duration. This is not a comprehensive book on the history of winchester during and including americas history, but instead, a fun timeline of the henry rifle and its evolution into the winchester carbine, rifle, and musket. The model 1876 winchester used the same togglelink lockup of the 1873 model to harness cartridges like. Winchester your gun dissembles by unscrewing the magazine, the caliber is greater than. Unfortunately we do not have any specific data on this caliber author. Winchester 1886 wild west originals history about guns.

The model 1911 was not a commercial success with some 82,774 produced and made a name of itself as a design failure. It was a highpowered lever action rifle in the new modern cartridges. Model 1886 current products these leveraction rifles make up the core family of model 1886 rifles currently being produced by winchester repeating arms. This is not a comprehensive book on the history of winchester during and including americas history, but instead, a fun timeline of the henry rifle and its evolution into the. Winchesters winchester model 1892 page 1 collectors. Winchester rifles and shotguns was established by oliver f. Barrel has very good original blue mixed with patina. World standard guns and ammunition winchester repeating arms co. If we have to backorder expect 90120 days for delivery. Loading the winchester 40 82 in handloader 84, and in an article titled.

This winchester model 1886 deluxe rifle was shipped from the factory april 6, 1889. What is the value of a winchester model 1886 40 82. American rifleman a look back at the winchester 1894. That stated, winchester factory loaded jacketed bullets and smokeless powder cartridges in 40 82 wcf. Jul 30, 2009 the shabby old winchester model 1886, when it came into my possession, was almost indescribable. Then add to the fact that it belonged to one of the west most noted lawmen heck thomas. I dont know the excact model as my great grandfather modernized it for hunting in the 20s. Aug 15, 2008 such as the civil war and winchester s rivalry with the spencer rifle. The 40 82 was actually quite a popular cartridge, surviving into the smokeless era. The 1886 was a collaboration between john moses browning and his brother, matthew sandifer. Wood is very good, there is a stain on each side of the butt stock. It was the first metallic centerfire cartridge manufactured by winchester, and was promoted as the standard chambering for the new winchester model 1873 rifle.

You are bidding on an exceptional, antique winchester super rare, seldom seen, 1886 saddle ring carbine. In one of the most indemand m86 win calibers, this very early 2pc box is in truly excellent condition with no seam splits or repairs. American rifleman a look back at the 1886 winchester. About 1886 winchester rifles the 1886 winchester rifle was a successor to the 1873 winchester, designed on a john browning patent. Winchester is the home of the awardwinning blue apple theatre, a company of actors. A very nice antique winchester model 1886 rifle, 40 82 wcf. Thoroughly researched, this 312 page book contains over 1,400 full color photographs as. I sent off for a factory letter from the cody museum to verify the manufacturers data.

Chambered for the highly desirable 4065, with an octagonal barrel, fine bore and clean internal mechanism, the rifle should have commanded a premium price. In 1879, john moses browning and his brothers, matthew, jonathan edmund, thomas samuel, william, and george, started their own gun shop, the browning brothers arms company. These included, in addition to single shot rifle, the winchester model 1886. Made the hexagon barrel round, cut the tube down ect. Ventura heritage 4082 wcf 255gr rnfp ammo 20 rounds. It is a 4032 wcf with manufacturing marks from wra co.

All loads use the lyman bullet cast of straight wheelweight alloy, lubed with javelina alox and left the ascast diameter of 0. Bore is very good with strong rifling and light pitting. Considered by most the best book written on the history of the winchester rifle. It was a cartridge that started out in the 1886 winchester loaded with bp and then in 1889 was also being offered in smokeless loads.

The frame has mottled gray patina where case colors once were. The design heritage of the model 40 dates back to 1911 with the model 1911, winchester s previous offering catered to the semiautomatic shotgun market, which was the result of attempts to sidestep as many of john brownings patents he held on his shotgun as possible. Model 1886 rifles were manufactured in the following calibers. Lots of hightech companies are based in or near san jose, and of the dozens of times ive been there, all but one or two were. Nov 24, 2014 winchester 1892 fix disassembly and reassembly. The winchester model 1886 was a leveraction repeating rifle designed by john browning to handle some of the more powerful cartridges of the period. Winchester mystery house the building project of a lifetime joe kissell san jose, californiaabout an hours drive south of san franciscois the unofficial center of silicon valley. Ventura heritage 4082 wcf 255gr rnfp cowboy ammunition for sale at ventura munitions. Repeating and single shot rifles and shotguns, metallic cartridges, loaded and empty shells, brass shot shells, percussion caps, primers, shot, gun wads cover title. If anybody has a book that contains 40 82 reloading data, i would be eternally gratefully to receive a scan of that page via email or snail mail. Save up to 20% on ammunition and shooting accessories at ventura munitions. In one of our previous videos we started shooting this beautiful chiappa 1892 winchester reproduction and experienced a few issues, here we.

Street after street of suburban homes in the years following the civil warand later wwiisurvive intact and attest to winchesters final evolution into a residential suburb. Manufactured in 1890, this is an outstanding, blue chip investment, early 1886 with cody firearms paper and mint bore at no reserve. The winchester firearms company in the 1950s came out with a new rifle called the winchester model 88, which was introduced in 1955. I am selling this for a friend that bought this gun from me a few years ago along with another antique 94 i will be listing soon. Winchester remington henry collectible ammunition ammo.

On may 22, 1866, oliver winchester establishes the winchester repeating arms company to build the finest guns and ammunition possible. These early winchester caliber boxes by peters are very scarce generally, but rare in condition such as this. Cast bullets are definitely the least damaging to the bore. Sarah pardee married william in 1862 and reports say they had a wonderful life in new england. He said that he was using 4570 brass, but from what little info i have came across i think that it is a bit short. Good grief a very rare 86 in 40 82 caliber that belonged to heck thomas winchester only chambered these 40 82 wcf in every 700,000 rifles or so. There are a lot of things to look for when buying a vintage winchester but it is hard to tell someone, experience goes a long way. This letter described the rifle as having a 28 inch octagon barrel, plain trigger, serial number applied june 10, 1887. It has a 26 full octagon barrel, full magazin for sale by columbia precision on gunsamerica 956482741. Basically, winchester wanted something smaller, stronger and smoother for these cartridges. With its polished brass receiver the model 1866 yellow boy leveraction rifle is the first gun to bear the winchester name. I set up my table, lead sled and chrony, stapled a target at 50 yds and took a seat.

Jun 03, 2016 the builder was sarah winchester, who started the project in 1884 as the 44 yearold widow of william wirt winchester, whose fatheroliver fisher winchestermanufactured the popular winchester repeating rifle. The book is in fine to as new condition, solid binding, no bumps or scraping to the covers, all interior pages clean and white. Find your best price for 4082 win ammo best 40 82 win ammunition search engine 2020. The history of winchester firearms is a captivating and wonderfully illustrated chronicle of one of the most famous and legendary names in history. The gun that built an american dynasty laura trevelyan on. The trio of cartridges that it was introduced with are the 40 82, 40 65 and the 4570, which i notice you have in your list. A fascinating history of the family behind the popular firearm that changed america and the world arguably the worlds most famous firearm. Elmer kieth covered the model 40 in his 1950 book shotguns by kieth. Later 1886 winchester with proof steel barrels can be loaded considerably heavier than the older soft steel bp barrels can. My book says rifles so chambered are rare despite its excellent for the time.

Most of the old 86 black powder jobs i have seen have poor bores, 40 82, 40 65,3856 etc. Winchester never in the history of its production headstamped this caliber that way. This would be the rimless cartridges, like the 243, 308, 358, and eventually the 284. Savage model 112 magnum target rifle offers affordable accuracy. I have an old winchester lever action 40 82 handed down through my family since the early 1900s. What is the value of a winchester model 1886 40 82 octagonal barrel lever action rifle.

Weve looked through all our new and old reloading books, and we cannot find any data for the 40 82. What started as a small dream has become a multimillion dollar international business selling ammunition, reloading supplies and accessories. All loads except with h4831 contained cornmeal filler. The tenx cowboy loads are very mild, and would be a good choice. I would never consider firing this part of american history. The 40 72 win cartridge appeared with the introduction of. After 50 years of service winchester dropped production in 1935. Winchester hosts one of the uks larger farmers markets, with about 100 stalls. The rest of the world called these three rounds the.