Saturday, May 24, 2008

A couple nicely framed Ammo display cases



A couple Western Cartridge posters (not actual ammo)



Miscellaneous WESTERN Framed "Art"









Framed Prints. Dunno if they're originals or not, but Dad didn't collect crap, let alone hang it on his wall. These measure about 2x3 feet each.

Rare Salesman's Ammo "Suitcase"






Some more Winchester/Western small Ammo displays






















All measure around 8x10. Along with a generic Winchester board, we have commemorative ammo displays for:
a) Legendary Frontiersmen
b) Legendary Lawmen
c) Antlered Game
d) Wells Fargo
e) Winchester/Bicentennial

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

WRA Co. "Book 6" : Winchester Ammunition Production Orders May 19, 1891- July 14, 1892











This is the ledger (on onion skin paper) that details orders for Winchester Ammunition between the dates of 05/19/1891 and 07/14/1892. Pages are numbered to 702, but only every other page has writing on it due to the ink and thin-skinned paper. Click on a pic to magnify...some parts are hard to read.

Western Cartridge Company - Process Change Authorizations - Rimfire & Centerfire Packaging 1919-1920











Here's a unique an interesting item - an early Western 'audit trail' of ammo packaging changes, labels included. I suspect this is quite rare.




Sunday, May 11, 2008

Modified Model 12
















Here's a Model 12 (serial number 792409, circa 1939) with a modified barrel and choke.
Barrel attachment produced by Cutts.
Note the WS-1 engraved near the patent info over the forend stock. What's WS-1 mean?

Winchester Catalogs 1879-1895


Shown, in left-to-right, top-to-bottom order, are:

May 1st, 1879
August 1891
July, 1892
October 1893
April 1894 #52
February 1895 #54

Yikes.

Winchester Catalogs 1897-1900


Shown, in left-to-right top-to-bottom order, are:


November 1897 #60

October 1898 #62

February 1899 #63

August 1899 #64

April 1900 #65

1900 #65 (salesman)

Wichester Catalogs 1901-1904


Shown, in left-to-right, top-to-bottom order, are:


March 1901 #67

January 1902 #68

March 1903 #70 (salesman)

March 1903 #70

1904 #71 (small salesman)

1904 #71 (large salesman)

Winchester Catalogs 1904-1909


Shown, in left-to-right and top-to-bottom order, are:


1904 #71 (large salesman's)

1905 Winchester Telegraph Code book

October 1905 #72 (Salesman)

January, 1907 #73

March, 1908 #74 (Salesman)

March 1909 #75

Winchester Catalogs 1910-1914


Shown, left-to-right, top-to-bottom, are:

June 1910 #76

October 1911 #77

October 1911 #77 (salesman)

January 1913 #78

1914 #79

1914 #79 (salesman)

Winchester Catalogs 1915-Present

I could show these, too, but I'm getting tired of taking pictures of these things and they're fragile. You guys probably get the point by now, anway!

Monday, May 5, 2008

Model 1890 Short .22 Calibre from Winchester's R&D















































We believe this triggerless Model 1890 Short .22 is a prototype from Winchester's Research & Development department. Note the stainless steel, hexagonic barrel. For some reason, the camera made most of these pix make the stainless barrel and receiver appear to be gold - they're not. See the last pic to gauge the true hue.

Serial No appears to be 7.7.913, but actually references a date (thank you, Herb!).
Note the patent info in one pic and the "R F", "W" and the encircled "VF" on the underside of the barrel (sorry pix are a little blurry). Also, note the notches on the barrel.

Blue Print Book: The Model 52
















This book was on display for a number of years at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.
Pics show the cover, along with four sample pages. Note the huge poster-sized fold-out. This book measures probably 2 foot by 16 inches.