At a time when double barreled shotguns were the norm, the Winchester 1887 repeating shotgun provided a significant increase in firepower. Designed by John Browning and using the lever action loading mechanism
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Repeating Gun Made by Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1886 Model (Larger image) | Expositions, where the modern technology of the times was exhibited.
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An old engraving showing mechanisms of magazine firearms from the 1800s – these American ones have integral, internal mechanisms. It is from a Victorian book of the 1880s. The top cross-section is
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