Common historical examples include the Winchester Model 1892, Lee-Enfield " Jungle Carbine ", Mauser K98 Kurz, SKS, M1 carbine ( no relation to the larger M1 Garand ) and M4 carbine ( a more compact variant of the current M16 rifle ).

In 1878, John Moses Browning patented arguably the greatest single-shot rifle ever produced: after Browning sold his design to Winchester it was brought out as the Model 1885 Winchester Single Shot Rifle.

* Winchester Model 55: An unconventional hybrid of a single-shot and a semi-automatic, this. 22-caliber rifle ejected the fired case and recocked itself like a conventional blowback-operated self-loader, but it lacked a magazine and had to be manually reloaded for each shot.

In 1985 Browning re-introduced the famous Winchester Model 1885 single shot rifles in popular calibers, but under the Browning name.

In 2005, Winchester re-marketed their legendary Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle, under their Limited Series category.

* Chuck Hawk's articles on the Ruger # 1, the Harrington & Richardson 1871 Single Shot Rifles, New England Firearms Single Shot Rifles, and The Winchester / Browning Model 1885 High Wall Rifle.

*. 30-30 Winchester, a popular deer hunting cartridge, typically used in lever-action rifles, such as the Winchester Model 1894 and Marlin Model 336, also adapted to European sporting guns as 7. 62x51mmR ;

The Winchester Model 70 and Model 88 rifles were subsequently chambered for this cartridge.

The Winchester Model 1895 was also chambered for this cartridge per a contract with the Russian government.

Opened bolt on a Winchester Model 70.

* modern hunting / sporting rifles like the CZ 550, Heym Express Magnum, Winchester Model 70 and the Mauser M 98

* Winchester Model 70

A Winchester Model 1873 lever-action rifle

An example of firearms using lever action are the Winchester Repeating Rifle and Marlin Model 1894.

An example of firearms using the pump action are the Remington 870 and Winchester Model 1897.

In both photos he is seen holding a Winchester Model 1873 Carbine, and carrying a white-handled Colt revolver.

This perception was encouraged by the above mentioned photograph of McCarty, in which he appears to be wearing a gun belt with a holster on his left side, but further examination revealed that as all Winchester Model 1873 rifles were made with the loading gate on the right side of the receiver, the " left-handed " photograph is in fact a mirror image.

With the introduction of weapons such as the Thompson submachine gun and Winchester Model 1912 shotgun and the thick vegetation that could provide cover for a quick overrun of a patrol, a team of four men armed with these weapons had more firepower and maneuverability than the standard nine-man squad.

When Geronimo surrendered he had in his possession a Winchester Model 1876 lever-action rifle with a silver-washed barrel and receiver, bearing Serial Number 109450.

* Winchester Model 1897

In 1876, in a bid to compete with the powerful single-shot rifles of the time, Winchester brought out the Model 1876 ( Centennial Model ).

While similar in design to the 1873, the 1876 was actually based on the prototype 1868 lever-action rifle that was never commercially produced by Winchester.

* Nancy Maria Winchester ( 19 August 1828 Pennsylvania-17 March 1876 ).

In 1874 he became a foreman for Singer Sewing Machine Co., then was employed by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., later went to Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and then was Superintendent and Treasurer for the Sharps Rifle Co. on June 1, 1876 ..

The Regimental Depot which had been at Cowley Barracks, Oxford from 1876 to 1957 moved to Peninsula Barracks, Winchester in 1958.

" Those years included a secondary education, 1876 – 1880, at Winchester College, which claims to be, and was labeled by Hogarth as, " our oldest Public School.

He was shown a warm welcome regardless, and spent the time in Winchester recuperating from his ailment, enjoying his family and arranging his private affairs which were, of course, run down.

After becoming a monk at the monastery at Winchester, he was appointed Abbot of Tavistock Abbey in around 1027.

Ealdred was a monk in the cathedral chapter at Winchester Cathedral before becoming abbot of Tavistock Abbey about 1027, an office he held until about 1043.

Ælfheah (, " elf-high "; 954 – 19 April 1012 ), officially remembered by the name Alphege within some churches, and also called Elphege, Alfege, or Godwine, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of Canterbury.

Probably due to the influence of Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury ( 959 – 988 ), Ælfheah was elected Bishop of Winchester in 984, and was consecrated on 19 October that year.

Bede acknowledged his correspondents in the preface to the Historia Ecclesiastica ; he was in contact with Daniel, the Bishop of Winchester, for information about the history of the church in Wessex, and also wrote to the monastery at Lastingham for information about Cedd and Chad.

One of the most popular and recognizable carbines was the Winchester lever-action carbine, with several versions using revolver cartridges.

He firmly identifies Camelot with Winchester, an identification that remained popular over the centuries, though it was rejected by Malory's own editor, William Caxton, who preferred a Welsh location.

Malory's identification of Camelot as Winchester was probably partially inspired by the latter city's history.

The film was James Stewart's first western ( he would not return to the genre until 1950, with Broken Arrow and Winchester 73 ), and was also notable for a ferocious cat-fight between Marlene Dietrich and Una Merkel, which apparently caused a mild censorship problem at the time of release.

As soon as they disembarked at Southampton, Eleanor was taken either to Winchester Castle or Sarum Castle and held there.

Dyson was a Scholar at the renowned Winchester College from 1936 to 1941.

This situation continued until the late 1990s, when fullbore rifles of calibres up to. 270 Winchester were permitted to be licenced for the purposes of deer hunting on humane grounds ( prior to this, only the. 22 – 250 cartridge was available for deer hunting and it was felt to be only barely capable of this task ).

It was sold to Winchester and others primarily for. 22 and. 32 small calibres.

It was last sold by Winchester in 1947.

Howard Winchester Hawks ( May 30, 1896December 26, 1977 ) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era.

Camulodunum was burned to the ground, as well as Londinium and Verulamium, there is some archaeological evidence that the same happened at Winchester as well, and the Second Legion Augusta, stationed at Exeter, refused to move for fear of revolt among the locals there as well.

In 1929 it was acquired by Green & Carter, of Winchester, Hampshire, who were engaged in the manufacturing and installation of the well-known Vulcan and Vacher Rams.

In 1858 the Rifle Depot at Winchester was made their headquarters.

He was made dean of the Chapel Royal and translated to Winchester, a diocese that he administered with great success.

Following his death in 1626 in Southwark, he was mourned alike by leaders in Church and state, and buried by the high altar in St Mary Overie ( now Southwark Cathedral, then in the Diocese of Winchester ).

At her funeral service, John White ( the Bishop of Winchester ) praised Mary: " She was a king's daughter ; she was a king's sister ; she was a king's wife.