• WCF

    Stands for Winchester Center Fire and is found on cartridge designations such as .44-40 WCF. The WCF cartridges are also commonly designated as Win. instead of WCF such as .32-30 Win. More

  • Weatherby

    As early as 1945 Weatherby was rechambering and altering customers' rifles for his fledgling family of cartridges, the .257, .270 and .300 Weatherby Magnums. He had also developed the .220 Rocket--a blown-out .220 Swift with an altered case taper and shoulder. More

  • Winchester Model 1895 .405 Winchester Take-Down

    The 1895 was used extensively by hunters and lawmen of the period. The Texas Rangers and Arizona Rangers were quite partial to the 1895, particularly the short carbines in .30-40 Krag. More

  • Winchester Model 88

    The Model 88 features a three-lug, rotating bolt action that is cycled with an underlever that looks like that of a Model 99 Savage. And the Model 88 does all of this with the configuration and feel of a Model 70 Winchester, widely touted as "the rifleman's rifle."

    During its production run from 1955 through 1973, there were roughly 284,000 (some list the number as 283,913) Model 88s made in .308, .243, .358 and .284. When introduced, the Model 88 was available only in .308. The next year--1956--two more chamberings were added: the .243 and the .358. More