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Designer. T. C. Johnson, Frank Burton, A. F. Laudensack. Designed. Manufacturer. Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Produced. 19. 20 1. No.  built. 12. 5,4. Variants. Sporting Model, International Match. Specifications. Weight. Winchester Hotchkiss Serial Numbers' title='Winchester Hotchkiss Serial Numbers' />. URL comment6, siamese cat huddersfield, 76855, shuttle. Length. 45 in 1,1. Barrel length. 28 in 7. Cartridge. 2. 2 Long Rifle. Action. Bolt action. Feed system. 5 round1. Sights. Micrometer ladder rear sights, fixed post front sights standard many custom iron and optical combinations. The Winchester Model 5. Iobit Uninstaller Vs Revo Uninstaller. Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1. For many years it was the premier smallbore match rifle in the United States, if not the world. Known as the King of the. Model 5. 2 has been called by Field Stream one of the 5. Winchester historian Herbert Houze perfection in design. However, by the 1. World War I era design was showing its age and had given way in top level competition to newer match rifles from Walther and Anschtz the costly to produce Model 5. US Repeating Arms took over the manufacture of Winchester rifles from Olin Corporation in 1. OriginseditDuring World War I Winchesters management determined that production of the Model 1. Single Shot would not be resumed in centerfire chamberings after the war, nor in. Winder musket after existing Army training rifle contracts were fulfilled or cancelled. A new. 2. 2 would therefore be needed for the then very popular sport of target shooting Winchester reasoned that returning soldiers would be drawn to the bolt action design with which they had become familiar. The rifle to be designated the Model 5. It was initially hoped that the Army could be persuaded to buy a bolt action smallbore training rifle in addition to or in place of its existing contracts for Model 1. Yet despite the outward appearance of its early versions, the Model 5. Army only purchased 5. DevelopmenteditIn February 1. Thomas Crosley Johnson and Frank Burton to begin work on the new match rifle. Johnson had more experience with bolt actions than most at Winchester which was then primarily a maker of lever and pump action firearms, having superintended production of the P 1. M1. 91. 7 Enfield, as well as having designed a series of prototype military rifles known as Models A through D. Johnson quickly obtained approval for a receiver based closely on that of the Model D, together with a barrel adapted from the. Model 1. 88. 5. The stock from the receiver back was modeled on that of the Model D, which in turn had been derived from the Model 1. Winchester Lee but incorporated a forearm based on a custom Single Shot target stock designed in 1. Winchesters house marksman, Capt. Albert F. Laudensack. With the externals settled, Johnson and Burton turned to developing the action for what was now Experimental Design No. Each built a prototype of his own design in Winchesters Model Shop, both at this stage still single shot. In the fall of 1. Johnsons nor Burtons original bolts would work with a magazine feed, but a combination incorporating elements of both proved highly satisfactory. A finalized repeater prototype was made in April 1. Washington where it was evaluated by Lt. Col. Townsend Whelen of the General Staff, Director of Civilian Marksmanship Maj. Richard La. Garde, and Gen. Fred Phillips of the National Rifle Association, who were enthusiastic although guarded about the prospects of a Government contract. Whelen further recommended that pre production samples be rushed out in time for the National Matches 1 at Caldwell, New Jersey that August. Six G2. 2R prototypes were readied, and equipped five individual event winners and the victorious U. S. Dewar Cup team the new Winchester was the talk of the tournament. Accordingly, full production as Model 5. September 1. 91. 9 and commenced in April 1. P 1. 4M1. 91. 7 Enfield. The original Model 5. The Model 5. 2 was a non rotating, rear locked bolt action design. The Model D derived receiver was cylindrical, bored and machined from a forged billet, and of substantial thickness. The bolts dual locking lugs were part of the rotating bolt handle collar, which provided a camming action to seal the breech on closing and extract the spent case on opening. The bolt itself was undercut for the forward third of its length and rode on polished flats a projecting lug at the front edge caught the top cartridge in the magazine. The bolt face was rebated so as to surround the case rim, and was chamfered to fit the recessed receiver ring. Dual opposed sprung claw extractors were inlet into the sides of the bolt, providing controlled cartridge feed. A fixed blade type ejector was located at the rear of the loading platform. The original Johnson trigger mechanism, a two stage or compound motion military type derived, again, from his Model D, made use of a horizontal sear pivoted from the front the trigger fit vertically through a pinned mortise in the sear and was shaped at the top so as to cam against the underside of the bolt and depress the assembly, releasing the firing pin it was a cock on closing design. The one piece striker terminated in a Springfield like knurled cocking piece. The wing safety was mounted on the left side of the receiver when engaged it physically blocked the cocking piece and cammed it slightly rearward, disengaging the trigger linkage. Production historyeditThe Model 5. Tony Esposito Discography Torrent there. These changes were not systematic improvements to the action, stock and so on were made on an ad hoc basis, and it is clearer to treat these alterations so separated rather than as models. Note on serial numbers and sub model or Style letter designators It was Winchesters practice to stamp each receiver with its serial number after milling and preliminary polishing, often weeks or months before the rifle was actually assembled. Accordingly, the alphabetic SN suffixes A, B, C and D were applied specifically to changes to the receiver forging itself, originally as an aid to factory workers not to new designs of stock, furniture or even trigger mechanism if no change to the receiver was required. Other design changes might coincide in time with a receiver submodel, or first appear in the same catalog many commentators have been confused by this, talking about such things as the Model 5. B stock which, strictly speaking, did not exist. From beginning to end the barrels were marked Winchester Model 5. Winchester catalogs and advertising literature did not mention letter designators until the 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Model 5. D represented a comprehensive upgrade of the entire rifle. Speed Lock 1. 93. Frank Burton replaced Johnsons military style compound motion trigger, hung from the sear, with a new trigger with a low pivot and rear sear notch, reducing trigger travel by 7. In addition, Burton redesigned the firing pin so as to reduce its travel from approximately. At this time the original models knurled cocking piece disappeared, replaced by a short trapezoidal boss. This and all subsequent M5. Mauser. Burton carefully designed the Speed Lock to fit the existing receiver and bolt body without modification. Winchester for some years offered a conversion kit for older slowlock 5. Model 5. 2A 1. 93.