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That prototype was kind of elegant looking. I like it!
Bill
My understanding is that back in the day colt and winchester made a bit of a gentleman's agreement. Winchester would build their lever guns and colt would build revolvers to avoid cutting into each other's business
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Colt made revolving rifles and shotguns, IIRC, so I'm not so sure I buy that argument. OTH, I don't know exactly when they did those things, either. I learned to shoot with an old SAA Colt in .45Long, but have never owned a Colt anything myself. Not that I'd turn it down if someone made me a deal, just never found one I could afford when I could afford it.
Bill
It truly is a historical fact that Colt desired to enter the lever action market. Winchester made 5 revolvers not all of the same pattern, and visited Colt to demonstrate them. A deal was reached where Colt would not make lever action rifles, and Winchester would not produce revolvers. I do not know if it's still there today, but back in the late '60s and early '70s there was a Wells Fargo bank on Olvera St. in downtown Los Angeles. They had a very nice display of Old West revolvers, and I saw one of the Winchester revolvers in their display.
DG
I was of the understanding that the introduction of the Burgess by Colt begat Winchester's foray into revolvers. I have seen only the one in Cody, pretty cool story about "gentleman's agreements".
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Handguns were just not their destiny.
I forget the source of the article, but years back somebody did a piece on a WWI prototype Winchester 1911 pistol. Kinda like the North Americans, they never really got off the ground with making them past the initial tool room/demo. I don't recall the reasoning, but it seems likely Uncle Sam decided the need for M1917's and BAR's was a better use of their time.
I do not recall exactly when Colt and Winchester agreed not to tread on each other's turf, but consider the possible "what if's" of John Browning NOT being able to freely work for both companies.
WWJMBD?
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https://www.historynet.com/colt-revo...y-firearms.htm here's a nice write up on what happened between the two
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The late Harry Sefried said he saw the design while working for Winchester and found it interesting. He later incorporated at least some of the elements into the Hi Standard Double Nine.
Sefried later went on to design the Security Six and the Hi Standard Sentinel, IIRC.
I always wondered why Remington got out of the revolver business.
In their day, they were good guns and innovative too.
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Here is a video on some https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk4PoFFNnaE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfFSYj8cWgI here is another one
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