Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Armax III(1): Cody, Wyoming, p. Winchester Repeating Arms Company: Its History & Development from 1865 to 1981. National Rifle Association, American Rifleman 151(5): Washington. (2003) "Winchester's First Self-Loading Rifles".
^ "Winchester Model 1907 Semi-Automatic / Full-Automatic Rifle / Carbine".
^ Winchester Repeating Arms Company 1907 Guns Catalog Reproduction by Cornell Military Publications.Border Patrol during the late 1920s into the 1930s. It was used by Patrol Inspectors of the U.S. The Federal Bureau of Investigation acquired some Model 1907 rifles in response to the 1933 Kansas City Massacre. The Model 1907 was a popular rifle with law enforcement in the United States during much of its production - especially in the 1930s when the police in the United States were upgrading their firearms due to the increase in crime. The 1st Aero Squadron's shipment was sent to Columbus, New Mexico and was presumably used in arming their aircraft while in support of General Pershing's Punitive Expedition. Army Signal Corps Air Service was shipped 19 Model 1907 rifles and 9000 cartridges of. United States Īccording to factory records, the 1st Aero Squadron of the U.S. The Imperial Russian government is recorded by Winchester as purchasing 500 Model 1907 rifles and 1.5 million rounds of. These rifles were specially modified for aerial use and intended to arm airplane observers. 351SL ammunition between December 1914 and April 1916 for use by the Royal Flying Corps. These rifles were designated by the name of Winchester Model 1907/17, they used either a 15-round magazine or 20-round magazine and fired from 600 to 700 rounds per minute.Īccording to a NovemWinchester internal report, Great Britain's London Armory was sent 120 Model 1907 rifles and 78,000 rounds of. According to factory records, these rifles were modified for fully automatic fire and fitted with Lee-Navy rifle bayonets. Subsequent orders in 19 totaled 2,200 Model 1907 rifles. Ammunition orders for these rifles exceeded 1.5 million cartridges of. The government initially ordered 300 Model 1907 rifles in October 1915 from Winchester, soon followed by an order for 2,500 more rifles. Patent 720,698 Large cartridge, self-loading, box magazine, takedown rifle ( Winchester Model 1905) Patent 681,481 Small cartridge, Winchester Model 1903
This patent was initially used to protect the design of the rimfire Winchester Model 1903, but came to be applied toward the centerfire Winchester Self Loading rifle series, which includes the Model 1905, Model 1907, and Model 1910. Patent 681,481 issued August 27, 1901, and assigned to Winchester by Thomas Crossley Johnson, a key firearms designer for Winchester. The basic design for the Model 1907 is covered by U.S. The newer model also had a redesigned charging handle which made it easier to lock the bolt back. In the late 1930s, the 1907 was updated by Winchester with a much thicker fore-end (eliminating the cracking problems common to the earlier models) and stock. 35 Remington at approximately 75–100 yd (69–91 m).ĭuring World War I, the French Army ordered 2,800 rifles which they then modified for fully automatic fire and doubled the magazine size in 1917. The energy of this cartridge at the muzzle approximates the original loading of the. The only cartridge offered by Winchester as a factory chambering in the Model 1907 was the. In size and handling, it is much like an M1 carbine, though the 1907 is heavier and fires a much harder hitting round. It fired a cartridge of intermediate power, cycled through a semi-automatic operating mechanism, fed from a 5, 10, or 15 round detachable box magazine located immediately forward of the trigger guard. The Winchester Model 1907 is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic rifle produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company beginning in 1907 with production ending in 1957. Open iron sights and optional tang or receiver-mounted aperture sights "Plain" "Fancy Finish" and "Police" riflesĭetachable 5, 10 and 20-round box magazines Semi-automatic rifle Winchester Model 1907