Patented in November 1895 by John M. Browning, the Model of 1895 Winchester was the first lever-action rifle with a box magazine. Until that time, most lever-actions had tubular magazines in which the ...
LUNENBURG — Gibby Lashua, 79, didn’t wear his glasses that day. Turns out, he didn’t need them. Eyes focused on a hand mirror propped against the butt of his Winchester Model 63 .22-caliber rifle, ...