were not idle, and among their new firearm de
velopments the outstanding were the M-52, the
world’s premiere small bore target rifle, the M-54,
forerunner of the now famous M-70, and the M-
21, the finest double-barreled shotgun in the
United States if not in the world.
In 1932 Winchester became a part of the West
ern Cartridge Company family (now Olin Indus
tries, Inc.)
Improvements and developments in the Win
chester line followed in quick succession during
the next decade, including the M-70, M-71, M-74
and M-75 rifles and M-36 and M-24 shotguns.
In World War II, THE WINCHESTER CAR
BINE, entirely a Winchester development, was
the most extensively used small arms in all serv
ices. As for the Garand, only Springfield Armory
(a War Department arsenal) and Winchester
built this rifle. The M-97 and M-12 became
standard riot or guard weapons for the Army Ord
nance Department, and the M-12 proved itself the
ideal weapon for the Army’s skeet shooting pro
gram. Winchester supplied our armed forces with
more than 700,000 carbines, 500,000 Garands,
over 3,000,000,000 pistol, revolver and rifle cart-
ridges, shotgun shells and ignition cartridges.
Other important military products were batteries
for the United St:itcs fighter planes and cartridge
core radiator tubss produced in vast quantities for
English and Amc-rican concerns.
PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING OF .22 CALIBER RIFLE CARTRIDGE
Disc
blank
Cup
1st
draw
2nd
Finish
draw
Finish
mouth
trim
Final
headed
case
BULLET OPERATIONS
Extruded
led
slug
Finish
swage
slug
Knurled
bullet
END