Winchester Repeating Arms

Model 70 Super Grade Wins The 2009-2010 "Guns and Shooting Online" Rifle Award.

Chuck Hawks, Owner/Managing Editor of Guns and Shooting Online made the announcement to Winchester Repeating Arms on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Watch the Patrick Flanigan 2010 Xtreme Tour Video Trailer.

Have you ever seen Patrick Flanigan in action? If you haven't, prepare for a non-stop blast-fest of speed shooting, arial tricks and garden vegetable demolition like you've never seen before. Read more about his 2010 Tour and how to book a performance.

See what happened at the 2010 SHOT Show.

The SHOT Show is the big event of the year for the firearms business. Although it is now over, you can still learn about new products, show specials and observations from the Winchester team posted on our blog as it occurred in Las Vegas.

Winchester Legends TV Show teams up with Patrick Flanigan.

There's lots of news about our own world famous X-treme Sport Shooter Patrick Flanigan these days. First, he recently visited the Winchester Repeating Arms headquarters to shoot the new Super X Pump, tape a few commercials and prepare for the next round of record breaking attempts. And it has also just been announced that Flanigan will be co-hosting this year's Winchester Legends TV show on Versus.

"Last of the Last" John Wayne 100th Anniversary Rifles -- Going, going . . .

Every 100 years or so a gun comes along that is so collectible and so incredibly beautiful that it becomes an heirloom even before it is produced. But now they are produced and here . . . the last production of John Wayne 100th Anniversary Model 94 Winchester High Grade Commemoratives have finally arrived. These very special rifles will shortly be gone forever.

The secret to the polish on Model 70 barrels.

It's not magic -- it's a robotic barrel polisher that gives the Winchester Model 70 its extreme high gloss and ultra quality finish.

Model 70 Barrels and Accuracy

A key to the accuracy of the New Model 70 rifle is the extreme level of precision barrel making you get with every Model 70. Learn the process for creating accurate barrels and why the new Model 70 is known for top accuracy.

The Super X3 Extreme Turkey Commercial

New Super X Pump TV Commercial Starring Patrick Flanigan.

The new Super X Pump now has a commercial all its own. Xtreme Shooter Patrick Flanigan takes the SXP through 30 seconds of hard driving, fast pumping, target smashing action.

Lisa Banasick's Big Score

Most Pennsylvanian hunters can only dream about the big elk that roam the ridges of Cameron County. But drawing for one of the elusive 59 tags, only 20 of which are for bulls, is a long shot. But Lisa Banasick beat the odds.

Patrick Flanigan gets a shot at the new Winchester SXP.

Model 70 Barrel Making Basics

The barrels start as a round bar of steel, several inches longer than the ultimate length of the finished barrel. The steel bar is drilled to a diameter slightly larger than the desired bore diameter. Then, to create the rifling in the bore, the steel bar is inserted into a hammer forging machine. The FNM plant has four of these machines in production. They are incredibly expensive compared to the equipment required to do button or cut rifling. But once in place hammer forged barrels (often called swaged barrels) can be extremely precise, durable and accurate.