Winchester 1866

The first Winchester Rifle in the range of repeater rifles, also referred to as "The gun that won the west". This first example was originally chambered in rimfire .44 henry, although the version seen in BP is chambered in .45 Automatic Colt Pistol.

The Winchester 1866 was nicknamed "Yellow Boy" because of it's receiver of a Bronze/Brass alloy called "Gunmetal". Being build around a very rugged lever-action mechanism, it was a very popular rifle that could fire multiple shots before reloading, hence the term: "Repeating Rifle". A lever-action system like this was first seen in the Spencer repeating rifle and later perfected by a gunsmith employed by Oliver Winchester in 1860, resulting in the Henry Rifle.

The Winchester is fed through a non-removable tubular magazine located under the barrel. Because the cartridges are stacked horizontally in the magazine the bullet has to non-pointed to avoid an accidental primer detonation.

This particular Winchester 1866 is known to be common and can be found at most civilian loot spawns.

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