Winchester didn't try to advance the field of semi-auto firearms, these two rifles evolved in a panic from the Model 1903 which in itself was their response to Browning's sale of the patent that became the Remington 8. They dropped the ball and thus could not break Browning's patent of such niceties as a charging handle! They sold abysimally and so, as a consequence are very rare... for example, Winchester sold more Model 1894's in one year (1948) then they sold of ALL of the 1905/7/10's in over 50 years of production.
Those are some awesome Winchesters. Truly iconic pieces of firearm history.
Nice!
Winchester didn't try to advance the field of semi-auto firearms, these two rifles evolved in a panic from the Model 1903 which in itself was their response to Browning's sale of the patent that became the Remington 8. They dropped the ball and thus could not break Browning's patent of such niceties as a charging handle! They sold abysimally and so, as a consequence are very rare... for example, Winchester sold more Model 1894's in one year (1948) then they sold of ALL of the 1905/7/10's in over 50 years of production.
Could you -- or someone you could recommend-- help me find some ammo for such a .32 Self-Loader??
That I do not know
If you are dedicated, you can make it from either .30 Carbine or 32-20 cases.