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Take a look at the history of the Army's short-lived lever-action service rifle: the Winchester Model 1895. Yet another brainchild of the legendary John Moses Browning, the rifle's ingenious design was deemed just a little too complicated for field use. For more, check out this "I Have This Old Gun" segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV.
On November 3, Idaho voters picked the Winchester Model 1873 rifle (nicknamed the “Gun that Won the West,” in .44-40 cal.) as the leading candidate to be their state firearm.
After more than 10 years, Smith & Wesson discontinued production of its original M&P Bodyguard .380 and began plans for a second-generation model. But the path to the Bodyguard 2.0 wasn't a linear process.