Category Archives: Winchester

2013 Winchester Firearm Tax Rebate

Here is the latest promo from Winchester…. they are gonna pay the taxes for you on your next Winchester gun  purchase:

When you buy a new Winchester firearm at retail between April 15 and April 30, 2013, you can receive a rebate of up to 8% of the purchase price to reimburse you for the state sales tax.  That’s just like putting the sales tax right back in your pocket.  See your Winchester dealer for more information on how to beat the tax man in 2013!  Rebate forms will be available on April 15 for download at www.winchesterguns.com (click on the product tab, then promotions & rebates)

Winchester Unleashes World’s Fastest Rimfire Cartridge

Its finally official… here is the presser on the matter:

Coyotes, prairie dogs and other varmints, beware. In 2013, Winchester® Ammunition will arm small game hunters with the most revolutionary rimfire cartridge in the company’s almost 150-year history – the .17 Winchester Super Magnum.   The .17 Win Super Mag offers the downrange performance of a centerfire cartridge at only a fraction of the cost. For the first time in history, hunters can expect pinpoint accuracy and devastating performance from a rimfire cartridge at ranges well past 200 yards.   Continue reading

New From Winchester: Varmint X

EAST ALTON, Ill. (Nov. 27, 2012) – Coyote and varmint hunters all over North America are howling in approval of Varmint X™, the new line of predator and varmint ammunition from Winchester®.

The super accurate Varmint X lineup will initially feature offerings in four of the most popular centerfire rifle calibers for predator hunting: .204 Ruger, .223 Rem, .22-250 Rem and .243 Win. The charcoal-colored, polymer-tipped bullets in each caliber are optimized for long-distance accuracy and explosive impact on coyotes, prairie dogs and other varmints. Continue reading

Winchester Offers New Promotion

WINCHESTER ANNOUNCES REBATE AND CHANCE TO SHOOT WITH OLYMPIC CHAMP EAST ALTON, Ill. – With summer just around the corner, it’s time for shooters to spend a day at the range busting clays and Winchester® Ammunition is committed to making sport shooting exciting and affordable for everyone.
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Commemorative .22 lr Winchester Ammunition

I had not seen these yet. Its nickel plated commemorative ammo from Winchester. Celebrating 200 years since Oliver F. Winchesters birth, these Limited Edition cartridges feature:

  • 40 Grain, Plated Lead Round Nose
  • Nickel-plated shellcases
  • Specially designed “O.F.W.” headstamps
  • Vintage packaging w/the image, signature, & biography of the man that helped “Win the West”
  • QTY:50 rounds per bx

 Here is the commemorative headstamp:

Winchester Razor Back XT

I mentioned this new product the other day on the Twitter Net and the Facebooks…. here is a great review of the new product in .308. It will also be available in .223. The .223 will use a 64 grain bullet with a muzzle velocity of 3020 fps.  The .308 load will use a 150 grain bullet with a velocity of 2810 fps. And yeah… apparently it does work:

Winchester Model 70

Bob Shell has a great look at the rifle which is chambered in the wonderful (and under rated/under utilized) 7mm-08.

New Winchester iPhone/iPod App

Winchester is going to be offering their ballistics software as an app. Its a pretty good system, and a great way to market their ammunition. Remington also does something similar, and I wish a lot more manufacturers would do the same.

Here is the press release:

EAST ALTON, Ill.– Two years ago, Winchester® Ammunition introduced the world to the Ballistics Calculator at Winchester.com. Now the program that made a breeze out of calculating shot placement

is improved for iPhone and iPod Touch users.

The original version of the Winchester Ammunition Ballistics Calculator for the iPhone and iPod Touch allowed users to choose centerfire rifle ammunition and compare up to three different Winchester cartridges with easy-to-read, high-tech ballistic charts and graphs. You could customize shooting conditions by entering wind speed and outside temperature and adjusting zero marks for sighting in.

Now the ballistics calculator has been improved to also help users to discover aiming points, impact points and trajectories for rimfire, shotgun slug and handgun hunting ammunition – just in time for fall hunting season.  

“Our customers were impressed with the original ballistics calculator for centerfire rifles, but they wanted more,” said Brett Flaugher, Winchester Ammunition vice president of marketing and sales. “We listened to the great feedback we received and now the Ballistics Calculator is improved for millions of iPhone and iPod Touch users.”

To download the Winchester Ammunition Ballistics Calculator for the iPhone and iPod Touch, visit www.winchester.com/ballistics.

With a heritage dating back to 1866, the Winchester brand was there for the taming of the American West, the Allied Forces’ victory in World War II and through the years, millions of fond memories made in the great outdoors. Known as The American Legend™, Winchester Ammunition is a global leader in sporting, law enforcement, military and personal defense ammunition production. Winchester continues to raise the bar with new products like Blind Side® waterfowl  and PDX1™ Defender™ personal defense ammunition.

For more information about Winchester Ammunition, visit www.winchester.com, or connect with The American Legend on Facebook at Facebook.com/WinchesterAmmunition.

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