Winchester is the name of a series of firearms made by the Winchester Repeating Rifle Company, which Oliver F. Winchester (1810-1880) established in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, in 1857. In particular, the Model 66 repeating rifle, which went on sale in 1866, and the Model 73, an improved version of the Model 66 with an increased powder charge, are famous, along with the Colt pistol, as "the repeating rifles that conquered the West." The company subsequently designed, developed and sold dozens of types of rifles, shotguns and various types of ammunition, and in 1931 changed its name to Winchester Western. During World War II, the company manufactured 800,000 of the 1.3 million firearms produced for the US military. It remains one of the world's leading firearms manufacturers. [Yoshio Kobashi] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
ウィンチェスターOliver F. Winchester(1810―80)が、1857年にアメリカのコネティカット州ニュー・ヘブンに設立したウィンチェスター連発銃会社でつくられた一連の銃器の名称。とくに66年に売り出した連発式ライフル銃モデル66と、これを改良し装薬量を増やしたモデル73は、コルト拳銃(けんじゅう)と並んで「西部を征服した連発銃」として名高い。その後同社は数十種類のライフル銃、散弾銃と各種弾薬を設計開発し売り出しているが、1931年に同社はウィンチェスター・ウェスタンと改称し、第二次世界大戦で、アメリカの軍用銃器製造数130万挺(ちょう)のうち80万挺を製造した。現在でも世界的に有数な銃器製造会社となっている。 [小橋良夫] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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