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November 8, 2020 - 7:22 am
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Gentlemen:

Attached are two photos of a Winchester rifle involved in the apprehension of an outlaw in rural Mississippi. The son of the man who used this rifle in that encounter still owns his father’s gun.

Would I be correct that this is a Winchester .351 1907 model? The rifle comes with a clip (shown) and a scope (not shown). It has been represented to me as “the first semi-automatic rifle manufactured in the U.S.”, and also that it was modified by the Garrand company in France and used by them in WWI. Any information about the history of this model of rifle would be appreciated.

 

(I’m awaiting forum monitor to approve my attaching the photos)

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November 8, 2020 - 8:09 am
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As a guest, you cannot directly attach photos.  What you can do is provide a URL to a photo hosting website where you have uploaded the pictures.

In regards to the Winchester Model 1907, it was not “the first semi-automatic rifle manufactured in the U.S.”.  That title belongs to the Winchester Model 1903. The Winchester Model 1905 and the Remington Model 8 were both predecessors to the Winchester Model 1907.

Winchester did sell a number of Model 1907 Rifles to France for use during WW I.

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November 8, 2020 - 6:36 pm
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I’m not smart enough to have a “photo hosting website”, so I’ll leave it at that. I take it that, since this was the model that came with the clip, that it must be the 1907. The rifle was used by this man’s father in a shootout with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in Louisiana (they escaped), then in 1940 in the downing of another outlaw, Texas Red, from 80 yards across a river (according to newspaper accounts, which are sometimes not accurate). Thanks for the info.

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November 8, 2020 - 7:14 pm
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Send the pictures to me via email, and I will post them for you. The FBI used both Remington Model 8 semi-auto rifles and Winchester Model 1907 semi-auto rifles when they went after Bonnie & Clyde.

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