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30 W.C.F.

briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
edited September 2010 in Ask the Experts
When did Winchester quit making the 30 W.C.F. or when did they quit putting it on the barrels?

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  • briguybriguy Member Posts: 459 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is a Winchester 30 W.C.F. the same thing as a 30-30?
  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester still makes the 30 W.C.F., but they call it the "30-30 WIN." today.

    Winchester stopped marking it "30 W.C.F." in the early part of the year 1950.

    You might find this topic interesting - http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=325084

    WACA Historian & Life Member

  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The 30 W.C.F. is still alive and well today. Actually that is a bit of an UNDERSTATEMENT. I am not sure of the exact date they stopped using that marking, but Bert H., our resident Winchester guru, will be able to tell you. I believe it was around the first world war. However, they didn't stop making the rifles...they just started marking them 30-30.

    Best
  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    In the beginning there was the 30 W.C.F. and the 30-30 REMINGTON (for the Model 8 self loading rifle). Later on, the 2 companies (for reasons unknown to me) decided to swap names to what those cartridges are known as today, the 30-30 WINCHESTER and the 30 REM
    4 names for 2 different cartridges, one rimmed and one rimless.
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