History of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

"A Sportsman's Press book."

Firearms production in the 1850s -- An experiment in repeating firearms -- Crisis and trial -- Laying the foundation -- Postwar adjustment -- Diversification and expansion -- Management, labor, and inside contracting -- Era of development -- Competition in marketing firearms -- Competition in marketing ammunition -- Summary of Converse's administration -- End of the contract system -- Advent of smokeless powder -- Struggle for supremacy -- Sales problems of the early 1900s -- Theodore Roosevelt and Winchester -- End of the association -- Summary of Bennett's administration -- Winchester aids the allies -- Winchester and the U.S. government -- Postwar reorganization -- Postwar planning and management -- Launching the postwar program -- Old-line products and finances -- Winchester and Simmons -- Testing the merger -- Liggett's administration -- Summary and conclusion.