![]() ![]() The weapon's charging handle is a plunger located under the barrel that resembles a cleaning rod this was intentional as the weapon was to have completely flat sides so nothing poking off the side would catch onto things. Ammunition was fed into the weapon via an internal tubular magazine rounds are fed through a hole in the stock. The Model 1903 was a simple blowback firearm with a balanced breech bolt, as was with all the Winchester self-loading rifles of the time. Production ended in 1933 with some 122,974 produced, with a few more produced until 1936 due to part clearing. As such, a replacement had to be made the replacement for the weapon was known as the Model 63, which is generally the same weapon except chambered for the far more ubiquitous. In the 1930s, however, the Model 1903 was falling out of popularity mainly due to its use of a proprietary cartridge which was the only cartridge it could use for it to chamber properly. The rifle enjoyed modest commercial success, which was enough for Winchester to ask Johnson to design a number of upscaled derivatives, starting with the Model 1905. ![]() The Model 1903 was introduced in 1903 and is notable as being the first semi-automatic rifle design that was offered for commercial sale in North America. The weapon that became of this patent was the Model 1903, the first semi-automatic firearm commercially sold by the company. Johnson, a longstanding employee of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Model 1903 was designed in 1901 by T.C. ![]()
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