The story seems to be that news of Colts developing a lever action rifle upset the Winchester management so they reacted by designing and building a few "experimental" revolver designs ..
1883?
1876?
This Gun Sold At Auction For $431,250.
https://revivaler.com/winchester-1883-prototype-revolver/
It seems likely that the two manufacturers had a commercial discussion and reached agreement not to compete in each others market.
This article says that Winchester built 13 revolvers:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/08/27/5-rare-and-unusual-firearms-seen-in-september-2019-rock-island-premiere-firearms-auction-catalog/
- Interesting eh,
Marty K.
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