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Nero
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May 26th, 2024 at 5:22pm
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How do you pronounce The word Winder as in a Winchester rifle and why was it called a Winder?
  
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Re: Pronunciation
Reply #1 - May 26th, 2024 at 5:42pm
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Named after Colonel CB Winder who advocated marksmanship training and helped design the model.
I've always heard it pronounced Win der, not Wine der.
  
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Reply #2 - May 26th, 2024 at 6:31pm
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Reply #3 - May 26th, 2024 at 6:45pm
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Marlinguy got it.  It's a neat story, one that goes back to the same time period that shooters in the British Empire got miniature Martinis. Main character was Charles B. Winder (pronounced as Win-Der). Other players were Harry Pope, Stevens and their Stevens-Pope barrels, Walter Hudson and W. Milton Farrow.
  
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