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Winchester Model 54 Bolt Action Rifle
The Model 54 was Winchester's first civilian model bolt-action rifle to use high velocity ammunition.
Winchester (U.S.) Model 54 Bolt-Action Box-Magazine Rifle (repeater/ breech-loading/ smokeless powder/ cartridge ammunition) After World War I reached its end, U.S. industry continued to grow. The Model 54 was Winchester's first bolt-action civilian rifle desinged for heavy, high-velocity ammunition. It proved popular for sporting use and for target shooting.
The boom years of the 20s in Canada and the United States led to national maturation and to hunting of larger game such as elk and grizzly bears on the American continent, and lions and elephants in Africa. Writers such as Ernest Hemingway popularized the romance of big-game hunting, and improved means of transportation made it possible. Most of America was enjoying a post-war boom. Happy days were here again. The Model 54 helped to keep these days happy for hunters of large game. --Dr. William L. Roberts, THE AMERICAN LIBERTY COLLECTION; #125