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...fle and later was the first civilian manufacturer of the [[M14 rifle]]. In 1963 the Winchester firm was purchased by the Olin-Matheson Chemical Corporation

...tguns ever made, with nearly 2 million produced before its cancellation in 1963. Like the Model 1897 it came in take-down form, and likewise was issued in

...ad his order in for one of the first heavy-barrel models, expected in June 1963, and added, "I can hardly wait!"<ref name="wieland">[http://www.rifleshoote

...er stalkers in the early 20th century; but the calibre was outlawed by the 1963 Deer Act owing to inadequately low bullet energy, and has fallen considerab

|design_date=1963 ...artridge]] that was introduced by [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company]] in 1963 as a member of the family of [[Winchester Magnum]] cartridges. It is an acc

...o a .22 caliber bullet, and the [[.221 Fireball|.221 Remington Fireball]] (1963). Soon after the .357 SIG, other bottleneck commercial handgun cartridges a

In 1963, [[Elmer Keith]] and [[Bill Jordan]], with some help from [[Skeeter Skelton

...itary adoption of the ArmaLite [[AR-15]] as the [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifle in 1963, the .223 Remington was standardized as the 5.56x45mm. However, the .223 Re

... Armory.<ref>Lewis, Jack, ''The M-14: Boon or Blunder?'', Gun World, April 1963</ref><ref>Pikula, Sam (Major), ''The ArmaLite AR-10'', p. 39</ref>

...dy with a rifle purchased from a Klein's Sporting Goods ad in the February 1963 issue of ''American Rifleman''.<ref>Alexander DeConde, ''Gun Violence in Am

...belonged to Colt’s. The result was the AR-18, which began development in 1963. The combat effectiveness of the .223 caliber cartridge was now well proven So, in 1963, development began on the [[Armalite AR-18|AR-18]] assault rifle, an "impro

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[[File:Charlton Heston Civil Rights March 1963.jpg|thumb|Heston at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington]]'''[[Charlton Heston]]''' ([[October 4]], ...rry Belafonte at the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1963. Sidney Poitier is in the background.]]Almost everyone knows &mdash; in par

|summary= On this day in [[1963]], millions of shocked and horrified Americans, glued to radios or televisi ...mm]] [[ammunition]] purchased with the surplus [[Carcano]] weapon in early 1963.

* [[1963]] &mdash; American President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Tex