
The Winchester Model 54 is a bolt-action rifle introduced in 1925 as Winchester's first modern bolt-action sporting rifle. It was designed by Thomas Crossley Johnson and featured a non-rotating spring-loaded claw extractor. The Model 54 introduced Winchester's classic controlled-round feed action. It was chambered in a wide variety of cartridges from .22 Hornet to .375 H&H Magnum. The Model 54 established the pattern for Winchester bolt-action rifles that would follow.
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