A mention of the compression formed Winchester Xpert in another thread got me using up some of my social isolating time researching the history.
From the 1930s into the early 1960s Winchester's low brass shell was the RANGER and Western's the Xpert. For 1964 the Olins went to a plastic hull they called Poly-Formed for the RANGER and Xpert.
Xpert 1964 to 1970, Poly-Formed.jpg
This was the RANGER and Xpert to 1970. In 1971, a new compression formed low brass shell UPLAND replaced the RANGER in the Winchester line and the Xpert in the Western Line.
UPLAND Introduction 1971, Compression Formed.jpg
For 1980 they committed the unforgivable sin of combining Winchester and Western names --
UPLAND 1980 names combined.jpg
and then for 1982 the Western name was gone --
UPLAND 1982.jpg
Also in 1982 Olin off loaded the gun business in New Haven to U.S. Repeating Arms and kept their ammunition business.
The 1985 Winchester ammunition catalog was the last appearance of the UPLAND.
UPLAND 1985 last appearence.jpeg
During 1985 they introduced the new Winchester Xpert --
XPERT introduction 1985.jpg
apparently the same hull as the UPLAND but now with a plastic wad replacing the fiber wads. Now really a field version of the AA. From the 1986 catalog --
XPERT in 1986 catalog.jpeg
The Xpert remained in the catalogs through 1990. For 1991 the compression formed Xpert was replaced with something called the Super-X Low Brass.
Hard to imagine these hulls I'm still reloading are from that long ago.
Winchester-Western Low Brass Shells
Threaded Mode