True 1894 Winchester dates - Who To Believe?
I just went to the official Winchester Repeating Arms site. They list the dates of manufacture of their firearms, the information posted earlier this year. They are supplying the public with the old Madis 1894 numbers, this coming right from Winchester Repeating Arms Company. http://www.winchesterguns.com/library/articles/detail.asp?id=401
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Who to believe?
Bert H.[^][:)]0 -
ol bert seems to have better data available he is tapped into the records[:0] 0 -
Two words for the DOM information they have listed... Bull Poop[xx(] 0 -
You would expect more from the company that manufactured the firearm. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by capgun
You would expect more from the company that manufactured the firearm.
The current "Winchester" is not the company that built them. The original Winchester company ceased operations in early 1981 when Olin sold the factory in New Haven to the newly formed U.S. Repeating Arms Co. (USRACo). USRACo was bought out by FN in the early 1989 when they went bankrupt. FN closed the original New Haven factory for good in March of 2006. The Browning Arms company (a subsidiary of FN) established a "Winchester" division in 2007 (or 2008). That is the group running the website today.
Olin Industries still owns the Trade marked "Winchester" name, and they leased the rights to use it on firearms to the Browning Arms company(FN).
This is a surprisingly accurate account of the history - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Repeating_Arms_Company0 -
quote:Originally posted by capgun
You would expect more from the company that manufactured the firearm.
I'm no expert on the subject, but I am aware the current company isn't the one who manufactured those firearms you're talking about.
Winchester Repeating Arms actually folded thirty some odd years ago. After a buyout their designs continued to be produced at this facilty by US Repeating Arms, with Olin owning rights to the Winchester name.
USRA went bankrupt ten years or so later and was bought up by FN, which eventually closed the doors on the historic WRA manufacturing location.
When you speak of Winchester these days you're actually talking about either a Belgian firm or a Browning rifle, which licenses the name from Olin for their reproductions manufactured in Japan.
Bert- who IS an expert on this subject - beat me to the punch. [:D]0 -
I knew the name Winchester was leased out, I did not realize they got to call themselves Winchester Repeating Arms just like the original company. 0
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