El Tejon
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One would think that a writer of stories involving guns would at least know something about guns? Apparently not.
Well, like most gun hacks, he does write fiction.
Well, like most gun hacks, he does write fiction.
redranger1 said:i didnt understand the article correctly i dont think. is he saying that winchester will not be making guns anymore? or is it just the lever guns? or is the production going over seas?
LAK said:I am sure the name Winchester is not going to dissappear anytime soon.
But what has been dissappearing fast, or more accurately - being changed - is our culture.
If we do not tackle that problem, names like Winchster will indeed dissappear one day.
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MBane666 said:That's right, Father..."other" companies will continuing making "Winchesters." Those companies just happen to be in Italy, China, Brazil, etc.
Jeeeez...
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alan said:Of course, perhaps people are no longer interested in hunting, target shooting and such activities, or might it be that the loss of locales is becoming an ever greater factor?
Father Knows Best said:Not necessarily. Companies like USFA have shown that you can be profitable making a premium firearm product here in the U.S. Olin owns the Winchester brand name, and will do everything it can to maximize its value. I'm sure keeping some production in the U.S. is in Olin's interest.
All the hullaballoo over U.S. Repeating Arms is just ridiculous, though. The real Winchester died in the 1930s with its acquisition by Olin. USRAC is just one of many recent licensees, and has only been making firearms with the Winchester brand name since 1981. The end of USRAC is no great loss, especially if the end result is that someone else starts producing truly high quality, world class firearms under the Winchester brand. THAT would honor Oliver Winchester's legacy and would restore the Winchester name to the prominence that it once rightfully held.
carebear said:That's the point, the thing is the people is the place.
The factory in New Haven closing means the end of an era. Who cares if the same model is built somewhere else, even identical in every degree. Its home is gone, a piece of history is over.
I agree; and I would sure like to rummage through what will literally go into the trash.joab said:The part I find sad is the closing of the 140 year old plant. There is alot of history that is going to go out with the monday morning trash
Mannlicher said:I'd say that article is pretty much a piece of anti gun crap. Yes, Winchester is going the way of other companies that were bought, mis managed, marginalized, and closed.
Face it, there was never a time when all Americans were 'gun nuts'. Almost without exception, the gun as a family totem, if you will, was a Southern or Western phenom. Yankees never really had to rely on guns, like we did down South or out West. Yes, the whole 'gun thing' is being diminshed, but the culture is still strong in many places.