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One of our original arsenals of democracy--the New Haven factory that armed generations of Americans with Winchester rifles--will close on March 31.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)
One of our original arsenals of democracy--the New Haven factory that armed generations of Americans with Winchester rifles--will close on March 31. Winchesters will be available in the future, but in all likelihood none will be manufactured in the United States. That's a shame, because this brand name is so closely associated with American history: The Winchester '73, a lever-action rifle, is often called "the gun that won the West." In recent years, Winchester rifles have been made by U.S. Repeating Arms, a subsidiary of a Belgian company, ...
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