Winchester Closes New Haven Plant

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Ithaca37

Discussion Starter · Mar 20, 2006

Due to financial trouble, winchester is closing its New Haven Conn. plant. The company said that it was losing $1 million each month the plant was open and had no choice to close it. This will end production of Model 94, Model 70 rifles, and Model 1300 pump shotguns. I think winchester is in for one hell of a bumpy ride over the next few years. Those Models represent everything the average shooter associates with the Winchester label. One of their spokesmen said that they would continue to develop the remainder of their product line which consists of smome other rifles including a new autoloading rifle, their existing line of autoloading shotguns, and their line of Select O/U shotguns.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2006/01/ready_to_make_a.html

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aroostookbasser

· #2 · Mar 20, 2006

Well there goes Winchester.................. again !!!!!!!!!

If you have the spare cash buy up some M70's and M94's !!!!!!!!!!!

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kenton6

· #3 · Mar 20, 2006

I have heard their contract to use the Winchester name is expiring and they don't plan to negotiate a renewal. I also hear there might be some interest.

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sremington

· #4 · Mar 20, 2006

Yea, Maine Hunting Today is going to buy into it... :wink:

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kenton6

· #5 · Mar 20, 2006

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Is this before or after the television station takeover?

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sremington

· #6 · Mar 20, 2006

After!

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· #7 · Mar 21, 2006

Their licensing of the name "Winchester", from Winchester-Olin, ends in '07. With the plant empty and the name just being rented, I think we'll see someone stepping in. At least, I hope so. It'd be a shame to lose "The Rifleman's Rifle".

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Dirigo

· #8 · Mar 21, 2006

at least Ithica is back in business

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Ithaca37

Discussion Starter · #9 · Mar 21, 2006

Ithaca is back? I hadn't heard. It is always sad to see companies that have such rich histories go under like that. Hopefully Winchester can get their financial issues resolved.

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aroostookbasser

· #10 · Mar 21, 2006

Saving a name is meaningless unless they also preserve the reason for the good reputation..........who needs overpriced "labeled" guns made by third world factories.

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aroostookbasser

· #11 · Mar 21, 2006

I would love to see the gun world act like the rest of corporate america in that rather than allow outside influence or loss of jobs..........let a successful gun company take over the failing one and everyone wins!!!!!!

Can you imagine "Winchesters by Ruger"or "Winchesters by Smth&Wesson".

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