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[jcchartboy]

Winchester and Browning Enter Firearms License Agreement


8/15/2006
East Alton, IL, August 15, 2006 --Winchester announced today that it has entered into a long-term license agreement with Browning for the manufacture and distribution of Winchester brand rifles and shotguns.


?With this new agreement, Winchester is confident that Browning will produce innovative firearms worthy of the Winchester name, continuing a tradition that people around the world associate with the Winchester brand,? stated Richard Hammett, President Winchester Ammunition. ?We are proud of our heritage as The Gun That Won the West and consider this arrangement as entering a new era for the legendary Winchester firearms brand.?

Charles Guevremont, President of Browning is equally optimistic and excited about the opportunity to continue the production and distribution of Winchester firearms. ?We are more committed today than ever before to the development of exciting new Winchester firearms designs,? said Guevremont. ?We will continually strive to build the quality products that generations of loyal Winchester customers have come to expect and will be proud to own and use for decades to come.?


Winchester is a division of Olin Corporation. Olin Corporation is a manufacturer concentrated in three business segments: Metals, Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. Winchester products include sporting ammunition, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and industrial cartridges.

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[choc-dog]

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The union agreement will prevent Browning from manufacturing the model 70, model 94 etc until after 2008.

They will likely do this over-seas if they feel they is still a market for them.

 

[encore4me]

They will all be made in Japan, Who wants a Model 94 or 70 not made in the USA?







Matt

 

[jcchartboy]

They will all be made in Japan, Who wants a Model 94 or 70 not made in the USA?
Matt

The reality is, it will all come down to a matter of quality. In a few years very few people will pay any attention to where they are made. This will be especially true if the Japanese made guns are of a superior quality to the recent US guns.

Also...to directly answer the original question...the buyers will be the same hunters that are currently buying Browning rifles...

JC

Model 70 Classic Featherweight Stainless Steel 25 WSSM...