Details
- Term
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Alternate Term
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Winchester
- Occupation/Role
firearms manufacturer
- Geography
New Haven, Connecticut
- Date
active 1854-present
- Remarks
In 1854, Oliver Winchester, a shirt manufacturer from New Haven, Connecticut, invested in Volcanic Repeating Arms Company (which had grown out of Smith & Wesson's early partnership in Norwich, Connecticut), and moved the company to New Haven. When Volcanic Repeating Arms Company declared insolvency in 1857, Winchester gained control of the company, renaming it New Haven Arms Company. After the Civil War, it was reorganized as Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Winchester rifle held a prominent place in popular memory of the American West.
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