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hoadie
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Posted: April 02 2006 at 10:29pm |
Folks - I just read that the WINCHESTER factory(New Haven,Connieticut) closed it's doors for good on Friday.They called the employees in, & thanked for their work, & dismissed them.
This is the plant that manufactered the lever action model.(Bin there for like 140 years!) I guess it's owned by Belgians(?) now. The only Winchester I got is a semi auto 12 guage.But, it's the end of an era, for sure. (A moment of silence, please.) Hoadie |
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Cookie Monster
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Communist pigs that run the US government finally done it all the guns laws and law suits cost them too much money.
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shotgunminister
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Winchester fell victim to it's parent company Herstal. Also I feel that they did not have what the market wanted. The lever action rifle which was the main stay of the company has fallen from popularity in recent years.
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I've seen the future and I don't like it.
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hoadie
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Personally, I'd agree w/shotgunminister.I have never liked the lever action rifle.(Personal choice) Gimme a bolt N E day. But it was wildly popular for a LONG time.Look how many companies copied it.
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Winchester .....Will rise from the ashes like the phinex !!!!!!!
Dave (wipeing a tear from his eye) |
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hoadie
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Davie; Is your spelling really that bad - or is that how you talk when you write ?
(Phoenix) Man, what you aussies do to the good King's english! Hoadie |
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It's a sign of the great education I recived as a child ......I got
learned real good I did ! Funny thing is my Old Man only found out
recently that I had been asked to leave the Quorn area school at 14 yrs
Old never to return !!!! I spent several days trying to avoid the issue
with him but he decided that there was no future in my going to school
(If he'd only known how close to the truth he was at that time ) So it
was off as a Pro shooters off sider for me .To learn the craft that has
served me well all these years ! Spelling has never been one of my
strong points! AS for speach I'll have you know! I have been said to
use profanities with the skill a Painter uses Oils !
So far as Butchering the King's english ? Sir I will have you know I am related to royalty ...........I've got a cousin that's a "Queen" Dave Edited by dave h - April 04 2006 at 1:28am |
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ledom daor
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I have always felt spelling is over rated!! I too cant spell.. I still manage to get my point accross...
You got to love the folks down under! One day I am going down there.. |
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Governments are like Dogs. The bigger they are, the more poo they leave for you to clean up!
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hoadie
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You mean your cousin,"Bruce" is really "Sheila"?
Oh-I guess that would be: Her Royal Majestic Graciousness Sheila ? Hoadie |
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shotgunminister
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I've seen the future and I don't like it.
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hoadie
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Funny you mention the 1300.I've got the 1400 12 ga.Most folks never heard of it.I've had ALOT of service with it, & I've bin really happy with it.It's the only Winchester I own.(Bought it used, years ago)
Lotsa birds rabbits & trap bin taken.Still, it's sad to see another American icon go. Hoadie |
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Poor Old Phil (my cousin ) I think would love to called a sheila! Me I just like to refer to him as The Family POOF, The token POOF or just simply G'day ya Poofta Needless to say I'm not on his xmas mailing list (or is that male list?) Dave |
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hoadie
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Well, it's YOUR family. The "Poof is in the puddin!" lol
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N/I\Z
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Hey, the lever action was The Business in its day. It was a while before the bolt-action and a working box magazine were put together - just in time for the Boer War. But now - who would try rapid fire with a 100-year-old MLE? I would. I have. Using modern ammunition, even. Nothing dropped off the rifle. Only 1 round did not reach the target. Now, would I want to do it with a 100-year-old Winchester lever-action. Er, no thanks. For one thing, I would be concerned about damaging the thing - these things are collected by idiots with heaps more money than brains. Plus I would be worried about bits falling off the thing. Dismantle a Winchester lever action. Count the parts. Now dismantle a Lee Enfield. Count the parts. Case closed. I am always saddened to hear of a name that has stood for something real in this world being shut down by bean-counters and bought up by opportunists.
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hoadie
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U.S. Repeating Arms Co was around for a long time.The article I read showed W.Churchill @ proving grounds w/2 U.S. generals, shooting the lever action, during WW II.
Wont be long before All the historic names will be gone Hoadie |
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allan
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I heard of this when it happened, and i was told that the employees terminated were walkin out of the doors with rifles under their arms. Also whats wrong with aussie grammar? I was learn-ed to spoken good england! |
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