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A Hard Kick from John Wayne's Gun: The Demise of Winchester
21 January 2006
New York Times
Come spring, the Winchester rifle, immortalized as the gun that won the West and rode into the sunset with John Wayne, will be made in Portugal and Japan.
The U.S. Repeating Arms Company, which has manufactured rifles and shotguns in New Haven since 1866, is set to shut its doors on March 31. About 200 people will lose their jobs, many having worked for decades on the plant's assembly line.
Workers were told of the decision to close the plant this month after... (GunPolicy.org)