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The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American manufacturer of repeating firearms and ammunition. The firm was established in 1866 by Oliver Winchester and was located in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm went into receivership in 1931 and was bought by the Western Cartridge Company, a forerunner of the Olin Corporation.
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El ancestro de la Winchester Repeating Arms Company fue la Volcanic Repeating Arms Company, fundada en 1855 por Horace Smith y Daniel Wesson que fabricó la carabina de palanca Volcanic a partir del sistema inventado por Walter Hunt y más tarde mejorado y patentado en 1849 por Lewis Jennings. Más tarde fue reorganizada como New Haven Arms ...
Seeing the economic potential of the fast-growing firearms industry, Winchester began to assemble investors and secure venture capital, and in 1857 bought a controlling interest in the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company from two inventive gentlemen named Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson.
Tras la guerra, Oliver Winchester rebautizó la empresa New Haven Arms, como Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Esta modificó y mejoró el diseño básico del fusil Henry, creando el primer fusil Winchester: el Modelo 1866.
On May 22, 1866, Oliver Winchester establishes the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to build the finest guns and ammunition possible. - Image source: Olin Corporation. 1866. With its polished brass receiver the Model 1866 “Yellow Boy” lever-action rifle is the first gun to bear the Winchester name. - Image source: Winchester Repeating Arms. 1868.
