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The U.S. Repeating Arms Company. Inc. is the decendant of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, famous for making the Winchester rifle.
The company first obtained the Winchester name in 1866 when Oliver Winchester bought control of New Haven Arms Company and changed the name to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. in 1931 Olin Corporation purchased Winchester Repeating Arms and combined it with the Western Cartridge Company. In 1981 The U.S. Repeating Arms Company was formed and continues manufacturing Winchester brand rifles and shotguns in New Haven, Connecticut, under license from Olin Corporation.
In the 1970s Winchester experimented with an skeet-like indoor shooting sport they called Wingo.
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