For many years, the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. of New Haven, Conn., manufactured myriad types of high-quality firearms for the civilian market. Although the company gained fame for its sporting ...

It later became part of Herstal Group, which owns Fabrique Nationale and Browning. Winchester Repeating Arms today are manufactured under a licensing agreement with that pair of firms, both ...

U.S. Repeating Arms Co. said Tuesday that it plans to close the New Haven plant where it manufactures Winchester rifles and shotguns, potentially ending Connecticut’s 140-year history of ...

leaving Sarah to inherit her husband’s $20 million estate — equivalent to more than $507 million in 2017 — and nearly 50 percent holding of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, of which he ...

Tabloid legend holds that Sarah Winchester, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company dynasty, endlessly added new rooms to her mansion to placate the ghosts of those killed by her company's firearms.

Her share of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company amounted to a $20 million inheritance, 50-percent ownership in the company and an income of $1,000 per day (over $25,000 in today’s money).

Firearms bearing the Winchester label have been part of American culture since 1866. It was then that Oliver Winchester bought control of the New Haven Arms company and changed its name to the ...

In 1855, a clothing manufacturer named Oliver Winchester became the largest stockholder of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company, which was developing the Volcanic Lever Action Rifle. The rifle had ...

Demolition of the remaining vacant, toxic former Winchester Repeating Arms factory buildings near Munson and Mansfield Streets is slated to begin this summer. The cleanup and teardown project should ...

Rifles chambered in the 400 Legend will be offered in the coming year from Ruger, Savage Arms, Mossberg, CMMG, Winchester Repeating Arms, and more. Winchester I had the opportunity to hunt with a ...

heiress to the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune. Winchester died on Sept. 5, 1922, and a celebration of her life is planned for that same date 100 years later, when guests are encouraged to leave ...