Seems like in my lost recesses of memory some french concern had bought it up. Is (was) that true? I would hate to have to back up and buy all Remington products D

Owned by same folks that own Browning...not French... from Belgium.

Buy Ruger, pre 64's and CZ's...That was true but I don't know if they still own Winchester.

Looks like Olin owns it - all American.

http://www.olin.com/about/history.asp

and

http://www.winchester-guns.com/faq/detail.asp?ID=24

[ 03-18-2003, 23:13: Message edited by: Sequitor ]

U.S. Repeating Arms is part of a world-wide company with facilities and associations with companies in Europe and Japan. Some special edition and limited edition firearms are currently made in Japan by one of our associated companies (Models: 1886, 1892, 1895, 63, and 52-B). The Super X2 is made in Europe with some parts manufactured in New Haven. The Supreme over/under shotgun is made in Belgium.

I think the above pretty much explains what I said in my first post...owned by the same folks that own Browning...located in Belgium
If you are in retail the same sales rep that calls on you for Browning is the same guy for Winchester or at least that is the way it is in Texas. Ahern Sales Group has both lines.

[ 03-19-2003, 01:08: Message edited by: Harry ]

Winchester, both the company and the name, are owned by the Olin Corporation of East Alton, Ill.

Now, US REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, as well as Browning Arms Company, are owned by FN Herstal. FN Herstal USED TO BE owned by GIAT (Groupement Industriel d'Armes Terrestres).

GIAT divested itself of the majority of the shares to the Walloon Regional Government (Walloon is the Belgian Province where Herstal is located). GIAT retained a minority interest in FN. Curently, the Walloon government sold FN to the Belgian aerospace conglomerate EWA (Enterprises Wallonnes de l'Aeronautique).

This webpage shows the member companies of EWA, in alphabetic order. Scroll down and you will find FN Herstal.

EWA member companies

[ 03-19-2003, 01:15: Message edited by: ksduckhunter ]

To clarify this a little, Olin owns Winchester, and licenses the right to sell firearms using the Winchester name to USRAC. USRAC buys their guns from manufacturers around the world as detailed above.