U.S. Repeating Arms Company

Repeating Arms Company was established by Winchester employees to purchase the rights to manufacture Winchester-branded rifles and shotguns in New Haven, Connecticut, under license from Olin.

In 1989, after the bankruptcy of USRAC, it was taken over by Fabrique Nationale Herstal (FN), a Belgium-based international group producing firearms.

[1] Production of several Winchester rifles would cease worldwide, while some models would be continued at factories outside the United States.

Industrial activity in Newhallville was reduced drastically after 1965 when Winchester, at that time the largest employer in New Haven, decided to move its main production line to East Alton, Illinois.

[3] The neighborhood's long history of arms production finally ended completely in 2006, when the U.S.