tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post115582675257811301..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Some Thoughts on the Winchester "Return"Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1155905897344932552006-08-18T06:58:00.000-06:002006-08-18T06:58:00.000-06:00One thing that was made public at the same time as...One thing that was made public at the same time as the initial announcement of the plant closing was that the contract with the union had a clause in it requiring that the models made there could only be made there by members of that union for the duration of the contract. Said contract not expiring until something like middle of next year.<BR/>In fact, I think it didn't expire until a few monthsGunGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217451122521161867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1155853964114841202006-08-17T16:32:00.000-06:002006-08-17T16:32:00.000-06:00A local FFl told me (yeah, yeah, I know never to b...A local FFl told me (yeah, yeah, I know never to believe 'em) that FN had shipped all of the tooling out to Belgium and that regardless of whether someone came in to purchase the name, they could never remake the rifles cause the machines were gone.<BR/><BR/>Any truth to that? Whats actually happened to the plant and the machines and the toolings?Countertophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01059405469013648135noreply@blogger.com