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laea7777 · May 19, 2011, 04:26 AM

My understanding was that Winchester went out of business in 2006 but that FN bought the rights to produce the Winchester 1300 and started making them in 2007. I can find no listing of the FN version of the 1300 on the FN website, but I swear I saw one at Big 5 and at the shooting range recently. When I google 'Winchester 1300 Defender', I get a link to Winchester's website and it lists various 1300 models as a 'Historic Line', no longer in production, last produced in 2006. Many other products are listed as currently in production, meaning Winchester is back in business (unless the entire line and website is owned by FN now). But, what's the deal? Do they (or does anybody) still make the 1300 Defender, or what?

May 19, 2011, 04:26 AM	#1
laea7777 Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 26	What is the deal with the Winchester 1300? My understanding was that Winchester went out of business in 2006 but that FN bought the rights to produce the Winchester 1300 and started making them in 2007. I can find no listing of the FN version of the 1300 on the FN website, but I swear I saw one at Big 5 and at the shooting range recently. When I google 'Winchester 1300 Defender', I get a link to Winchester's website and it lists various 1300 models as a 'Historic Line', no longer in production, last produced in 2006. Many other products are listed as currently in production, meaning Winchester is back in business (unless the entire line and website is owned by FN now). But, what's the deal? Do they (or does anybody) still make the 1300 Defender, or what?