During the mid to late 1800s, many companies - such as the Henry Repeating Arms Company and Smith and Wesson - emerged, revolutionizing the firearms industry forever. Although most are still standing and producing firearms, one rises above the rest. The Winchester Repeating Arms company but how was it formed and who created it? Oliver Fisher Winchester was born on November 30th, 1810 in Boston Massachusetts to Samuel Winchester and Hannah Bates. He worked as a carpenter, ran a men’s shirt store, and after that he started a dress shirt manufacturing company in 1848. Winchester was intrigued by guns and hunting and later took interest in the growth of the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. By then Volcanic Arms had helped create the first lever-action
