don't own a single winchester, but this is truely sad[&o], and guys bashing US made goods, well the workers are only putting together what the big boss man ok's and specifies, i would be willing to bet at any of the plants, there are people that have come up with ideas, but have been shot down because of cost. maybe before long wal-mart will start building guns, or have it completely shut-down since their notmaking nothing on firearms sales anyway