RIP Windham Weaponry

[ArmedCorgi]

Searched and didn't find an existing thread.... It looks like Windham Weaponry is closing up shop. Sad day.

Home - Windham Weaponry Inc.

The story of Windham Weaponry is a story of resilience and dedication to craftsmanship. When the original Bushmaster Firearms facility in Windham, Maine,

www.windhamweaponry.com

 

[kev74]

Its got to be tough trying to make money selling ARs right now. There are some really nice rifles for very cheap.

 

[JunkBoxFull]

Right now, anti-gun people are having a huge party about the news of WW. This is a dream come true for anti-gun people. This is a goal they want to achieve for every gun company out there, and not just AR`s either.

 

[Vapor]

It's hard when companies like palmetto exist.


As shit goes more down hill country wide, guns are gonna get more popular again. Just wait

 

[Cooolone]

I'm driving in NC and a huge Gun Company advertising on the local radio to stop by, specials on ammo and more... Kinda caught me off guard a bit, lol

It's a shame WW... But the environment created there in NY doesn't exist everywhere! Even though that's what THEY would want you to believe. There are States where the progressive agenda has its limits and is kept at Bay. Just sayin'!

Again, is a shame, but NY is a different place, and once outside the pickle barrel and looking in, you can see just how ugly it really is! Disgusting actually...

Fuck NY!!!

 

[ArmedCorgi]

I'm driving in NC and a huge Gun Company advertising on the local radio to stop by, specials on ammo and more... Kinda caught me off guard a bit, lol

It's a shame WW... But the environment created there in NY doesn't exist everywhere! Even though that's what THEY would want you to believe. There are States where the progressive agenda has its limits and is kept at Bay. Just sayin'!

Again, is a shame, but NY is a different place, and once outside the pickle barrel and looking in, you can see just how ugly it really is! Disgusting actually...

Fuck NY!!!

WW was in Windham Maine. Maine is still a gun friendly state, constitutional carry Etc... I agree, they probably just couldn't compete with Palmetto or just had bad financial planning/situations.

 

[CaliberPlus]

I tried to deal with WW. I found their communication was not good. There were rumors about other internal issues. Sometimes the little things take a company down.

 

[PutnamCharlie]

My first AR was a Windham. Still have it in neutered form.

 

[That_FNG]

Not surprising. My first AR was a windham weaponry. I wanted to buy more but stuff was never in stock. Kind of hard to sell things if your products are never in stock.

businesses seem to forget that a customer is not going to just wait around for something that they need or want. If I want milk and I go to wegmans and wegmans has no milk, I don’t just turn around and go home. I go to tops, Aldi’s, target, Walmart etc until I find the milk I want/need. Unless the product you make is so amazing in some way, or the quality is so incredible, the customer is not going to just wait around until you feel like making more.

 

[Deplorable Me]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/27/maine-ar15-rifle-manufacturer-closing-windham-weaponry/6e20710a-5d67-11ee-b961-94e18b27be28_story.html

 

[dsdmmat]

Behind a paywall

 

[FRANKIE]

AR Maker Windham Weaponry Closing its Doors :: Guns.com

Maine's largest and best-known rifle maker, Windham Weaponry, announced this week that, after a long run, it is headed towards "full liquidation."

www.guns.com

 

[fresch]

See it is working.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/27/maine-ar15-rifle-manufacturer-closing-windham-weaponry/6e20710a-5d67-11ee-b961-94e18b27be28_story.html

Behind a paywall

Had to use the ol' stop and refresh to be able to read. It's only 2 paragraphs but the comments are the most interesting.



CanItGetAnyWorse 13 hours ago

You know who needs a semi-automatic military firearm? No one.
I own a beautiful Browning A-5 shotgun which I use to bird hunt in Nevada and eastern Oregon.
I own a 30 caliber deer rifle, that truth be told hasn't had a round fired in a long time.
I own a 44 caliber handgun that sits next to my bedroom vanity. You know why.

I consider myself a pro gun, liberal voter. Doesn't get any weirder than that.

Owning a weapon of mass destruction has no place in the world of hunting and sportsmanship. These weapons just give weak men a sense of power. And an excuse to use them.

As a gun owner and a sportsman, I call for the banning of assault rifles, and a monitoring of ammunition purchases and increasing regulations of gun purchases.

Sportsman's like me will go on with our activities unimpeded. While terrorist types and mass shootings will go most impeded.


10mmAutomatic 12 hours ago

I have a Browning semi auto also. In my case, a BAR Safari Mark II in .30-06. Like your shotgun , 4+1 magazine capacity. So OUR semi automatics are OK, but someone else's are not? So your problem is magazine capacity? Where should we draw the line? At 10, like they do here in People's Republic of California? And why not 9 or 11? What makes 10 the magic number other than being a nice round figure. Magazine restrictions are just arbitrary lines drawn by pompous, full of themselves left wing politicians. Nothing more, nothing less.