{"id":67941,"date":"2021-12-27T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=67941"},"modified":"2021-12-26T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T14:57:19","slug":"great-celebrity-breakups-winchester-and-john-browning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/12\/27\/great-celebrity-breakups-winchester-and-john-browning\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Celebrity Breakups: Winchester and John Browning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHU4dyfrOBk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 26 Aug 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXYyb0s3R25HWEhqWU1oWGtPeVZ5MlVkRzVmd3xBQ3Jtc0ttRl9pQkY5UWFTcnNrTUVHSV9tZWxORFJ1dnRVTGsxTklWTk9BblE3ZlhGam1XUzNiMTdYdjJ3cGFiZDAxbzJNVnZNOWZmZHpmQl9wWHZwYkp3eTVxLXpvbzctblhET1ZrX0p1U3ZLdHRXQW82SlJIVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons%2Fhome\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In August 1903, Thomas Bennett (head of the Winchester company) wrote a letter to his many distributors and agents explaining how Winchester had decided to part ways with the Browning Brothers, and how the company would certainly be better off as a result. 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