Winchester Made by RWS?

[Ronno6]

Looking at Winchester Model 1028W.

Not a terribly well respected springer, I don't believe.

Printed on the top of the air tube I see "BRD 18 Jahre & Alter" which is German for "Federal Republic of Germany 18 years of age." 

Made by RWS ??

OR................?


 

[Toxylon]

As you know, Winchester airguns have been made all over the world - most everywhere but the U.S.(?), that is.

Googling Winchester 1028W, I get guns that are low-end Hatsan breakbarrels with plastic triggers that sell for a little over 100 USD. The price alone tells they can't have much anything to do with German manufacture.

Turkish guns made for the German market could easily have Deutsche Sprache on them.

[Ronno6]

I had thought it to me made in china..........I have seen someone say that way long ago.
Maybe there is a difference between the 1028S vs thew 1028WS ?
But, I would think it odd to have German wording on an oriental produce, especially one that has the BRD included, which translates
to the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany....

[Ronno6]

Spoke to the folks at the Daisy Museum.
I was told that it is "Highly possible" that the 1028 WS mechanism was made in Germany,
with the stock furnished by a different country.........

We'll see...........

[Ronno6]

The definitive MAYBE from Daisy Museum is this:

The 1028WS was PROBABLY made in Turkey or Brazil.

The German verbiage printed on it was a requirement of the German government in order to allow sales in that country..

The country of manufacture should be stamped on the mechanism somewhere, possible somewhere requiring the removal of the stock to expose.

Thus is my learning exercise of the day.........