Description

Whether you’re an avid duck hunter or just an avid fan of shooting those long range loads, this vintage Western Cartridge Company t-shirt is right up your alley. Franklin W. Olin received an engineering degree from Cornell University in 1886. After working at powder mills in the eastern United States, he was one of several investors establishing the Equitable Powder Company in 1892 at East Alton, Illinois. Production of blasting powder for southern Illinois coal mining began in 1893. He founded the Western Cartridge Company in 1898, manufacturing small arms and ammunition and would later acquire the Winchester Repeating Arms Company after they went into receivership in 1931.