Is Remington still making rifles or is there a pause in production?

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I really want a .308 with a 20" or shorter barrel, iron sights, and a internal magazine. I have a Ruger Scout, but want something more trim for hunting and especially a internal magazine.

I would really love to have a Winchester Model 70 and might just end up getting a Featherweight and forgoing the irons. I really wish they made a version with iron sights.

However I tried to look at the Remington website to check out the Model Sevens and got a message that, "A New Era Has Begun". The website only had information about ammunition and gave an email address to to inquire about guns.

I have been out of the loop for awhile and just wondering if I missed something. I was aware of the bankruptcy sale, but did not realize that the ammo side would take over the website.

I guess I can take a look at Gunbroker or try the three round mag in the Ruger. I guess I could look for a SS/Synthetic Ruger GS as well.

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Matt
 
you can add open sights to a rifle that does not come with them...

Roger that! Most of the gunsmiths around me take quite a while to get work scheduled and it add additional cost. I would consider that as a last resort, but would rather just get something set up and ready to go.
 
Remington firearms are not being made by Vista who is making the ammo. Roundhill bought the firearm business (except for Marlin); supposedly they are close to getting their mfg. FFL and soon to starting up production again.
 
Remington firearms are not being made by Vista who is making the ammo. Roundhill bought the firearm business (except for Marlin); supposedly they are close to getting their mfg. FFL and soon to starting up production again.
They actually have their FFL, got it in early January. Supposedly going to start back up Febuary 15 according to the job offers sent out to Union members they were required to rehire. Given the leadership at the helm of RoundHill/RemArms I would not hold my breath waiting for any thing they produce. They did not rehire a single engineer from the R&D group in Huntsville, nothing like starting up a manufacturing plant with a green engineering staff.
 
They actually have their FFL, got it in early January. Supposedly going to start back up Febuary 15 according to the job offers sent out to Union members they were required to rehire. Given the leadership at the helm of RoundHill/RemArms I would not hold my breath waiting for any thing they produce. They did not rehire a single engineer from the R&D group in Huntsville, nothing like starting up a manufacturing plant with a green engineering staff.

Thanks for the info.

I am in no particular hurry, I am thinking about next fall, but I also don't want to be the beta tester for the new Remington. I have plenty of time to look online and in the used rack.
 
They actually have their FFL, got it in early January. Supposedly going to start back up Febuary 15 according to the job offers sent out to Union members they were required to rehire. Given the leadership at the helm of RoundHill/RemArms I would not hold my breath waiting for any thing they produce. They did not rehire a single engineer from the R&D group in Huntsville, nothing like starting up a manufacturing plant with a green engineering staff.

Given the stuff that was coming out of remington for the last 10 years, I'm not sure I would want any of the old staff
 
Buy the factory synthetic stock for your Ruger and you'll save 15 oz over the laminated stock that came on it.

Ruger® Scout Synthetic Stock-ShopRuger

If you use a 3 round magazine for hunting they don't extend far enough below the stock to matter.

If it were mine I'd also remove the rail and scope it conventionally. A scope does everything irons do and does it better anyway. If you use QD scope mounts it is easy enough to remove the scope and put the rear sight back on quickly.

Do these things and you'll have a far better rifle than anything ever made by Remington and spend less money.
 
Given the stuff that was coming out of remington for the last 10 years, I'm not sure I would want any of the old staff
True, but I would argue there was allot of good designs either killed by poor marketing/management or poorly exicuted by a manufacturing plant run by a union more concerned with lining its pockets than the welfare of the workers, let alone running a proper QC department.

Well see, they got rid of the engineers and marketing people but kept the union and executive leadership, time will tell.
 
True, but I would argue there was allot of good designs either killed by poor marketing/management or poorly exicuted by a manufacturing plant run by a union more concerned with lining its pockets than the welfare of the workers, let alone running a proper QC department.

Well see, they got rid of the engineers and marketing people but kept the union and executive leadership, time will tell.
Should have dumped the union and leadership for sure. I'm ambivalent about the marketing because I never saw any.
 
Ever? Remington has made some very nice rifles. You’re not typically one to hate on something THAT much.
The A and B prefix serial numbered model 700 BDL were some of the best. Their shotguns from the same era were excellent.
 
Maybe just that much more proRuger?
Maybe. I mean, I know Remington had problems with some of their triggers. It’s been discussed ad nauseam. But beyond that one factor, I don’t see where Ruger is better or worse than Remington. Or could be proven to be a “far better rifle”. And I’m not a Remington fanboy by any stretch. I’d buy a 700 or 77 or a 70 tomorrow for the right price. However, you could realistically argue that one individual rifle is better than another individual rifle.

Let me put it this way. You walk into a shop and you’re the 3,000th customer. And in celebration, you get to pick out a free rifle. You’re choices are a Ruger Gunsite scout in 308. Or a Remington 700 Safari in........300 H&H. You currently own neither caliber. Which would you choose? For me it’s a no brainer.

Flip that around and, blah, blah, blah, 3,000th customer, blah, blah, blah. Your choices are a Remington 700 ADL black synthetic in 308 or a Ruger Gunsite in 308....I’m going to choose the Ruger everyday. But there’s still no guarantee the Ruger is going to be a far better rifle.
 
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They actually have their FFL, got it in early January. Supposedly going to start back up Febuary 15 according to the job offers sent out to Union members they were required to rehire. Given the leadership at the helm of RoundHill/RemArms I would not hold my breath waiting for any thing they produce. They did not rehire a single engineer from the R&D group in Huntsville, nothing like starting up a manufacturing plant with a green engineering staff.
With most of their designs being about 50 years old, you don't need them, at east initially. If they ever get back to producing new and innovative stuff, that is something else
 
With most of their designs being about 50 years old, you don't need them, at east initially. If they ever get back to producing new and innovative stuff, that is something else

Right you don't necessarily need R&D engineers but you still need production engineers. Engineers that keep the factory running and dealing with production problems whether that be products produced in house, the equipment that makes that product in house, or handling the technical details of part produced by third party vendors, and assembly issues. In a manufacturing system like a gun company engineers do a lot more than just design new products. All those production engineers left or were let go too.
 
I thought the ones in Ilion were still employed???
Everyone in Ilion was let go at the end of the bankruptcy. A very small handful (single digits) of people were retained by the Remington Outdoor Company estate to keep the builds operational (ie don't let the pipes freeze etc). Those people were let go at the end of January. Roundhill/RemArms, the new owner of the Ilion facility has sent offer letters to ~200 former union employees, as required by the bankruptcy settlement; although it appears the way they did it pissed off union leadership. They supposedly have also offered a few salary positions to former Remington employees (middle management I believe) but as far as I know none of the engineers (there were not many left by late last year), certainly none of the ones from down here in Huntsville were made offers, none of them were going to move into NY for a gun related job. Supposedly some of the re-hired employee are to start reporting on Feb 16 to start things back up with production supposed starting March 1st.

https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2021/2/2/remarms-to-begin-production-march-1
 
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Many were SUPPOSEDLY furloughed, not terminated.
How do you get furloughed from a company that no longer exists? The company was terminated and their jobs simple evaporated, with no benefits and no severance despite union contracts and much noise made by the union. The only thing that makes this somewhat fuzzy is that the executive leadership appears to have survived the bankruptcy and the CEO of the now defunct Remington Outdoor Company will become the CEO of the new Roundhill/RemArms.
 
The company was in BK, not gone; companies come out of BK all the time. Chrysler did it several times
 
Do these things and you'll have a far better rifle than anything ever made by Remington and spend less money.

The more I look at what's out there, the more I like this plan. I really wanted a blued/wood/ironsighted rifle but this would definitely work and save me money! I am going to hit a few more places and I will either hit paydirt or take this path. Thanks!
 
The company was in BK, not gone; companies come out of BK all the time. Chrysler did it several times
Not in this case, you are right for the first time Remington went into bankruptcy, the first bankruptcy in 2018 was a Chapter 11: Reorganization. Remington shed a lot of debt and got a new owners, the old owner Cerberus Capital was out and Franklin Templeton and JP Morgan Chase were in.

But just over two years later after some stellar management and a soft gun market Remington finds itself going into a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy again but this time they were unable to find anyone to buy the company. So without anyone that wanted the company and no other source of cash or credit to keep the company operating the bankruptcy judge forced Remington into Chapter 7: Liquidation. The company was broken up and its assets (equipment, property, trademarks etc) sold at auction to pay off as much of the companies remain debt as possible. The bankruptcy judge determined who got paid and how much with the proceeds from the auction. When the judge finally closes the bankruptcy case Remington Outdoor Company as a entity will no longer exist.
 
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