This speculation about whether another manufacturer wants a 870 or 1100 or Versamax product, or whether they want a line of lever action rifles, sort of misses the point. The Remington sale is not just a sale of product lines, but of factories, production facilities, production workers, and the rest of the company including sales, marketing, advertising, accounting, finance, management, executives and so on. We can be quite sure that Sturm Ruger, S&W, AOBC, or Vista don't want that and they won't pay for it. Could they make a profit selling some of Remington or Marlin's products? Of course, but why would Remington's creditors sell the valuable, profitable assets and just eat it when it comes to the other 98% of the company? They need a buyer who will buy whole assets -- not necessarily the entire company to one buyer (although I'm sure they'd prefer that), but certainly not just the rights to choice products while flushing the value of all the other assets.