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HowieG said:
I loved the story I read about the guy who brought his new Remington home, looked down the barrel and discovered it wasn't rifled. There is a local custom gunsmith near me that is a Remington action specialist. He would buy those cheapo plastic stock model 700 rifles by the bunch and rob the actions. I imagine he ain't real happy.
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I saw a Bushmaster in a similar condition, the bore was as smooth as a baby's butt, and yet I am still going to miss Remington...
 
I seem to recall that remington knives were made by the same company that made S&W knives. S&W has since bought that knife company so I have no idea if they still make Remington knives.
 
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I highly doubt that the new Remington will be a manufacturer of a full line up of models. They will likely end up only making a small number of 700 and 870s. Since the sale it has become known that Roundhill Group is just a front company for Remington's CEO Ken D'Arcy. So the guy who just ran the company into bankruptcy bought the company for pennies on the dollar.
 
Yep and there has been zero communication regarding production timelines, employees, etc.
 
First rifle was a Remington 770 in .243 Win. First non-crack barrel shotgun was an 870 SuperMag. Family heirloom is an immaculate early 70's 1100 in 12ga. I liked Remington. But they dropped the ball top many times. They could not compete in today's market with their catalog offerings or their QC. Perhaps if they had produced a true American made single shot shotgun or decent double barrel for cheaper than Henry, or perhaps a return to their roots in revolvers; with an 1875 and 1890 truly made by Remington with quality. Heck, even an 1863 Pocket in .32 H&R, that would have filled a niche and if done right, would've kept them afloat.
 
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Through the years I've had four Remington 870s. Three were Wing Masters and one is an Express. I still have one Wing Master and the Express. They all were and are good guns and never gave me any problems.

I'll miss Remington making 870s.

I've also had two 700s and two 788s. The 700s were beautiful rifles, but so so shooters. The 788s were plain looking rifles, but great shooters. I preferred the 788s.

I won't miss Remington making 700s. Sadly, the Remington quit making 788s decades ago.
 
I grew up in a house of Big Green and Big Blue. I was a S&W and Remington kid. To me, I will always have a soft spot for both of them, but it isn't the current generation of products that they make. I love my pinned barreled S&W Model 64 and my nicely crafted Remington Model 700 VLS. My Remington Nylon 66 and my S&W Model 17.

Oh well, nothing lasts forever. The Vulture Capitalists' utterly destroyed Remington and the majority of the firearms industry as a whole. Hell, The "Big Five" in AR manufacturers are down to two. Bushmaster, Olympic Arms, and DMPS are gone and only Colt and Armalite are still around. Sure, others have taken their place and make great products. But it just is a different market these days.
 
mcb said:
The Roundhill version of Remington can't even seem to figure out how to get an FFL. You would think if you were buying a gun company you would have been on top of this particular issue pretty hard core. The don't think they will have it till next year, all be that only a few weeks away but still.

https://www.wktv.com/content/news/M...d-firearms-license-progressing-573292021.html
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You would think that article tells of incompetence by the Roundhill Group who "can't figure out how to get an FFL" in fact it doesn't remotely allude to any such thing:
ILION, NY - Some remaining Remington Arms employees are being furloughed Friday, but the new owner wasn't sure how many, as it's being handled by the estate of the former company.
Richmond Italia, a partner with the Roundhill Group, says an inspector has visited Remington's Ilion plant, but no federal firearms license has been issued yet. Italia says the process is moving along, although he says it's unlikely they'll have the license before the end of the year.
Italia says Roundhill can't commit to a starting date until they have their license in hand, but they do plan on approaching employees as early as next week with job offers with the new company.
Nearly 600 employees have been laid off after Roundhill bought the Ilion Remington facility in September. Italia has said Roundhill hopes to bring back more than 200 to staff the new version of Remington
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From that article it appears that Roundhill Group has been pretty quick to apply for an FFL because an IOI visit of the premises is done prior to the FFL being issued.
I don't know how many FFL's you've applied for, but this seems to be within the normal timeline of the application process.
Bankruptcy court decision in late September, means the earliest the Rounhill Group would have been able to apply was sometime in October.....so its been roughly 60 odd days. My initial FFL application was mailed to ATF in June of 2008, IOI visit in August, received FFL middle of September.
 
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You would think that article tells of incompetence by the Roundhill Group who "can't figure out how to get an FFL" in fact it doesn't remotely allude to any such thing:

From that article it appears that Roundhill Group has been pretty quick to apply for an FFL because an IOI visit of the premises is done prior to the FFL being issued.
I don't know how many FFL's you've applied for, but this seems to be within the normal timeline of the application process.
Bankruptcy court decision in late September, means the earliest the Rounhill Group would have been able to apply was sometime in October.....so its been roughly 60 odd days. My initial FFL application was mailed to ATF in June of 2008, IOI visit in August, received FFL middle of September.
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Vista already has their new FFL in place for the for Remington Arkansas ammunition plants and already have those back up and running.

I would not be surprised if we will see a third bankruptcy before we see new Ilion made Remington firearms come out of that building.
 
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Vista already has their new FFL in place for the for Remington Arkansas ammunition plants and already have those back up and running....
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Which means nothing. Different ATF offices, different IOI's and waaaaaaay different compliance issues. Ammunition for example isn't serialized and doesn't require a transfer of possession from one licensee to another.

And the Remington plant at Lonoke never shut down.;)
 
It will be interesting to see if they continue making 870s.

If so, they need to forget all the ridiculous detachable mag and tacticool mall ninja BS and focus on making a QUALITY line of straightforward pump shotguns, how they used to.

But today’s youthes won’t buy it unless it’s covered in black plastic and rails. So they do have to cave in to market demands I suppose.

At least make the darned things reliable and durable.
 
JCooperfan1911 said:
It will be interesting to see if they continue making 870s.

If so, they need to forget all the ridiculous detachable mag and tacticool mall ninja BS and focus on making a QUALITY line of straightforward pump shotguns, how they used to.

But today’s youthes won’t buy it unless it’s covered in black plastic and rails. So they do have to cave in to market demands I suppose.

At least make the darned things reliable and durable.
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People have forgotten that the virtues of a shotgun do not call for a "plasticool tacticool" approach.
 
I picked up my new Model 7. It looks real nice all around. But I think they special built this rifle. Limited run.
 
JCooperfan1911 said:
It will be interesting to see if they continue making 870s.

If so, they need to forget all the ridiculous detachable mag and tacticool mall ninja BS and focus on making a QUALITY line of straightforward pump shotguns, how they used to.

But today’s youthes won’t buy it unless it’s covered in black plastic and rails. So they do have to cave in to market demands I suppose.

At least make the darned things reliable and durable.
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My last 870 I bought in the early 2000s and it wasn't particularly reliable,had the matte finish and rusted if you looked at it funny without oiling it immediately afterwards. Pretty disappointing compared to older ones my grandfather taught me to hunt with. Still, I had got it at a going out of business clearance and here was a rebate to boot, so it was pretty darned cheap (in more ways than one). Sold it off after my wife won an (supposedly inferior, by internet at the time) 887 at a Ducks banquet. Reliable, doesn't rust, has been solid at shooting ducks since. Can't complain. But prior to the bankruptcies I had determined my next shotgun was not going to be a Remington.

Legionnaire said:
I'll miss Model 7s. They are my favorite Remingtons. Still have several.
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My wife has 2, great little rifles. I might have, kinda, sorta, claimed the .308 as mine... at least until my son or daughter gets old enough to hunt.
 
One of my early guns was a Remington M870 12 gauge. I bought it on the spot, after picking it up to see how it felt.

It felt solid as a rock, and it had a 20" rifled barrel. I just liked it. That was around 1980 AD.
 
Funny how many dis Remington but I have more than one Model 700 of all ages starting back from the first year out in the 60s. I have always been able to work up a load and get them to shoot less than MOA. There are many a BR rifle out there built on a 700 action as well so they must have done something right. I'll admit those cheap plastic stocks as of late are junk but it's an easy fix replacing them and bingo accuracy returns...
 
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