Remington Illion Plant is closing
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mcb
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You meant Rem Arms LLC is closing the Ilion facility. Remington died in 2020. When you only have ~200 employees it hard to pay the bills on a 1 million square foot facility. NY state government didn't make them feel welcome either. It's sad that a place with that much history is going to go away, but that writing was on the wall since at least 2018 if not earlier.
dh1633pm
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I got a copy overnight (I’m in Germany) of a letter that my friend who works at the plant got from Remington. Job terminated permanently. No offer of transfer. My uncle retired from there, during WW2 my grandparents worked at the plant. It will really kill the City of Ilion.
Bazoo
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Sad to hear. Remington is one of my favorite brands, and it saddened me greatly when they went under.
Double Naught Spy
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Speedo66
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No doubt the town in GA that is getting it put up a hefty package of tax rebates and/ or free land to welcome the new jobs.
Typical of NYS to spite themselves over their gun policies to lose the company.
Typical of NYS to spite themselves over their gun policies to lose the company.
mcb
Member
The old Remington shafted Huntsville pretty good in the process of going under. It will be interesting to see if Rem Arms LLC shafts LaGrange Georgia or actually becomes a profitable company.
dh1633pm
Contributing Member
For all those that say they should leave NY because of the government, you have a point. But New Yorkers need jobs too. I have attached a copy of the letter with personal stuff removed. The plant is old and site cleanup might cost a fortune. But it was an old plant and not the most efficient.
1948CJ2A
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Yep, take a page out of the Weatherby playbook and get out! The west coast and northeast coasts are not your friends.
Legionnaire
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Sorry about your experience with the 700. I've never owned one that wouldn't shoot well. They sometimes needed a little tightening and tuning, but I was never disappointed.
dh1633pm
Contributing Member
Same for me. Have a .17, .338, 308, 6.5 Creed, and 30-06. All shoot well.
Too bad its coming to Georgia. We don't really need more Yankees moving here. To make it worse, our state government gives ridiculous tax incentives to foreign companies like that moving into the state. I stopped buying Remington guns and ammo a long time ago. There are much better choices out there.
