They were never completely down but after the first of the two bankruptcy most of Remington's supplier were operating in a mode where Remington had to pay cash up front before the supplier would deliver the parts or raw materials. Remington's limited cash reserves after the first bankruptcy meant that frequently the various lines were starved for raw materials. So never completely down but short on materials. They may have been down for just a week or two after Vista bought the plants and their FFL paper work was being completed but that IIRC only took a couple weeks. I believe they had already started that paper work for the FFL before the auction was even over. So now with Vista at the helm, FFL's in place, and with a good line of credit no doubt the supplier are back to more typical credit terms and the material is flowing at regular intervals and production is coming back up to the full capacity of the facility and its work force.