The bankrupt Remington shut down with no notice, notifying their workers by voicemail on Friday that their jobs were finished on Monday.

Remington workers given notice | WSYR

Sad ending for a once great company.

Uh, the article says the Marlin line was shut down.

New owners may need re-orginize or relocate before future plans are made. Good if the y moved all from NY.

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People would be surprised by this why or how?

I read on another forum that the new owners don't have the proper manufacturing license so they had to shut the plant while they work to obtain all the license and permits needed. Once those are in place, they will open back up.

Hopefully the new owners will sort it out and get it running again with quality as a first priority

Marlin was bought by Ruger who had already announced that they would be moving the machinery to one of their other plants shortly...

Bob

I hear Alabama is a nice place for gun businesses to move. Arizona is nice too.

Hopefully the existing employees get some relocation assistance or the chance to attain employment in another company facility.

Sure would like to see the 1100, 870 wingmaster, and 700 remain in production somewhere. Hate to see Ilion workers idle. Seems the writing has been one the wall for some time. Wish the shotgun line could be built at the Ilion facility.

I started calling Remington on their 800-243-9700 last week to get my one year old 11-87 repaired. All that I get is a recording that we are currently closed. The recording requested that I use the computer so I sent them an E mail, no response yet.

It's all my fault, I've never owned a Remington firearm.


Nor will I, if they treat their employees no better than that.

Might be mine as well. I have owned a number of Remington guns: a 721, a 742, a couple of 870's, possibly others that slip my mind right now, but I have never purchased one new. I have always let someone else eat the depreciation first.

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Another one bites the dust...

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I think any gun related business is crazy to stay in NY but this is what the new owners were saying the first of the month. Now with the Governor of NY I can see how they may change the plans.

New Remington owners plan to call back at least 200 workers; Marlin line relocating

Getting severance benefits from a dead carcass just won't happen. The union should have been involved in the bankruptcy proceedings. Actually they probably were involved and just couldn't tell the workers the sad facts. I remember Ruger bought the Marlin line and Federal/CCI bought the ammo business but who bought the Remington firearms assets?

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I don't know anything about the new Remington owners but barring interference from NY good owners could re-establish the Remington line.
Stick to rifles and shotguns and it could happen.

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lots of people bumming in Ilion .. not many jobs avail in that area

The layoffs are ongoing now and severe, the majority not making the papers. Here in Vegas, 2 casinos announced additional layoffs totaling 268 positions, both beginning Dec. 23. At Christmastime. Christmas. Reminds me of the Tin Man's song in "The Wizard of Oz": "If I Only Had A Heart."

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Shield #5103

I’m glad I bought two 870P’s and an 11-87P before I retired (all new). No substitute for a well-made riot gun.

^^^what he said. Unfortunately, I waited too long to become interested in Remington's V3 TAC-13, the semi-auto "firearm". I had gotten good reports from other LEOs and retired personnel who had fired theirs extensively, and now, POOF! Perhaps I'll luck into one, I'm good at things like that. Stay safe, partner. Check 6.

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Shield #5103

I only have a Model of 1917 rifle and one of the late production R51 9mm pistols made by Remington. Guess I didn't contribute much to their survival.

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Not sure what will happen either wondering if someone will purchase the rights to manufacture the 870-1100 line of shotguns. I recall FN now manufactures the Winchester Model 70 rifle.

Well, it did ally happened. I’ll admit I haven’t been a fan since the FG acquisition in 2006, but it’s sad to see the end of Big Green.

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Unfortunately not a surprise. The old Remington is no more they had to fire their workers. They don't own anything any more. The new Remington (Round Hill Group LLC) will have to renegotiate wages and benefits. The workers will need to be rehired and the union will have to reorganize the shop. It's a new company operating under an old name.

Lots of truth in this thread.

First, how could any company officers with fiduciary responsibility seriously consider reopening a plant in New York? Gov. Cuomo has arbitrarily shutdown all nature of businesses in the name of COVID rather randomly. An upstate gun manufacturer? That is a disfavored class.

Secondly, the economic climate in New York looks terrible long term. You may be able to screw concessions out of the union, but you still will face confiscatory level of state and local property tax today - and near guarantees the broke New York state will increase taxes for much of the next decade.

Moving manufacturing to a non-union state with lower tax burdens looks almost certain. It is sad watching America’s manufacturing history disappear but the die is cast.

Too bad to see them go. That law suit over the 700’s put them out of business. You never point a loaded gun at anything you don’t want to shoot. I guess they went off when the safety was moved. How do you point the gun at someone and touch the safety I think that happened. I have a 700 in 338wm never had a problem.

My dad was a repair machinist at Remington arms in bpt, ct where the ammo was made. They moved south decades ago. They say the building is haunted.

Remington Arms, Bridgeport, CT | Haunted Rooms America

I’ve been to dudleytown it’s haunted I have stories.


The Most Haunted Places in Connecticut | Haunted Rooms America

I ...ahem.... know a guy that worked for Transamerica Airlines (remember them?) back in the '80s. He worked nights after his active duty AF day-job was finished, with a dozen or so other active duty guys. One night they came in and were told the airline portion of the company was sold off- tonight's the last night of employment.

Let's just say that very little "work" was done that night, and what was done was much more like raping the company than work. A lot of cool (and silly) property went home with them that night.

So yeah, I get why Remington did it the way they did.

I do not think the two words 'Remington' and 'suddenly' go together....

I went to the ilion plant back in 98, they had suspended plant tours but had a museum and giftshop we went through.


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I wonder how long it will take to move the machinery to NH. This is not the time of year I would want to do a bunch of flatbed hauling, especially oversized stuff, from central NY to the Ruger area. The snow has or will started, and once off the major interstates, many of the roads in that area look like DNA strands. That area has real snowplows and real standards, but skinny roads stay skinny.

I have had a Marlin rifle on order for almost 7 months, and I am pretty sure it will be at least 6 months before they can get the move done and start operating.

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Why would anyone stay in a neighborhood where everyone hated them ? Smith and Wesson needs to move into a friendly neighborhood also

And the story continues to evolve: BREAKING: Remington Will Be the Subject of a Federal Investigation - The Truth About Guns

Apparently the Remington CEO is part of the Round Hill Group.

Ay caramba!

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It is indeed sad to see BigGreen going down the tubes but on the flip side, I can’t count the number of new firearms manufacturers that have opened shop in the same time period that Remington has been collapsing.
At least it’s not the end of the industry.

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So what happened to WARN?


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