Remington Arms

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Remington Arms Company, LLC
legal form Limited Liability Company
founding 1816
Seat Madison , United States
Branch Arms industry
Website www.remington.com

The Remington Arms Company, LLC is a leading US arms manufacturer headquartered in Madison , North Carolina . The product range includes rifles , shotguns , revolvers and pistols , as well as ammunition . The Remington brand also stands for collections of hunting clothing and hunting accessories (mainly USA). It is the only company in the United States that manufactures weapons and ammunition domestically without exception. Remington's products are exported to more than 60 countries around the world.

Remington is one of the largest producers of shotguns and rifles in the United States. Since 2010, the company has been producing handguns again with the Remington 1911 R1 . The weapon is based on the M1911 orderly pistol manufactured in the USA during World War I and is the first Remington pistol since 1998, when production of the Remington XP-100 ceased.

Remington is a subsidiary of the Remington Outdoor Company (formerly known as Freedom Group), which in turn is owned by Cerberus Capital Management . Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc. bought a minority stake in Remington in 1993. Marlin Firearms has been a subsidiary of Remington Arms since 2007 .

On February 13, 2018, it was announced that the parent company of the Remington Arms Company, the Remington Outdoor Company, has filed for bankruptcy . This is due to the company's high debt and falling demand for pistols and rifles in the United States. Bushmaster Firearms International is one of the subsidiaries of the Remington Outdoor Company . The insolvency proceedings could already be ended in May 2018 after a restructuring plan was accepted by the responsible insolvency judge. On July 28, 2020, Remington Arms again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy .

history

Eliphalet Remington
around 1840

The company was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York , under the name E. Remington and Sons . It is considered to be the oldest company in the United States that has been manufacturing weapons continuously since its inception.

Beginning of the 19th century

The story of Remington began in 1816. Eliphalet Remington II believed he could make a better weapon than he could buy. The farmers of the communities in the region at that time were known for having a wide range of manual skills and largely being able to support themselves. The winter season, when there was nothing to be done in the fields, was used to produce daily necessities, both for personal use and for local markets. Eliphalet's father was a blacksmith and wanted to expand his product range by making barrels for rifles . At that time, most people made their own rifles for reasons of cost. The stock or butt of the rifle was carved by hand, the barrel and the ignition lock were bought and then assembled.

In order to gain knowledge of barrel making, Eliphalet was sent to a well-known manufacturer by his father. His job was to buy a run there and watch the production techniques on the side. At the time, the method of making a barrel was to wrap long, flat, heated iron bars around a metal bar of the desired caliber . These were then repeatedly heated and hammered together until the bars connected and became a solid cylinder (hence the popular octagonal barrel shape in the past). When the cylinder was complete, the metal rod in the middle was pulled out and the barrel was finished. After the young man returned home, a successful running manufacture was opened in his father's forge in Ilion-Gorge, New York.

Eliphalet Remington designed one for flintlock and built this. In the autumn of the same year he took part in a shooting competition in which he took second place. His very well made weapon impressed some of the other shooters , many were so convinced of the quality that they immediately ordered a rifle. By the end of the day, Eliphalet Remington had received so many orders that he was officially in the gunsmithing business as of now .

In 1828 the plant moved to the Ilion, New York area; The Remington factory is still at this location today.

Mid-19th century and turn of the century

Remington-Rider Single Shot Deringer, manufactured approx. 1860–1863
Remington Rolling Block Carbine 1867
Remington 1871 Army Rolling Block Pistol
Remington Double Deringer cal .41 Rimfire, approx. 150,000 copies made 1866–1935
Remington New Model Army manufactured from 1863
Remington .46 Conversion of the New Model Army
Remington R 1 1911, replica of the M1911 pistol manufactured by Remington UMC during World War I.

During the Civil War (1861-1865) Remington was able to convince the Union of his revolver , the Remington New Model Army in caliber .44, of which 106,000 copies were procured and introduced as an orderly weapon for the cavalry and officers. 4000 pieces of the smaller model in caliber .36 were procured for the US Navy.

In 1865 Remington was converted into a public company. After that, Remington began to gain a foothold in other lines of business.

In 1873 z. B. introduced the production of typewriters . This branch was sold to the Standard Typewriter Company in 1886 , with which the rights to use the Remington name were connected.

In 1902 the Standard Typewriter Company was renamed the Remington Typewriter Company .

In 1927 the Remington Typewriter Company merged with Rand Kardex Company and was then continued under the name Remington Rand . Remington Rand continued to manufacture typewriters and became one of the largest computer manufacturers ( UNIVAC ) of its time.

Firearms production was renamed the Remington Arms Company . This was bought in 1888 by Marcus Hartley and Partners, a leading company operating a chain of sporting goods stores and also owned by the Union Metallic Cartridge Company . The UMC in Bridgeport , Connecticut thus became Remington's munitions company.

The First World War

In 1912, Remington and Union Metallic Cartridge were merged into one company and from now on operated under the name Remington UMC . Remington still produces ammunition today under the UMC brand name

In 1914 the First World War broke out. Remington was contracted by some of the allied powers to manufacture weapons for them. Among these countries were France , Great Britain and Tsarist Russia .

Remington produced the following models for its clients:

In 1915 the factory in Ilion was expanded. Since this expansion, the area corresponds to its current dimensions.

With the expansion and intensification of the war, the production figures at Remington also grew.

During the First World War, Remington also manufactured a large part of the Pattern 1914 Rifles developed by the Enfield Royal Small Arms Factory for the Allies and its variant M1917 for the US troops in his Eddystone Rifle Plant in Chester (Pennsylvania) . It is also interesting that the Eddystone Rifle Plant was subordinate to General John T. Thompson .

In addition, the so-called Pedersen device was developed on an experimental basis at the time - a system that could be used in the M1903 Springfield rifle instead of the breech and converted it into a self-loading rifle with a 40-round magazine that had a cartridge the size of one Pistol cartridge fired through the gun barrel.

In 1917, towards the end of the war, the Russian Revolution took place . This had a serious impact on Remington's financial position. Before the revolution, Tsarist Russia wanted to delay payments because there were allegedly defects in the weapons delivered. When the Bolsheviks took power in 1918, they stopped paying because there were no contracts between them and Remington. Left with a huge store of war materials and no prospect of payments, the US government had to intervene to save the company from bankruptcy. The government sold the surplus of Mosin-Nagant rifles as sporting / hunting weapons in the civilian market. The rifle became the most popular sporting rifle of the 1920s due to its low price of just $ 3 a piece.

After the end of the war, Remington decided to withdraw from military weapon production and concentrate its business on the field of sporting and hunting weapons, which was considered to be economically stable.

The second World War

In the 1930s, during the recession , Remington was bought by DuPont . DuPont spent a long time doing research to improve gunpowder , which the company succeeded in doing and made it very successful. A year later, Remington bought the Peters Cartridge Company ; Today you can still find the abbreviation "RP", which stands for Remington-Peters, among Remington coins.

In 1940 the US military was concerned about the uninterrupted supply of ammunition to the troops. So the government approached Remington with a request to expand nationally with the help of the government to ensure ammunition production. With the help of the US government and support from DuPont, Remington built two munitions plants: the Lake City Arsenal and the Denver Ordnance . Three more plants followed later. These plants were officially owned by the US government, but Remington was charged with overseeing the quality and quantities of production.

The weapons Remington made for the US Army during World War II included the famous M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifle .

After the wars

Remington Model 700 repeater hunting rifle manufactured from 1962 in various calibers

In 1970, Remington closed the ammunition plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but also opened a new plant in Lonoke, Arkansas . Another plant for shooting targets and clay pigeons was established in Athens, Georgia .

In 1993 Remington was sold by DuPont to an investment firm called Clayton, Dubilier, and Rice , or CD&R for short.

In February 2018, it was announced that Remington would be forced to apply for bankruptcy protection due to the threat of bankruptcy. The reasons given were the company's high debt and falling demand for pistols and rifles in the USA. Since Remington filed on March 18 that bankruptcy should be averted in application of Chapter 11 , further operations are not affected for the time being, according to media reports.

In July 2020, the company finally applied for the initiation of insolvency proceedings again. Victim advocates in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School rampage accused Remington of speeding up bankruptcy proceedings in order to ruin their claims for damages. The attacker had used a Remington rifle from the AR-15 family in the act , and lawsuits against the company were frozen because of the bankruptcy proceedings. Remington scheduled an auction for the remaining assets on September 17, 2020 .

Locations

Remington today has several manufacturing facilities:

  • weapons
    • The larger and older plant is located at the historic location in Ilion, New York.
    • A new modern facility is located in Mayfield , Kentucky .
  • Ammunition and parts production
    • All ammunition offered by Remington is designed and manufactured in the Lonoke, Arkansas facility .
    • Remington's Powdered Metal Products Division, Industrial Products Division and Ammunition Product Services are also located there.
  • Custom made products: these weapons are still handcrafted by professional armourers ( gunsmiths ) at the factory in Ilion, New York .
  • Engineering and Research Center: This is located in Huntsville , Alabama .
  • Targets / clay pigeons

weapons

Pistols

revolver

Cans

  • Remington Mohawk 10C (US - Semi- automatic Rifle - .22 LR )
  • Remington Mohawk 600 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .222 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6 mm Remington, & .308 Winchester)
  • Remington Model Four (US - Semi-Automatic Rifle - .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .270 Winchester, 7mm Remington Express, .308 Winchester, & .30-'06)
  • Remington Model Six (US - Forend Repeater - .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester, & .30-'06)
  • Remington Model Seven (USA - Repeater Rifle - .17 Remington, .222 Remington, .223 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6 mm Remington, .250 Savage, .260 Remington, 6.8 × 43 mm SPC, 7 mm-08 Remington, 7 mm Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, .308 Winchester, .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, .35 Remington, & .350 Remington Magnum)
  • Remington Model 4 (USA - Single Load Rifle - .22 Short, .22 Long, .22 LR, .25 Stevens ("25-10"), .32 Short, & .32 Long)
  • Remington Model 6 (USA - Single Load Rifle - .22 Short, .22 Long, .22 LR, .32 Short, & .32 Long)
  • Remington Model 8 (US - Self-Loading Rifle - .25 Remington, .30 Remington, .32 Remington, & .35 Remington)
  • Remington Model 12 (US - Forend Repeater - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 14 (USA - Forend Repeater - .25 Remington, .30 Remington, .32 Remington, & .35 Remington)
  • Remington Model 14½ (USA - Forend Repeater - .38-40 Winchester & .44-40 Winchester)
  • Remington Model 16 (US - Self-loading Rifle - .22 Remington RF)
  • Remington Model 24 (US - Semi-automatic Rifle - .22 Short & .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 25 (USA - Forend Repeater - .25-20 Winchester & .32-20 Winchester)
  • Remington Model 30 (US - Repeater Rifle - .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 30 Express (USA - Repeater Rifle - .25 Remington, .257 Roberts, 7 × 57 mm Mauser, .30 Remington, .30-'06, .32 Remington, & .35 Remington)
  • Remington Model 33 (US - Repeater Rifle)
  • Remington Model 34 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 37 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 40X (US - bolt action rifle -)
  • Remington Model 41 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 74 (US - Semi-automatic Rifle - .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 76 (US - Forend Repeater - .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 78 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .223 Remington, .243 Winchester, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester, & .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 81 (US - Self-Loading Rifle - .300 Savage, .30 Remington, .32 Remington, & .35 Remington)
  • Remington Model 121 (US - Forend Repeater - .22 LR & .22 Winchester RF)
  • Remington Model 141 (US - Forend Repeater - .30 Remington, .32 Remington, & .35 Remington)
  • Remington Model 241 (US - Semi-automatic Rifle - .22 Short & .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 341 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 411 (US - Repeating Rifle - .22 CB Cap)
  • Remington Model 504 (US - Repeater Rifle - .17 Mach 2, .17 HMR and .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 510 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 511 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 512 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 513 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 514 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 521 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 522 Viper (US - Semi-automatic Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 540X (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 541 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 550 (US - Self-Loading Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 552 (US - Semi-automatic Rifle - .22 Short & .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 572 (US - Forend Repeater - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 580 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 581 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 581S (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 582 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Model 591 (US - Repeater Rifle - 5mm Remington Magnum)
  • Remington Model 592 (US - Repeater Rifle - 5mm Remington Magnum)
  • Remington Model 597 (US - Semi-Automatic Rifle - .17 Hornady Magnum, .22 LR, & .22 Winchester Magnum)
  • Remington Model 600 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .222 Remington, .223 Remington, 6 mm Remington, 6.5 mm Remington, .308 Winchester, .35 Remington, & .350 Remington Magnum)
  • Remington Model 660 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .222 Remington, .223 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6 mm Remington, 6.5 mm Remington Magnum, .308 Winchester, & .350 Remington Magnum)
  • Remington Model 673 (US - Repeater Rifle - 6.5 mm Remington Magnum, .308 Winchester, .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, & .350 Remington Magnum)
  • Remington Model 700 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .17 Remington, .204 Ruger, .220 Swift, .221 Fireball, .222 Remington, .222 Remington Magnum, .223 Remington, .22-250 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington , 6 mm Remington Magnum, .25-06, .250 Savage, .257 Roberts, 6.5 × 55 mm Swedish, 6.5 mm Remington Magnum, .260 Remington, .264 Winchester Magnum, .270 Winchester, .270 WSM, .280 Remington , 7 mm Remington Express, 7 mm-08 Remington, 7 mm Remington Magnum, 7 mm STW, 7 mm Weatherby Magnum, 7 × 57 mm Mauser, 7 mm Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, 7 mm Remington Ultra Mag, .30- ' 06, .300 Savage, .308 Winchester, .300 WSM, .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 Weatherby Magnum, .300 Holland & Holland Magnum, .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Mag, .300 Remington Ultra Mag, 8mm Remington Magnum, 8 mm Mauser, .338 Winchester Magnum, .338 Remington Ultra Mag, .35 Whelen, .350 Remington Magnum, .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, .375 Remington Ultra Mag, .416 Remington Magnum, & .458 Winchester Magnum)
  • Remington Model 710 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .270 Winchester, 7 mm Remington Magnum, .30-'06, & .300 Winchester Magnum)
  • Remington Model 720 (US - Repeater Rifle - .257 Roberts, .270 Winchester, & .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 721 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .264 Winchester Magnum, .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .30-'06, & .300 Holland & Holland Magnum)
  • Remington Model 722 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .222 Remington, .222 Remington Magnum, .243 Winchester, .244 Remington, .257 Roberts, .300 Savage, & .308 Winchester)
  • Remington Model 725 (USA - Repeater Rifle - .222 Remington, .243 Winchester, .244 Remington, .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .30-'06, .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, & .458 Winchester Magnum)
  • Remington Model 740 (US - Semi-Automatic Rifle - .244 Remington, .280 Remington, .308 Winchester, & .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 742 (US - Semi-Automatic Rifle - .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .280 Remington, .308 Winchester, & .30-'06)
  • Remington Model 760 (USA - Forend Repeater - .222 Remington, .223 Remington, .243 Winchester, .244 Remington, 6mm Remington, .257 Roberts, .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .300 Savage, .308 Winchester, .30 -'06, & .35 Remington)
  • Remington Model 788 (US - Repeater Rifle - .222 Remington, .223 Remington, .22-250 Remington, .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, 7mm-08 Remington, .308 Winchester, .30-30 Winchester, & .44 Magnum )
  • Remington Model 7400 (US - Semi-Automatic Rifle - .243 Winchester, 6 mm Remington, .270 Winchester, 7 mm Remington Express, .280 Remington, .308 Winchester, .30-'06, & .35 Whelen)
  • Remington Model 7600 (US - Forend Repeater - .243 Winchester, 6mm Remington, .270 Winchester, .280 Remington, .308 Winchester, .30-'06, & .35 Whelen)
  • Remington MSR
  • Remington Nylon 10 (US - Repeating Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Nylon 11 (US - Repeating Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Nylon 12 (US - Repeater Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Nylon 66 (US - Semi-automatic Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington Nylon 76 (USA - Underload Repeater - .22 LR)
  • Remington Nylon 77 (US - Self-Loading Rifle - .22 LR)
  • Remington SR-8 (US - Repeater Rifle - .338 Lapua)
  • Remington XR-100 (US - bolt action rifle - .204 Ruger, .223 Remington, & .22-250 Remington)

Shotguns

literature

Web links

Commons : Remington Arms  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Remington Outdoor Company, Inc. In: bloomberg.com. Accessed May 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Handelsblatt, August 10, 2010, Fredom Group & Cerberus Capital Management
  3. ↑ RTT News, Fredom Group & Cerberus Capital Management
  4. ^ Clayton Dubilier & Rice Acquires Remington Arms Company
  5. ↑ Press release ( Memento of July 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) ("Remington to Acquire Marlin Firearms"), official website of Marlin Firearms
  6. ↑ FAZ.net February 13, 2018: Remington weapons company files for bankruptcy
  7. ↑ Less demand for weapons in the USA: Remington announces bankruptcy . In: The daily newspaper: taz . February 13, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed February 14, 2018]).
  8. ^ NY Times: Remington, the Gun Maker, Is Set to Exit Bankruptcy.Retrieved January 5, 2019
  9. ^ One of America's Oldest Gun Makers Files for Bankruptcy for 2nd Time. In: nytimes.com. July 28, 2020, accessed on July 28, 2020 .
  10. ↑ US arms company Remington insolvent. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved February 13, 2018 .
  11. ↑ "Sandy Hook families accuse Remington of brushing aside lawsuits" aljazeera.com from August 19, 2020