Remington moving to Georgia
 

Was not sure where this would be best posted.....

https://www.ajc.com/politics/remingt...GS3OX42WBMSKI/

And Smith and Wesson just announced a move to Tennessee. The folks in Massachusetts told Smith and Wesson that they were not welcome anymore.

J.B.

Always have liked Remington rifles and shotguns. There will be more to like as they move to Georgia! Sincerely. bruce.

Did Remington leave Huntsville, Alabama?

Remington went bankrupt and closed their facility in Huntsville. The facility has since been sold to a real estate investment firm and will not be reopening as Remington.

J.B.

The latest issue of American Rifleman announced that the Remington factory in Ilion, NY, has recently re-opened under new ownership and has commenced shipping Model 870 shotguns. Other former Remington models will follow soon.

J.B.

I wonder what historical treasures will come to light with the recent moves and activity?

In 2016, Mass. State AG re-interpreted the state AWB ( a mirror of the federal one) to prohibit all AR and AK style rifles made after 1994. This effectively ended private sales of post-94 weapons. It was litigated all the way to SCOTUS, which declined to hear the case. Now, the state legislature has a bill pending to end manufacture of any AR's within the commonwealth. Sadly, I'm surprised it took S&W so long to leave. Troy Industries is also on the way to TN. PTR Industries (G3 clones?) left Hartford CT some time ago. Savage Arms in Westfield is still hanging on, but they don't make any handguns or AR's. Kahr in Worcester is doing well. The geographic and political polarization continues. . ..

Bring it on! More jobs for the south.

So generations of New Englanders proudly and patriotically worked in the "military industrial complex" here in the CT River Valley. Smith and Wesson, Springfield Armory, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, Barnes ANG base, and Westover ARB. Countless others. Unfortunately, one by one they are being sacrificed on the alter of ideology by politicians in Boston and Hartford. There's a dedicated Republican minority in opposition, but it's only 20-30% of the population. Not enough to change policy.

Expect to see a decline in quality as some of the 'legacy' people will not make the move and the tribal knowledge is lost. Hopefully the Georgians will fill the gap quickly and show the same passion.

I respectfully disagree. Quite the opposite. Rather than a decline in quality, I would expect to see an improvement in quality as new and improved equipment, processes, and procedures are put in place.

J.B.

There are always teething problems as a new force comes into place. Since most of the firearms Remington built were subcontracted out, the new guys are going to find which subcontractors are stinkers.

A guy who worked at the Huntsville Plant told me, they received 1911 slide forgings from S. Korea. And they were inspected in plant. Rejects went back to the S Korean vendor. Who then sent them right back with the next shipment. So Remington Huntsville learned to stamp a mark on the rejected receivers.

Very few of the parts were made in the Huntsville Plant, most were subcontracted out. I think the barrels were done there, and final finishing of slide forgings. Internal parts were subcontracted, I understand.

There were hardly any people in the plant, it is not like the old days. I was told by a person who got a plant visit, at the beginning of the production line there was maybe a person roaming around picking up things that fell off the conveyor belt system. Everything was highly automated, the CNC machines and production line pretty much did everything.

It was not until the end of the production line, there were "20" something's assembling guns from parts. These guys were standing only, no chairs, and they did not have files. They did no adjustments, just screwed things together.

Assembly lines are simplified to the hamburger joint level. You are shown your basic tasks of squirting mustard, applying mayonnaise, and that is all you need to know. The company does not want highly skilled or expensive assembly line employees, they want cheap labor that can be replaced quickly.

The guys who program the machines and keep them running are a different skill level, but they are not touch labor.

And to look at Slamfire's description form another view, 20 somethings should be able to assemble them without files and hammers, like the hamburger joint.
21st century production relying on CNG processing shouldn't require hand fitting.
A 1911 produced on such a production line should have closer tolerances than one produced 50 or 75 or 100 years ago. The end result is a better product (by no means to infer any older firearms are somehow inferior).
JH

QUOTE=ZvenoMan;2092681]And to look at Slamfire's description form another view, 20 somethings should be able to assemble them without files and hammers, like the hamburger joint.
21st century production relying on CNG processing shouldn't require hand fitting.


A 1911 produced on such a production line should have closer tolerances than one produced 50 or 75 or 100 years ago.[/QUOTE]


Yes, absolutely true, and I see in over the counter guns. I remember the late series 70's and the series 80 I own.

This rattles.


https://i.imgur.com/XbO76Om.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/mKj3bsE.jpg


This does not

https://i.imgur.com/8rCbIa2.jpg


Nor does this, even though it was $100 less and is a bargain basement product line by the manufacturer. And it also made of 4140 steels


https://i.imgur.com/WDiif60.jpg








Then I will say it. The earliest 1911's are made from dead soft plain carbon steels. The WW2 issue 1911's are made from plain carbon steels, and per an article I saw, only the first two inches of the slide is heat treated. I think there had to be a surface hardening, but I could be wrong. Those GI pistols wore out. Modern pistols, when kept lubricated, the frame to slides don't wear. At least that is the experience of a number of Bullseye shooters I ask. Literally hundreds of thousands of rounds and the frames and slides don't crack or wear out. Barrels wear out, hammers and sears wear out, but the main structural elements last. And they don't need to be refitted.



This was made to a precision that would be unbelievable prior to 1990.


https://i.imgur.com/wfm4oQ1.jpg




and so was this.




https://i.imgur.com/nTBfeYd.jpg

There might not be much of “old” Remington left. The Remington assets, including name and trademarks, were auctioned off to a variety of other firms.

https://www.ammoland.com/wp-content/...n-Breakup2.jpg

Did Ruger acquire Marlin Firearms from the Remington bankruptcy?

yes

I do agree with you that updated machinery and modern manufacturing methods will generate more accurate parts, with better materials and lower reject rates, but respectfully disagree that it still takes time to train people, and you can't just shove people with no familiarity in an assembly room and expect them to catch or not make mistakes, no matter how much you train them. When you call a plumber, you hope for the old man, not the son.

Let's face facts: If all it takes is 'this is how you make the parts and this is how you put it together', Chinese products wouldn't be what they are.

Sure, the Chinese can make some decent stuff, but what typically happens to quality when an established manufacturing operation from the US is sent to China? Is the final product as consistent, and of the same quality? Corporate executives say it should be, but the reality.....

I'm not saying that Remington cannot be what it once was. I'm just saying I wouldn't buy a new Remington product for a couple years. There's a big difference between the Smith wheelgun that any one of us put together, versus the one assembled and tested by the guy that has done it for 40 years, and that's the guy that's just going to retire instead of relocate with the plant.

Agreed 100%, but a large part of that is material science, and not necessarily any sort of manufacturing revolution.

Remington fell victim to private equity ownership - a predatory business model which unfortunately has ruined a lot of legacy companies and livelihoods in this country. Buy the company, attach debt, strip it down and move on. Thus Remington's declining quality over the years. Unfortunately Remington as a legacy company no longer exists beyond the name.

Well from the shotguns I’ve held and seen they have work to do. Poor wood finish. Poor wood to metal fit. Poor and cheep butt pad fit. Let’s hope their metal work and machining isn’t a reflection of what I’ve seen so far. If I pick it up and it looks like crap it doesn’t give me confidence in the rest of it.

As New Yorker ,I am not at all happy about Remington leaving the state. The state government has made it impossible for Remington to do business here any longer. Georgia and other southern states embraces the firearms industry. I love New York , just hate the government here. Eddie

that's a dead link but i know since early july remington ammo has been on store shelves coming out of the same arkansas plant as before but now owned by the same company that owns federal premium and CCI

Damn shame what has happened in NY State. Such a beautiful place. The commies and corruption have run nearly all of the business out - except for Wall Street.

Ilion's future is probably rather bleak ... their loss, Georgia's fortune.

Sad.