Employees back on Monday and firearms by the end of April!
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RandyWakeman said:It has nothing to do with Ilion and nothing to do with firearms whatsoever. Captain Obvious knows this.bayoushooter7 said:The gram account used was remingtonarmscompany. An account with over 700k followers and 2k posts. The official Instagram account of America's Oldest Gunmaker.
Haters gonna hate!
The social media accounts for Remington Ammunition are all linked right on their site: https://www.remington.com/ in plain sight, right on the opening page. It is hard to miss, it says:
Thank you 007.
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Connect with us here.
All the Remington Ammunition social media accounts have their links right there.
Fieldandstream.com put online April 5, that the 870, 700, and V3 will be first. That would be a good start.SHughes said:I'd guess the reason behind starting with the 870 would likely be because there could be a quantity of parts on hand, and may take a smaller workforce to produce. Getting guns off of the assembly line and in stores to create revenue is the goal. That would make the most sense to me anyway. I hope they do start manufacturing the Versa Max and V3 again soon.
Completely right - I'm not sure what motivates someone to shell out $1200 for a "new" Ithaca based on a 100 yr old design either, but they do seem to sell enough to keep a very modest operation going. Nostalgia and nice finishes might be enough to retain some market.casonet said:Great guns, but remember, one is a 1950 model and the other a 1963 model. They still must compete with everything else on the market including newer designs. A higher price point might make that difficult.
There really is only so much manufacturers can do to update slide action guns. The most popular designs are decades old. Auto loaders are a different story, however. There are still some who prefer the 1100/1187 design, but new innovative models of all makes have long surpassed them.Win50 said:Completely right - I'm not sure what motivates someone to shell out $1200 for a "new" Ithaca based on a 100 yr old design either, but they do seem to sell enough to keep a very modest operation going. Nostalgia and nice finishes might be enough to retain some market.casonet said:Great guns, but remember, one is a 1950 model and the other a 1963 model. They still must compete with everything else on the market including newer designs. A higher price point might make that difficult.
Nice edit. Glad you changed the part stating I shared information from a "fake" instagram account. Both the remington arms and remington ammunition websites social media links send you to the same account. The original post had everything to do with firearms.RandyWakeman said:You got snookered by an instagram account that is the Instagram account of Remington Ammunition, owned by Vista. It has nothing to do with any firearms at all. The "back part" is Remington ammunition.bayoushooter7 said:Employees back on Monday and firearms by the end of April!
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Perhaps times are changing, but most people who are going to spend $$$ for a nice gun don't mind older designs.casonet said:Great guns, but remember, one is a 1950 model and the other a 1963 model. They still must compete with everything else on the market including newer designs. A higher price point might make that difficult.
Agree. Earlier on it was stated that the production people would make the decision when/if the quality of the guns was such that they could go out of the door. I do hope mightily that they do that. They`re only going to get one shot at this IMO.Jeepwm69 said:Perhaps times are changing, but most people who are going to spend $$$ for a nice gun don't mind older designs.casonet said:Great guns, but remember, one is a 1950 model and the other a 1963 model. They still must compete with everything else on the market including newer designs. A higher price point might make that difficult.
I just dropped a nice chunk getting a grooved Winchester 63 for my Dad. He's always wanted one and I figured I'd better get him one before he got too old to shoot it.
When it came into the local shop, the idiot "helper" at the LGS said "You know we got a Taurus copy of that gun that looks exactly the same and I bet it's a lot cheaper!"
Unless I'm looking for POS beater gun to toss on an ATV/ UTV and beat around on the farm, ALL of the guns I'm looking for are not only old designs, but older guns. Quality control with Remington stayed up long after Winchester, High Standard, Smith and Wesson, and Colt dropped off substantially. I wouldn't even consider buying a Winchester made past the late 50's or very early 60's (even the Pre64's made towards the end got pretty shoddy), and I wouldn't want a Colt, S&W, or High Standard made past the mid 70's.
A lot of the old designs are timeless, and work fine, as long as you get the quality control that was the norm back when those designs came about.
If Remington just has some parts assemblers walk back up to the line and start slapping parts together again like they had towards the end, then Roundhill's efforts will likely be wasted. If they have some actual craftsmen there who actually fit the components together and check for fit/finish, they'll likely be able to sell some guns.
article is from 2020 irrelavantppd1107 said:https://www.timestelegram.com/news/20200414/remington-arms-employees-return-to-work?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=MobileBelowHomepageFeed-FeedRedesign
This seems slightly encouraging
Patience grasshopper. Give it time to play out. I seriously doubt anything will roll out of Illion for months. It it doesn't happen, then we will just have to enjoy the products that are already out in the market. I own a couple of their better shotguns, and I'm happy I have them.fowlogic said:Tick...Tock, Tick...Tock
Yup! Tick...Tock, Tick...TockTidefanatic said:I could be mistaken, but it's my recollection that RemArms had stated that the first 870s would be off the line the end of April.