Now That Remington Has Been Sold
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RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
ORIGINAL: redhead522
$370 million doesn't seem like much for a big name like Remington.
$370 million doesn't seem like much for a big name like Remington.
#13
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 44
RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
SwampCollie, How can you say they don't make a quality shotgun? Have you ever shot an 870? I own two and love them. Everyone I hunt with owns them also. There is a reason it has been around so long, they are the best pump shotguns.
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RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
ORIGINAL: markly99
SwampCollie, How can you say they don't make a quality shotgun? Have you ever shot an 870? I own two and love them. Everyone I hunt with owns them also. There is a reason it has been around so long, they are the best pump shotguns.
SwampCollie, How can you say they don't make a quality shotgun? Have you ever shot an 870? I own two and love them. Everyone I hunt with owns them also. There is a reason it has been around so long, they are the best pump shotguns.
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RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
Same here.... I heard about Remington getting bought out and I just had to sit back and go, "huh?!?" I just hope to God, Remington doesn't end up like Winchester.
Butch A.
Butch A.
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Baileysville, WV
Posts: 2,925
RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
I gotta agree with the post on the 870's and 1100's. I have several of each from the 60's and 70's and they areabout as solid a piece as u could ever hope to buy. Fit and finish are flawless..beautiful guns! You sure cant buy anything that looks like them now from Remington. They probably function as well but appearance and value wise they wouldnt be close. I have one 870 in particular that has been hunted with every year for over 40 years...still looks and functions like a new one.
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
ORIGINAL: redhead522
$370 million doesn't seem like much for a big name like Remington.
$370 million doesn't seem like much for a big name like Remington.
The investors will want a return on their money, probably soon, so the company will probably make cuts to improve the profit, that usually is not good.
#19
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 44
RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
Swampcollie, I agree completly that an express is not made as well as a wingmaster. I happen to own an express magnum and a wingmaster magnum. I paid around $300 more for the wingmaster so I didn't expect the express to be as pretty as the wingmaster or shoot as well, but I have never had any problems with either gun. They are both very accurate. My dad has a wingmaster that he got when he was a teenager in the 70's and it doesn't look or shoot or feel any different than my wingmaster that I bought three years ago.
As for the semi-auto's you may be right. I personally don't shoot them, never have, probably never will. I was raised shooting pumps and that is what I'm comfortable with. I didn't mean any disrespect by my comments earlier and I appologize if that is the way you took it.
As for the semi-auto's you may be right. I personally don't shoot them, never have, probably never will. I was raised shooting pumps and that is what I'm comfortable with. I didn't mean any disrespect by my comments earlier and I appologize if that is the way you took it.
#20
RE: Now That Remington Has Been Sold
DM, thanks for the post, its very interesting. We will have to keep an eye on them. Lets hope they do better than Bushnell did when they switched hands! I think almost everyone on here has owned at least one remington in their life, I know I've owned a bunch.