Well, how about that. Hopefully Rem will not screw things up too bad. It'd be a shame to see the very nice Marlin leverguns turned into cost-butchered pieces of junk just so Rem can make a couple extra bucks per unit. As far as the fate of the Handi-Rifles, Remington already imports a competing break-open single shot (SPR-18), so it wouldn't surprise me if they dropped one or the other. It'd be a shame if the Handi-Rifle got scrapped in favor of the imported SPR-18. Not to say the SPR-18's are junk (I handled one at a local gun shop and it seemed decent), but the Handi-Rifles are a great little rifle for a low cost and makes an excellent rifle for entry-level hunters on a tight budget. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Speaking of mergers and such...has anyone noticed that the "new" Remington AR-15 clone (R-15) looks a heck of a lot like Bushmasters new camo AR-15? I wonder if Remington might be eyeballing Bushy for a buyout too and secured a contract with them to see it they could sell AR's under the Remington name.

Hmmm...?

Mike