WHAT IS HAPPENING TO REMINGTON?
#91
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 3
RE: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO REMINGTON?
The only bad things I have heard about Remington firearms these last few years, are the ones sent to, and bought at Walmart. Even some that are ordered out of Wamarts store catalog for customers.
A lot of of blame seems to be a particular distributor from which these firearms have come from.
I could relate some stories that I know to be true about some of the Walmart Rems. even from store managers themselves. I won't go into that either.
I'm a loyal Remington owner myself all my life. I own five Remington 700's in different calibers. And I'm not bashing Remington at all.
Only lately have I heard, is that Remington has worked hard to correct this Walmart problem.
A lot of of blame seems to be a particular distributor from which these firearms have come from.
I could relate some stories that I know to be true about some of the Walmart Rems. even from store managers themselves. I won't go into that either.
I'm a loyal Remington owner myself all my life. I own five Remington 700's in different calibers. And I'm not bashing Remington at all.
Only lately have I heard, is that Remington has worked hard to correct this Walmart problem.
#92
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Olive Branch MS USA
Posts: 1,032
RE: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO REMINGTON?
I apologize if I've already posted on this. I don't remember and I'm not going back through all the posts to find out.
Remington firearms occupy the lower rungs of the firearm hierarchy as far as I'm concerned.Regardless of thecategory of firearm they make, whether it be shotguns, centerfire rifles, rimfire rifles, etc..., I think you can findbetter examplesof each madeby a number ofother manufacturers and I'm notjusttalking about theoverall quality of assembly. I'm talking about the basic mechanical design. It just appears to me that not much thought or effort went into the engineering of their firearms, or at least not nearly as much as what some other companies put into theirs. I mean, what is a model 700? Just a pipe with some machining performed on it basically. Yes, it's simple, doespretty much what it's supposed to doand can be easily modified to perform better, butthe samecan be said about an old Chevy Nova and I have no desire to own one of those either.
Remington firearms occupy the lower rungs of the firearm hierarchy as far as I'm concerned.Regardless of thecategory of firearm they make, whether it be shotguns, centerfire rifles, rimfire rifles, etc..., I think you can findbetter examplesof each madeby a number ofother manufacturers and I'm notjusttalking about theoverall quality of assembly. I'm talking about the basic mechanical design. It just appears to me that not much thought or effort went into the engineering of their firearms, or at least not nearly as much as what some other companies put into theirs. I mean, what is a model 700? Just a pipe with some machining performed on it basically. Yes, it's simple, doespretty much what it's supposed to doand can be easily modified to perform better, butthe samecan be said about an old Chevy Nova and I have no desire to own one of those either.
#94
Join Date: May 2005
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Posts: 15
RE: WHAT IS HAPPENING TO REMINGTON?
ORIGINAL: arover2
The only bad things I have heard about Remington firearms these last few years, are the ones sent to, and bought at Walmart. Even some that are ordered out of Wamarts store catalog for customers.
A lot of of blame seems to be a particular distributor from which these firearms have come from.
The only bad things I have heard about Remington firearms these last few years, are the ones sent to, and bought at Walmart. Even some that are ordered out of Wamarts store catalog for customers.
A lot of of blame seems to be a particular distributor from which these firearms have come from.
The baloney you read on the internet about the "inferior quality of firearms that go to Walmart" is just that....baloney. No insult intended...but that rumor needs to be squashed. I have no connection with Walmart....I have just found some real bargains ordering rifles from them....usually save $100-$150 over gun store and gun show prices.