founded in 1816
Ilion, New York

Remington is the oldest gun maker in the US

 

• largest US producer of shotguns and rifles
• developed or adopted more cartridges than any other gun maker or ammunition manufacturer in the world
• 1816 Remington built his own gun at age 23
  – he entered a shooting match & finished second
  – his  gun impressed other & he received orders
  – he had officially entered the gunsmithing business
• 1816 founded by Eliphalet Remington
• 1828, he moved to Ilion
• March 7, 1888 Remington family sold to owners the
  Union Metallic Cartridge Company
  and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company
• 1888 renamed Remington Arms Company
  the Union Metallic Cartridge Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut became the Remington ammunition plant
• 1912 Remington and Union Metallic Cartridge Company combined into  Remington UMC
• 1915 Ilion factory was expanded
• Remington was purchased by DuPont
• 1934  purchased the Peters Cartridge Company
  – headstamps  “R-P”  for Remington-Peters
• World War II built the M1903A3 Springfield bolt-action rifle
• 1962 Remington introduced the Model 700 bolt-action rifle
• 1986 closed Bridgeport, Connecticut ammo factory
  – moved to Lonoke, Arkansas
• 1987 built clay target factory in Athens, Georgia
• 1993 DuPont sold Remington
• June 2007 Cerberus Capital Management bought Remington Arms
  – Renamed to Freedom Group
• December 2007, Remington Arms bought Marlin Firearms
• October 2009 bought Advanced Armament Corporation
• 2015, the Freedom Group was renamed as Remington Outdoor Company
• March 2018 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• July 28, 2020 filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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