Remington Returns: The Revival of an Ammunition Giant

[Gaffer]

I found this interesting. We always need more ammo!

 

[wcd]

I found this interesting. We always need more ammo!

Believe it or not, I have found their 9mm Green and White Box JHP to be extremely accurate and consistent . Not bad for cost effective ammo.

 

[gassprint1]

Believe it or not, I have found their 9mm Green and White Box JHP to be extremely accurate and consistent . Not bad for cost effective ammo.

Lets just hope they can keep up with quality instead of just trying to push out product and only thinking about the sales and profit only side.

 

[jklove]

Hopefully new management will be successful. Time will see if they can be competitive.

 

[Basher]

It would certainly be great if they’d do occasional runs to support some of their lesser-know cartridges that they’ve previously abandoned.

 

[BugI02]

Hear, hear!

They can start with 210 gr 41 Rem Magnum as far as I'm concerned

 

[johntheplinker]

We'll see. Personally I don't have much hope that it will be any better than the past as everything else made by Vista has been of lessening quality lately also.

 

[KellyinAvon]

It would certainly be great if they’d do occasional runs to support some of their lesser-know cartridges that they’ve previously abandoned.

6mm Remington 100gr Core-Lokt for the WIN! And bring back the green and white boxes!!

 

[Basher]

6mm Remington 100gr Core-Lokt for the WIN! And bring back the green and white boxes!!

Amen! I’m in for some quality .17 Fireball as backup for whatever I can load!

 

[indyjohn]

We'll see. Personally I don't have much hope that it will be any better than the past as everything else made by Vista has been of lessening quality lately also.

You should watch the video. I know that most business executives talk a smooth line but the Vista rep came across very encouraging. I thought it was notable that he said one of the first steps was to bring back the furloughed employees.

 

[duanewade]

First thing I'd like to see them do is cleanup the .22 LR. Anything that I shoot them fouls very quickly and I won't shoot them in any of my semi-autos any more.

 

[bgcatty]

Hey Remington! Remember us? Who you may ask? (What are you an owl?). Yes, us reloaders could use some LARGE PISTOL PRIMERS !!! Like now and pronto at NOT so ridiculous prices ie. $100/1000. Or have you completely forsaken those of us who have supported you for years??
Good questions, no?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Hey Remington! Remember us? Who you may ask? (What are you an owl?). Yes, us reloaders could use some LARGE ANY PISTOL PRIMERS !!! Like now and pronto! Or have you completely forsaken those of us who have supported you for years??
Good questions, no?

FIFY

 

[Butch627]

So was the plant completely shut down and for how long? I wonder what percentage they had of the ammo market and if they were out how much that contributed to the price increases.

 

[bwframe]

Hey Remington! Remember us? Who you may ask? (What are you an owl?). Yes, us reloaders could use some LARGE PISTOL PRIMERS !!! Like now and pronto at NOT so ridiculous prices ie. $100/1000. Or have you completely forsaken those of us who have supported you for years??
Good questions, no?

Remington's first mission should be production of ALL primers. Drive the market price back down to reasonable levels. I'll happily pay 50% higher than before the scamdemic, FOR NOW.


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[indyjohn]

Boy, there sure isn't much feel good around here for a bunch of people that are trying any way they can to keep alive a name that's been around since before your great, great, grandfather was born.

Like the guy in the video said, "Buying a company is easy, integrating a company is hard". Be glad we're not (yet) losing another piece of our country's history and heritage.

 

[BigMoose]

It looks like they are restoring to full capability a good large ammo plant, I just came from Cabelas up in noblesville. Remington ammo was pretty flush. Lots of the big popular calibers.

I think that is where we are right now. The popular big calibers are consistently in stock, and prices are slowly coming down. Soon they will slack back on the major calibers and start running the more odd stuff.

 

[BigMoose]

Though for me. I think they should slowly phase out the Remington name... and slowly bring back the UMC, Union Metallic Cartridge Company.

They seem to use the UMC right now as a line name for basic FMJ ammo for rifle and handgun

Also, this is interesting. You can order Remingiton ammo directly from the manufacture website. I don't remember ever seeing that. Little pricey though.

 

[johntheplinker]

You should watch the video. I know that most business executives talk a smooth line but the Vista rep came across very encouraging. I thought it was notable that he said one of the first steps was to bring back the furloughed employees.

Considering the "quality" of their ammo before the shutdown that doesn't really mean much. IF, and that is a big if, Vista can instill actual QC, then great. As I mentioned in my first post, Vista's products have been on slow downward spiral anyway so I'm not hopeful. May put in some effort off the bat to rebuild their reputation and build a customer base then start gradually start let things slide. If not, well, I'll be very pleasantly surprised.

 

[led4thehed2]

I used to buy 500-round cases of Remington 9mm from Dick's Sporting Goods in college. Some nice memories from those times will always be linked to Remington ammo - good luck guys & gals!