| Remington Arms is one of the most synonymous | | | | Remington shotguns are not limited to the old |
| named with firearms in the world. During the | | | | fashioned pump action, now shooters want the |
| start of Remington rifles, Remington wanted a | | | | edge, making Remington semi-auto shotguns a |
| rifle better than any he could buy at the | | | | must have with competition shooters and |
| time, 1816. During the course of his quest, | | | | hunters. The reliability of the Remington |
| Remington found that a number of their farm | | | | shot is why most police forces in the USA |
| community neighbors were also interested in | | | | keep one in their squad car. |
| high quality low cost firearms, and Remington | | | | |
| Arms was born. | | | | But military contracts were not over for |
| | | | Remington Arms, the accuracy of the Remington |
| The first Remington firearms were flint lock | | | | 700 lead to a shift from large armies with |
| rifles, which were designed with rifling, | | | | full automatic fire to precision snipers |
| when most companies still relied on the | | | | using this rifle with minor adjustments. The |
| smooth bore rifling design. By the beginning | | | | Remington 700 is being phased out now after |
| of 1865 Remington Arms began to sell stock to | | | | almost fifty years in military service, but |
| the public, thus making them a leading force | | | | is still one of the few out of the box rifles |
| in firearms technology. Remington was | | | | that you know will be match grade anywhere |
| exclusively contracted for the Enfield | | | | you find one. The Remington 700 has been |
| rifles, as well as the Mosin-Nagant rifles. | | | | adapted for varmint hunt and even for safari |
| Due to civil unrest the Mosin-Nagant deal | | | | hunting, due to the firing system of the |
| almost broke Remington Arms, due to the shift | | | | Remington 700, every shot fires like a dream. |
| in power in Russia, with Lenin leaving | | | | |
| Remington Arms high and dry on a large | | | | The one place Remington guns havent developed |
| military contract. At that point Remington | | | | much interest was in handguns, Remington Arms |
| looked to the civilian market, which started | | | | developed a few bold action precision |
| the Remington legacy, believing their days of | | | | pistols, but decided not to cheapen their |
| military contracts where long gone, but | | | | name with more low quality, and stayed true |
| Remington wont get caught down and out. | | | | to their high quality time tested precision, |
| | | | which has shooters still praising the |
| Adaptation was the key to holding on the | | | | firearms giant. |
| dream, with Remington developing their world | | | | |
| famous Remington shotguns, which created a | | | | When it comes to hunting Remington firearms |
| large mark on the civilian market, which can | | | | have always been there, and will always have |
| see be felt today. Remington shotguns are | | | | a place in the top ten of all time produced |
| some of the best built shotguns on the | | | | firearms. Whether you are a shotgun shooter, |
| market, even today. Of course that was just | | | | bolt action rifle shooter, or just a plinker, |
| the tip of the iceberg. Remington 870 pump | | | | Remington firearms will never leave you |
| action became a tactical shotgun of choice as | | | | disappointed. |
| well as preferred sportsman shotgun. But | | | | |