Saturday, April 13, 2013

Remington Sells Out To NY For $80 Million “Sniper” Rifles Government Contract

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Back in February, several gun manufacturers decided to boycott law enforcement in states that are hostile to the Second Amendment, states like New York for instance. They would not be providing weapons or ammunition. Within a week that number had grown by over 700%. In the first article I provided information for several gun manufacturers that could be contacted to come on board with this boycott, including Glock, Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson and Remington. Well, now we know where Remington stands. They stand on the side of government as they have let it be known that they will be staying in New York and they have now acquired a government contract worth $80 million.

Remington informed New York state lawmakers that they were planning to spend $20 million to upgrade their manufacturing facility in Mohawk Valley. The word was that they were considering moving if New York implemented stricter gun control laws as they have in the NY SAFE Act.

Remington had been approached by several states to move.

Lawmakers spoke with Remington about their expansion. The company has received $5.5 million in state incentives over the past five years.

While that is in the past, news has come out from New York Congressman Richard Hanna regarding an $80 million contract. According to his website: 

10 comments:

  1. I will be disposing of my Remi 700 SPS in favor of a Thompson Center Dimension, or another (3rd one) Savage soon.

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  2. Hate to say it but I want the new 700 rifle in .300 blackout. But will have nothing else from them. I dumped my Rugers after Bill backed banning his own product and then later repurchased/replaced them.

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    1. Bill backed banning his own product and then later repurchased/replaced them.

      Just amazing.

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  3. Well...I was planning on getting a Rem 700 SPS tactical, but not now.

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  4. Also, if you all remember under Bill Clinton we were burned by a lot of gun companies - either with under handed deals or with forcing gun manufacturers to sign that they would no longer manufacture guns for civilian consumption. Colt, LAR Manufacturing come to mind.

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    1. Thanks and I was not knowledgeable of this as I was in Vietnam during his first term.

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  5. It was later found to be illegal- some handgun manufacturers simply stopped production - the did not want to incur large fees to get their new manufacture licenses. This was back when class action lawsuits from cities/states and Janet Reno were on a warpath.

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