Thread: Remington in a Spot of Bother

Tommygun-I get where you are coming from about the Mossberg. I have only had a couple of issues with mine-sort of minor but annoying and again the 870's may have problems albeit different.
Mossberg 500 can take 6 but you can put a mag extension on an 870 if you so desired. Cant on a 500. that's for the later 590 I believe.
I prefer safeties on the trigger guard just like my old browning A5. I had a Remington auto 243 (that was a piece of crap BTW) and the safety is the same as the rem shotguns. Its a push with the rear of the finger as the gun is shouldered (finger not on the trigger yet).
Like the old days of getting in the habit of pushing the safety on the SxS which came on every time the action was opened. Lost a few ducks that way when learning.
The safety on the mossy was quite stiff to the point on the bunny shoot spotlighting and using the safety frequently it wrecked the pad of my thumb.
The other issue I had was some ammo was quite sticky and would be a right pig to extract.
The extractors just wouldn't pull them out. One angry day when racking the slide multiple times to get one troublesome case out, the bolt coming back managed to break the two tabs on the front of the trigger group. Shot with this on and off for a few years and would get random hammer falls with no bang-you guessed it the trigger was falling at the front and the hammer wouldn't hit the firing pin consistently.
I then spent 10 years in Australia and all my firearms were left at a mates.
I got some of them back and managed to repair the trigger group and lighten the safety properly (actually tried years ago but not as good as id like) as well as get my old A5 up and running again. Back in the day I also ported the barrel and made a open thumbhole stock for the Mossberg-which made it easier to use with the mounted oeg sight and spotlight
Now I have my 500 reliable its a good thing and my only shotgun good for steel anyway-I'm not getting rid of it. the A5 only good for lead type shooting.
like I said if I had an 870 it may have had different issues. To each their own.

US gun maker Remington files for bankruptcy protection | KSNV

Remington emerges from bankruptcy, clears $775 million debt

“We are excited about the future – producing quality products, serving our customers, and providing good jobs for our employees.”

had a good chuckle at that one.

I’m sure you did,but in its defense Remington has produced some(not all) quality pieces,have owned a few myself.The restructuring of this company is a good thing,for everyone,they know they have let down consumers and need deep a look at what they produce and what they need to get back too.Me,I like the fact they are staying in the game,they have a great and proud history,and the loss of competition and products is bad for the buyer......your not seeing it in Kiwi,but over here we are getting some great deals on their existing stocks...ie the versa max range of shotguns as an example.....hey,at least you get choices,Remington or not,it’s good for all of us that they stay in the game,......no one forces you to buy their stuff

Originally Posted by Konev

“We are excited about the future – producing quality products, serving our customers, and providing good jobs for our employees.”

had a good chuckle at that one.

Quality has to be designed and built in from the start, if you are relying on “quality control” to test in “quality” then you are doomed to fail.

You would think fewer models with greater attention to detail would be a start.

Keep the popular Marlin products and scale back on the Remington line to produce rifles that function and shoot.

I know Tikka takes a lot of crap but the business model from Sako of producing the one action was very clever.

Seems more than a few US gun companies are geared up to only be profitable when a democrat is in the Whitehouse. Put a Republican in and a) the fear of losing their guns goes and b) the country becomes even more un-equal result the bulk of ppl have less to spend on guns. It isnt rocket science.............

Typical.... when all else fails ... turn it into a political debate.... bullshit!!


I QUOTE=steven;708487]Seems more than a few US gun companies are geared up to only be profitable when a democrat is in the Whitehouse. Put a Republican in and a) the fear of losing their guns goes and b) the country becomes even more un-equal result the bulk of ppl have less to spend on guns. It isnt rocket science.............[/QUOTE]

From what I've read, the sandy hook tragedy did them no favours. An ar15 clone firm that the umbrella company Cerberus bought as well was used in the shooting and that came out later-stocks fell as a result.
Then there was something about the money that was used to buy Remington was borrowed and this then basically went into the books as a debt against Remington (700million something like that) so that definitely did them no favours.
I think I'm close here. @A330driver I'm not going political per se: but It does seem to make a difference on gun sales depending on who's in there. If they think they are losing them they buy up. If it looks a bit better they hold off.
I've seen it myself years ago with some people buying ruger mini14's just before the restrictions came in-easier to keep then than to get them later.

Mate... not at all .. totally agree....,the previous poster wrote the obvious,I was merely being feceious.....when it comes to guns (especially)in the US.... as with several of there other products(whiskey,women,cars)where does politics not intervene or become an issue.
Historically,politics has always played its part.... he says quote...it’s not rocket science.... well...no shit!!!!!