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Remington Sells Out To NY For $80 Million “Sniper” Rifles Government Contract
freedom outpost ^ | 4-13-14 | tim brown

Posted on 04/13/2013 5:55:09 PM PDT by TurboZamboni

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1 posted on 04/13/2013 5:55:09 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni
$80Million , the new thirty pieces of silver...
2 posted on 04/13/2013 5:59:51 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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$70 mil is chump change in the weapons business, but their lack of fidelity will certainly become well known anyway.


3 posted on 04/13/2013 6:07:27 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: TurboZamboni
U.S. Representative Richard Hanna today announced that Remington Arms has been awarded a nearly $80 million contract to produce more than 5,000 sniper rifles for the U.S. military.

That's $16,000 per rifle.

Remington's version of the $5,000 hammer.

4 posted on 04/13/2013 6:08:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth." --Alan Greenspan)
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To: muawiyah

Tis Sad, they make a fine rifle.


5 posted on 04/13/2013 6:08:49 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: TurboZamboni

Remington, remember Smith & Wesson?


6 posted on 04/13/2013 6:09:19 PM PDT by glock rocks (No, the game never ends, when your whole world depends, on the turn of a friendy card.)
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To: TurboZamboni

The only Remington firearm I own was made by the typewriter company.


7 posted on 04/13/2013 6:12:44 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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The contract will be awarded over the course of 10 years.

80 million over 10 years, calculates to 8 million per year. Is that a lot of business for the company. Sounds like BS to me.

8 posted on 04/13/2013 6:12:57 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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I’ll remember.


9 posted on 04/13/2013 6:13:53 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: TurboZamboni; Gilbo_3; NFHale

Gun safety ping!


10 posted on 04/13/2013 6:19:18 PM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: TurboZamboni

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20130318.aspx


11 posted on 04/13/2013 6:22:49 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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People often wonder why business supports Democrats. The answer is quite simple: Democrats are for sale and everyone knows it. They will give you what you pay for and they will punish your competition. They are not bound by any moral scruples or political philosophy, so everyone is welcome as long as you bring lots of money.

Republicans do this too, but they aren’t really serious about it, aren’t well organized to do it on a large scale, and sometimes take a stand on principle. They can’t be relied upon to practice corruption at a professional level.


12 posted on 04/13/2013 6:24:08 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Texas Fossil
Remington makes nothing that is not supplant-able by some competitor's product. I doubt that I will ever buy anything connected to Remington ever again.
13 posted on 04/13/2013 6:26:23 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: TurboZamboni

Boycott


14 posted on 04/13/2013 6:28:28 PM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

think about this! “over 5,000 rifles”? The contract is over 10 years. That is 500 rifles at $16,000 per rifle per year.

A stupid 500 rifles per year. This is nuts.


15 posted on 04/13/2013 6:33:25 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: muawiyah; All

The free market strikes again. A two edged sword.


16 posted on 04/13/2013 6:38:04 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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I remember when they listed Lon Horiuchi’s name as a satisfied customer of their H-S precision sniper rifles. I wrote their president a very polite but venomous email and actually got a response. My suggestion of a boycott rattled him. He changed his stance and pulled all the advertising.

Perhaps someone here can use this: tommy.millner@remington.com

Be polite and remember that he is a gunmaker and generally on our side. He might still be planning on moving outta New York. Is the contract tied to producing it in NY?


17 posted on 04/13/2013 6:38:58 PM PDT by FreeInWV (Have you had enough change yet?)
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That’s a shame, a Custom 40x in 25-06 was on my list. I’m not sure what I’ll replace it with, few rifles even compare.


18 posted on 04/13/2013 6:41:21 PM PDT by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: muawiyah
i hope so...
19 posted on 04/13/2013 6:41:44 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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The announcement “did not” say Remington is not moving any of it’s production from NY. It said they were awarded a 80 million contract over 10 years and that they were spending 20 million on the plant. This is the new “modular” rifle for the U.S. military. That contract translates into 500 guns per year (total of 5,000 weapons).

I think it is early to assume some of the other production will not be moved. They do produce weapons in other places and in foreign countries. Nothing new there.

We shall see.


20 posted on 04/13/2013 6:43:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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