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To: PapaBear3625

Yeah, I know of Remington’s handguns, but they really aren’t and never were anyone’s go-to brand for them, unlike shotguns and rifles.


10 posted on 07/28/2020 10:32:32 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

They haven’t innovated - the competition has passed them with new features - and their quality control has dropped.

Right now the best Remington 870 you can get is a clone from China or Turkey. Which is sad.


13 posted on 07/28/2020 10:35:17 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ek_hornbeck
Yeah, I know of Remington’s handguns, but they really aren’t and never were anyone’s go-to brand for them, unlike shotguns and rifles.

They were at one time. Back in 1869, Remington introduced the first large caliber cartridge revolver, a .46 cal using a cartridge conversion cylinder in their popular Model 1863 percussion (cap and ball) revolver.

They began manufacturing these pistols paying Smith & Wesson something like $1.00 per pistol to use their Rollin White patent for a bored through cylinder. Smith & Wesson made .22 and .32 cartridge revolvers, but Remington's was the first larger than that. Remington's revolvers were very popular at the time. It wasn't until 1872 that Colt came out with a .44 cal cartridge revolver. In 1873 Colt introduced their now famous "Frontier Model" .45 when the Rollin White patent expired.

31 posted on 07/28/2020 10:53:13 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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