Outsourcing production of classic Remington models (700 rifles, 870 shotguns, etc) and the creation of lines of cheaper, lower-quality ripoffs of those models has a lot to do with it.
The sad part is that the 700s and 870s weren’t outsourced.
yeah multiple rounds of private equity firms have looted remington and drove its product quality into the ground. this isn’t an arms industry problem, it’s a remington problem.
And all I wanted for my 870 was a strap for it and they were out of stock. Sheesh.