Remington to close H&R plant

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Breaking News: Gardner Gunmaker To Close Print E-mail
Written by Livia Gershon
Monday, 07 April 2008
The parent company of Gardner gun maker H&R 1871 announced today that it will close the plant, which employs about 230 people.

Gardner Mayor Mark Hawke called the move by North Carolina-based Remington Arms Co. Inc. a "travesty."

“H&R has always been a profitable company,” he said. “Now Remington comes in and they’re going to close them.”

Hawke also said Remington did not inform local officials about the closing until it made a public announcement today. He said the company never contacted Massachusetts agencies that provide support for businesses operating in the state.

Remington purchased Marlin Firearms Co. Inc. of North Haven, Conn., which owned H&R, late last year. Marketing Director Al Russo said the move will consolidate operations for the company, which now has four gun manufacturing sites.

“We went through a study of our facilities, and this was a strategic move for us,” he said.

Russo said he could not comment on the mayor’s statements. He said he did not have any information about H&R’s profitability or whether the company had been in touch with any Massachusetts agencies. None of Remington’s other plants are in the state.

Remington said it will complete the closure by the end of the year. It said some employees will transfer to other jobs in the company, and the rest will be offered severance, outplacement and referral services.

In 2007, Remington reported a net loss of $1.5 million and consolidated net sales of $489 million.
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does this mean NEF as well?? or was that a separate company?
their guns looked identical.

this sucks - the H&R guns were a good value and offered in many calibers the Stevens didnt come in - they were another option in the entry level price point.
not much else around the $200-300 mark: the Rossi guns are lower quality in some areas and take months to import, many stores wont even bother for the ~$50 profit.
 
"In 2007, Remington reported a net loss of $1.5 million and consolidated net sales of $489 million."

Here we go again.... The only way they(companies) think they can survive is to buy up the competition. They don't get it.
No new products = lots of the same ones out there from decades of manufacturing. They have swamped the market, they
need something new. I paid a few hundred for one of their 45/70's, H&R offered value and a cool product. If Remington's made
that, it would cost double....

Left over manufactures from wars long over....Remington, Winchester (gone), they just don't get it.
 
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"...the company never contacted Massachusetts agencies..." Imagine a firearms company not bothering to contact the government of a State that has severe restrictions on firearms ownership.
 
It doesn't actually say they won't be making the H&R any more. It just says they're closing that plant. They may produce them elsewhere.
 
somehow i wont be suprised if the H&R single shots come out as rebranded Remingtons with a thumbhole/pistol grip synthetic camo-dipped stock for $600 :(

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manbearpig said:
somehow i wont be suprised if the H&R single shots come out as rebranded Remingtons with a thumbhole/pistol grip synthetic camo-dipped stock for $600 :(

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Yeah no doubt:mad: Maybe Remington needs to look at why their sales are decreasing. I mean for the last 40 years they have offered the same product, a good one albeit, but the same one. The only thing they have canged in almost 1/2 a century is their price
 
leveractionjunkie said:
Yeah no doubt:mad: Maybe Remington needs to look at why their sales are decreasing. I mean for the last 40 years they have offered the same product, a good one albeit, but the same one. The only thing they have canged in almost 1/2 a century is their price
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well, they keep camo-dipping things and jacking the price up at least $100 each time :)

oh and theyve added thumbhole and pistol grips to most guns of course, as well as the ever-useful and patriotic 'desert tan' color scheme -- those come in wicked useful for deerhunters setting up in golfcourse sand traps.
 
I sometimes think that the same Morons (for lack of better politically corect term) who run governments and create laws, swap over to run corporations now and then because neither make any sense whatsoever. Somebody needs a good old fashioned smack up the side o the head.
 
manbearpig said:
does this mean NEF as well?? or was that a separate company?
their guns looked identical.

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Marlin owned H&R, H&R owned NEF and had reduced the number of models NEF offered. So Remington scooped three brands at once. As long as levers sell, they'll probably keep the Marlin line alive, since Remington doesn't do levers, but I don't expect the H&R or NEF single shots to survive. They are simple, good hunting rifles for low prices, and that is an affront to Remington's marketing philosophy, which says that firearms are not for shooting or hunting, firearms are for buying and keeping in safes while you go out and earn some more money to buy more firearms from Remington. As gunowners, it is our sacred duty to buy a model 700 every time they can think up a new three or four-letter suffix for it or think up a new calibre. :rolleyes:
 
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