It's sad to see all the Remington bashing.
Anyone questioning why Remington didn’t market or support a particular new cartridge should also understand Remington was paying 300% more on lawyers and lawsuit fees and claims than they were on marketing or development for the last 30 years of their existence. It’s awfully hard to put 100% in on new products when your being bleed out financially on lawsuits aimed at trying to bankrupt you.
Sadly, when the anti-gun folks put Hornady and other manufactures in their sites next, you might very well see the same results to their product support.
"The Remington Shotgun Barrel Class Action
In 1995, Remington et al entered into a settlement of class action claims brought by owners of certain Remington 12-gauge shotguns including: Remington 12-gauge Model 870, 1200, 11-87, 3200, and Sportsman 58, 12-A or 12-P shotguns. The action named all of these models manufactured between 1960 and June 1995. This was substantially all shotguns made by Remington during those 35 years. The shotgun liability suit was filed against the Remington Arms Company, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., the du Pont subsidiary formerly known as Remington. The complaint alleged that the type of steel formerly used for the barrels of these shotguns (American Iron and Steel Institute C-1140 modified steel) constituted a manufacturing defect that could and had resulted in the explosion of the barrel in use.
In 1997, the Court approved payments to more than 477,000 class members, who
owned more than 750,000 eligible shotguns. It was paid out of a 31.5 million dollar fund established to meet current and future claims."
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“Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, the first time a gunmaker has been held responsible for a mass shooting in the United States.
Twenty students and six adults were killed on Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, by gunman Adam Lanza, who used a Remington Bushmaster AR-15 rifle to shoot his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School after killing his mother at home.
Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families and release all the discovery and disposition material to the public. The settlement will be paid through insurance policies, lawyers for the families said in a statement.”
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“ A Delaware jury awarded $9 million to the family of Eugene Schoepke, an Illinois hunter who died from mesothelioma in 2022. The lawsuit argued companies added asbestos to Remington and DuPont shotgun shells in the 1960s and failed to warn consumers, putting the public at risk.
Schoepke hunted for many years and repeatedly used these asbestos-containing shotgun shells for decades. Asbestos exposure is the primary cause of mesothelioma. Medical experts testified that every time he fired the shells, asbestos fibers entered the air. “
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“According to Remington’s court filings, the Remington defective trigger class action settlement will cover upwards of 7 million individual firearms.
Qualifying owners of Remington rifles that use an allegedly defective trigger connector will be eligible to have those rifles retrofitted with the newer X-Mark Pro trigger mechanism at no cost to them.
Owners who have already had their Walker mechanism replaced with an X-Mark Pro can seek partial or full reimbursement of the replacement cost.”
And the list goes on and on……..
Anyone questioning why Remington didn’t market or support a particular new cartridge should also understand Remington was paying 300% more on lawyers and lawsuit fees and claims than they were on marketing or development for the last 30 years of their existence. It’s awfully hard to put 100% in on new products when your being bleed out financially on lawsuits aimed at trying to bankrupt you.
Sadly, when the anti-gun folks put Hornady and other manufactures in their sites next, you might very well see the same results to their product support.
"The Remington Shotgun Barrel Class Action
In 1995, Remington et al entered into a settlement of class action claims brought by owners of certain Remington 12-gauge shotguns including: Remington 12-gauge Model 870, 1200, 11-87, 3200, and Sportsman 58, 12-A or 12-P shotguns. The action named all of these models manufactured between 1960 and June 1995. This was substantially all shotguns made by Remington during those 35 years. The shotgun liability suit was filed against the Remington Arms Company, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and Sporting Goods Properties, Inc., the du Pont subsidiary formerly known as Remington. The complaint alleged that the type of steel formerly used for the barrels of these shotguns (American Iron and Steel Institute C-1140 modified steel) constituted a manufacturing defect that could and had resulted in the explosion of the barrel in use.
In 1997, the Court approved payments to more than 477,000 class members, who
owned more than 750,000 eligible shotguns. It was paid out of a 31.5 million dollar fund established to meet current and future claims."
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“Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, the first time a gunmaker has been held responsible for a mass shooting in the United States.
Twenty students and six adults were killed on Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, by gunman Adam Lanza, who used a Remington Bushmaster AR-15 rifle to shoot his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School after killing his mother at home.
Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families and release all the discovery and disposition material to the public. The settlement will be paid through insurance policies, lawyers for the families said in a statement.”
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“ A Delaware jury awarded $9 million to the family of Eugene Schoepke, an Illinois hunter who died from mesothelioma in 2022. The lawsuit argued companies added asbestos to Remington and DuPont shotgun shells in the 1960s and failed to warn consumers, putting the public at risk.
Schoepke hunted for many years and repeatedly used these asbestos-containing shotgun shells for decades. Asbestos exposure is the primary cause of mesothelioma. Medical experts testified that every time he fired the shells, asbestos fibers entered the air. “
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“According to Remington’s court filings, the Remington defective trigger class action settlement will cover upwards of 7 million individual firearms.
Qualifying owners of Remington rifles that use an allegedly defective trigger connector will be eligible to have those rifles retrofitted with the newer X-Mark Pro trigger mechanism at no cost to them.
Owners who have already had their Walker mechanism replaced with an X-Mark Pro can seek partial or full reimbursement of the replacement cost.”
And the list goes on and on……..
