I look at the Remington 870 a lot like a small block Chevy (or even LS at this point). They are so abundant and prolific that someone stepping up with the parts to keep them going is, in my opinion, an inevitability. It has already been done with the 700 pattern. The uncertainty in AWB legislation and the almost universal acceptability of the lowly shotgun certainly makes the business case for entering that realm much more attractive.
One thing from talking to some friends who worked for Big Green and who have been following this shitshow has been (like I mentioned earlier) the new ownership’s reluctance to do anything too tactical. They don’t want to upset the shareholders that own the Remington name now or get a bunch of attention from the harpies like Shannon Watts. So I’d almost bet some money that the guns like the Tac-13 and Tac-14 will be gone. Same for the 870DM. The 18”/extended tube guns and 14” guns, I’d give it a 50/50 at this point.
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I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.
“The reliability of the 30-06 on most of the world’s non-dangerous game is so well established as to be beyond intelligent dispute.” Finn Aagaard
"Don't fuck with it" seems to prevent the vast majority of reported issues." BehindBlueI's
IIRC they were a mid-90s to early 2000s visit from the Good Idea Fairy? There was all sorts of questionable "safety" stuff that hit the market then.
A friend of mine bought a Remington bolt gun with the safety that required a key to operate during that era. I want to say it was a Model 7 in .260 Remington. The safety was entirely superfluous because the gun had an incredibly heavy trigger pull. I honestly thought the safety was still on the first time I shot it. We used to joke that there was a difference between a "surprise break" and "I wonder if this gun will actually go off."
I was into 10mm Auto before it sold out and went mainstream, but these days I'm here for the revolver and epidemiology information.