I don't know & no one on this forum does either. So should we start biting our nails & toss & turn in bed all night over the possibilities. Nay, not me. What, Rem. can only market one brand of single shot now, who made that rule? I have never seen so many "what ifs" in my life, are they going to China, to H@## with Rem, we hate Marlin, nana nana doggie poop. They moved from one Liberal NE small town to a place in NY (1 USA city to another, at least USA to some). And consolidating & poss. using more modern machinery would be so evil.
And it would be rally bad if the barrels could be interchanged on future models without fitting, we can't have that!!
Why can't we see what shakes & then look at the price & quality. And if they move to the Congo after that, then I will gripe with the best of them. Until then I see no logic in fretting over mere "what ifs".