planting moving again? and renovating

[shaner]

was up to one of our larger private owned gunstores weds, and was talkingto the owner  of finfeatherfur in ashland ohio ,  he told me the sales rep for remington told him  when he ask why he couldnt get  NEF  or H&R products in , hes had nef shotguns on order for months  and handi rifles he ended up with hardly any for the CHRISTmas  sales.   he was told they are gearing down for  a renovating of the machines again , for this line , and possibly move some to another locating this year ? take it for what it is he told him what he  had heard was rem wants to focus on the spartan  line of singles ( probobly a better profit margin?) and possibly  start putting the remington name on the H&R as marlin tried back when??so as mike told me  if its true or just a rep coverin their buts cause stock hasnt been coming in to them guess we  will find out in a few months?:

[kevinsmith5]

I think Tim woulda heard about this one before now.....but we'll see what he says.

[Graybeard]

Since Remington doesn't even import the Russian made Spartan line anymore I'd say that rumor is pure BS.

[quickdtoo]

was up to one of our larger private owned gunstores weds, and was talkingto the owner  of finfeatherfur in ashland ohio ,  he told me the sales rep for remington told him  when he ask why he couldnt get  NEF  or H&R products in , hes had nef shotguns on order for months  and handi rifles he ended up with hardly any for the Christmas  sales.   he was told they are gearing down for  a renovating of the machines again , for this line , and possibly move some to another locating this year ? take it for what it is he told him what he  had heard was rem wants to focus on the spartan  line of singles ( probobly a better profit margin?) and possibly  start putting the remington name on the H&R as marlin tried back when??so as mike told me  if its true or just a rep coverin their buts cause stock hasnt been coming in to them guess we  will find out in a few months?:

Partly true, but it already happened, they moved to Ilion and have new machines, H&R will be making their own barrels later next year instead of standing in line waiting for Marlin to make them!! Remington dumped the Spartan line, so that's a BS too, try and find them anywhere on the Remington site, you'll find them in their history only cuz they are!! Read the firearms sales stats thread and you'll see how H&R ranks among other firearms makers.

Tim

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,192508.msg1098970476.html#msg1098970476

[kevinsmith5]

Is this just an old site Tim?

http://www.remington-spartan.com/category/940-remington_spartan_18.aspx

I Googled and found this....

[quickdtoo]

I never said dealers didn't still have them in stock which is what that is, it's The Gun Souce, not Remington. I confirmed with Remington they are no longer importing them a couple months ago.

Tim

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire_rifles/

http://www.remington.com/library/history/firearm_models/

http://www.thegunsource.com/

[kevinsmith5]

OK, I just didn't realise how recently they'd ben discontinued

[quickdtoo]

I don't know exactly when they quit importing them, but I checked in September, at that time they were still listed on the Remington site in the centerfire rifles to promote sales of existing dealer inventories, but no longer do. 

Tim

[shaner]

they are still getting the spartans in to his store? hopefully you guys are right i just wondered both ways when he told me , he's  got his hands tied also as to when and what he gets

[Hairtrigger]

Creative language is part of being a sales rep. Perhaps the story changed a bit also when told by the owner

[quickdtoo]

they are still getting the spartans in to his store? hopefully you guys are right i just wondered both ways when he told me , he's  got his hands tied also as to when and what he gets

Distributors have inventories too. 

Tim

[phatgemi]

Sorry to hear about the spartan line. I have a spartan (baikal izh27) 12 ga o/u which I like very much. Not very fancy compared to most o/u's but for the money is a good value. Oh well not the first gun I've owned which is an orphan. I also have austin/halleck muzzleloader. 

[peternap]

Sorry to hear about the spartan line. I have a spartan (baikal izh27) 12 ga o/u which I like very much. Not very fancy compared to most o/u's but for the money is a good value. Oh well not the first gun I've owned which is an orphan. I also have austin/halleck muzzleloader. 

I have one to and love it. It's what I take at the end of Deer season when I'm thinking of shooting Deer, ot quail, or turkey or Rabbit...

They aren't fancy but like most Russian guns, built like a tank.
No biggie that Remington let them go, they're available anyway.
he fellow that owns the farm next to ours, just retired as a Remington Rep. He loves the Spartans too and thought Rem was crazy for dropping them.