America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Engineering Mystery

Re:America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Eng... by SlowRobotAhead on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:02PM (#19821757)

Almost all snipers in the US military today are still using a some Remington 700.

The Mk13 which is expected to replace the Marine's scout snipers M40 is 700-pattern, just not built by Remington.

You're going to be right soon, just not yet.

Likewise, "The Military" is still using Rem 870 and Mossberg 500 shotguns. The "other military" that is, the IRS, Deptartments of Interior, Energy, Education, and everything else; their SWAT teams all use the Rem 700 and 870.

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Re:America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Eng... by walshemj on Friday May 03, 2019 @05:09PM (#19822304)

They haven't switched to Accuracy International sniper specific rifels - the classic British two guys in a shed company.

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Re:America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Eng... by brainfeed0 on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:52PM (#19824068)

It's a miracle the AWP got into Counter Strike. Either the design is so striking that it advertises itself or people-in-the-know recommended it. You'd think they'd use a Barrett as the "big ol' rifle" 3D model.

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Re:America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Eng... by SlowRobotAhead on Saturday May 04, 2019 @01:34AM (#19824655)

The Mk13 isn’t an AI. The ya a 700 letters Stiller with an AI AX chassis. And yea, I wrote they haven’t switched.

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