tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post558467892749811929..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: About the Remington DissolutionSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-37804924026462961162020-10-11T23:26:32.222-04:002020-10-11T23:26:32.222-04:00We can all agree that the lunkheads who ran Reming...We can all agree that the lunkheads who ran Remington off a cliff and into the ground, despite having a barnful of generations-long go-tos like the 870 and Model 700 have a degree of utter ineptitude that cannot be measured with existing instrumentation.<br /><br />Ruger (thankfully shed of the handicap of Bill Sr.) taking Marlin literally lock, stock, and barrel off of Remington's hands is thus nothing but good news.<br /><br />When Remington bought Marlin, they found a company with gun-making equipment last updated in 1940, if even that recently.<br />Ruger taking that model line is now free to make one of the best lever-action rifles, for but one example, in stainless steel, something which was too hard for decrepit Marlin or incompetent Remington to even attempt for most calibers.<br /><br />Possessing the Marlin lever-action, and their own single actions, Ruger's market share of the cowboy action arms market, for but one example, is poised to be a giant-killer.<br />(If they gobbled up Stoeger coach guns and Winchester Trench gun shotguns as well, they'd hold almost the whole ball of wax except for historical repros.)<br /><br />The down side is the likely permanent death of the Marlin Camp Carbine for all time, as Ruger's PC Carbine version slides into that niche. Now if only someone at Ruger can figure out that one in .45 ACP (Glock 21 or M1911 mags - or <i>both</i> - I'm not picky) would be a good next idea, they'd be onto something.<br />Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15913250843427462732020-10-04T15:32:59.041-04:002020-10-04T15:32:59.041-04:00If you read the wiki precis of the last ~20 years ...If you read the wiki precis of the last ~20 years of their business, it looks to me to be stupidity with a leavening of bad luck. And, really, the bad luck looks more like them being blind to the onrushing disasters that they should be looking for as astute business people.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-47374110261550522062020-10-04T11:09:38.704-04:002020-10-04T11:09:38.704-04:00Egg-zactly. You know the odds it would happen are...Egg-zactly. You know the odds it would happen are 100%.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-5744156994501457062020-10-04T08:39:08.751-04:002020-10-04T08:39:08.751-04:00If the alternative is to have big government decid...<i>If the alternative is to have big government decide which companies can merge, and thereby which companies can exist, that's a much worse scenario than private equity companies taking down the weak.</i><br /><br />Just imagine a government agency crafting regulations to weaken a company to make it a takeover target that needed their approval.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-45474694616003024202020-10-03T21:37:42.152-04:002020-10-03T21:37:42.152-04:00I had the fortune to work the last (just under) 20...I had the fortune to work the last (just under) 20 years of my career for a company that was managed to avoid being acquired. That CEO retired in 2013, I retired in '15, and the company has been through a merger and an acquisition. Twice in three years. <br /><br />The big picture is messy, but some of the management or private equity companies are good guys. They're in business to turn companies around, which is always painful for those laid off or cut. If they get the company profitable, it's good for everyone. What Cerberus did to Remington seems like either stupidity, malice or possibly just plain bad luck. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-54594127141045842832020-10-03T20:57:46.258-04:002020-10-03T20:57:46.258-04:00Our company is going through a bankruptcy (auto su...Our company is going through a bankruptcy (auto supplier) and there is a management company that has come in that the brass are saying are not breaking it up. Supposedly a reserve bid in an auction.<br />I went through that once before and don't want it to happen again.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-26110051019026873842020-10-03T20:55:23.627-04:002020-10-03T20:55:23.627-04:00I'm just happy to see some of the brands survi...I'm just happy to see some of the brands survive dissolution.<br />Ruger taking Marlin makes me happy. I have a few Rugers and had a Marlin as a youth and am tempted to get another.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28857903967788695232020-10-03T19:09:30.053-04:002020-10-03T19:09:30.053-04:00A friend who didn't care for guns gave me a 66...A friend who didn't care for guns gave me a 66 about 2 yrs ago, and it was a leaner. As in, leaned up in the corner of the barn the last 25 years, layers of rust. Being the fool I are, it went with me to a small-town gunshow.<br />"Whadda ye got?<br />"A Sixty-Six."<br />"Whuddle ye take fer it?"<br />"Aww, a hundred..."<br />Make room, so the man can breathe! People trying to shove Benjamins in my shirt pocket.<br />We ALL have a "wished I'da..."J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14422291455370710661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57173256875642705812020-10-03T17:01:37.581-04:002020-10-03T17:01:37.581-04:00You bet! They made over a million of those rifles...You bet! They made over a million of those rifles, but today they're hardly heard of. <br /><br />I shouldn't say that. Whenever I bring it to the range, I get trickle of people coming by saying, "hey, that's a Nylon 66! I used to have one" or else it ends with "I still have mine at home." <br /><br />The only drawback to it is that it's not as easy to reload with tube as opposed to a magazine you can drop and replace with a loaded one. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-15691289977650544512020-10-03T16:48:23.562-04:002020-10-03T16:48:23.562-04:00My dad bought a 'Nylon 66 Apache' in the 1...My dad bought a 'Nylon 66 Apache' in the 1960's which I have now. From a bench rest it will hit inside a 3/4" circle all day at 100 Yards...The best shooting I've ever done. Tex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com