The guys at PWS certainly have done some amazing things with the platform, and we're honored to be a part of the M40s history. I've visited the operation several times, and never am less than at-awe over what they do with those service rifles- some of them decades old, with multiple theatres under their belt.
I'm not sure the description of our shop is fair, though. Yes, Remington has made some mistakes over the years, but we're not the same company we were in the early 10s.
I've been with the MIL/LE division since before Freedom Group, throughout that era, and am still here now that Freedom Group is gone. Throughout those changes, operations in Remington MIL/LE didn't really change a whole lot. We were always able to tell management that we needed to do what we needed to do to meet contracts, and they let us go. We've basically kept doing what we always did, in the background and out of the fray.
Now that Remington is back in control and Freedom Group is no-longer, the Sporting side has really been finding their stride. There's some really cool stuff coming that I wish I could share, but that's their channel and they'll unveil it in due-time.
But, if you want some evidence today, look at the Marlin guns. Those are difficult rifles to make, but, post-Freedom Group, they've been putting out some of the best Marlins ever made. I've bought three in the past two years (and mine come random out of the same stack at the warehouse as yours), and they've all been flawless.
I'm not going to try to deny that Big Green has left you guys with some valid reasons to doubt us, but we really are getting back to who we were in the first place.
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