I received two notifications today from Midway USA that Remington 1 1/2 and 7 1/2 small pistol primers have been discontinued. Does anyone know if this is a long term Midway stocking decision or Remington getting out of the pistol primer business?
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I received two notifications today from Midway USA that Remington 1 1/2 and 7 1/2 small pistol primers have been discontinued. Does anyone know if this is a long term Midway stocking decision or Remington getting out of the pistol primer business?
Who purchased Remingtons ammo division?
Vista Outdoor. I think this article may explain why. Remington Ammo furloughed about half it's staff and was operating at 10% capacity. Now Vista is working on getting things up and running again.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/...set-to-return/
Vista owns CCI and it makes no sense to run two primer lines. But I will miss Remington primers, I liked them better than CCI's.
Are there any American ammo/components facilities that Vista DOESN'T own other than Olin/Winchester, Black Hills and Hornady?
Vista is running at max capacity, and has a huge backlog. They need every primer they can get right now. They're probably tearing down & doing QC on what's there before going to full production. To think they'd shut a line down for anything more than maintenance when ammo is at a 50-100% premium & people are buying 110% of production? That's economically illiterate.
Well economic illiteracy is one of several reasons Remington shit the bed and went under.
Vista already runs two primer lines. Federal has their own primer line also. I would be surprised if they didn't start Remington's primer lines back up. Primers are handled as explosives and shipping them in from an offsite facility for ammo production vs. moving them from building to building on the property would be very expensive and a logistical nightmare.