It sure seems like remington dosent give a shit any more, lots and lots of problems in the last 5 years.
Your time frame is correct. 2008 Freedom Group A.K.A Cerebus Holdings purchased Remington, Bushmaster, DPMS and a couple others plus a couple of ammo manufacturers.
The most important thing to be learned from those who demand "Equality For All" is that all are not equal...
Gun Control - seeking a Hardware solution for a Software problem...