Wow! Remington shuttering Bushmaster, DPMS & TAPCO brands ????

[Skully]

Some old school names in the Firearm business and sounds like Remington may be closing the brands down.



https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/is...are-shuttered/



Neither of the 3's websites go to their perspective branded sites anymore and goes straight to Remington's site with manual and warranty info.

[Grime]

That's a shame. The market is over saturated, and competition is fierce, so it makes sense.

[The Rat]

Well no big loss on Tapco at least.

[Gman]

They swallowed up a bunch of companies, and reduced their quality in the name of profits. I wonder which companies could be next?

[Ridge]

Bushmaster was a tainted brand with a public image associated with Sandy Hook. Right or wrong, it makes sense to close that shop. DPMS was pretty crap quality for as long as I can remember, and Tapco is Tapco. I feel like they lost their market share to companies like CAA and ATI years ago. I can't remember the last time I saw a Tapco product that wasn't a pot metal AR wrench or an SKS stock.

[BPTactical]

DPMS, Bushy and Tapco?
There go the gun shows.

Ridge is spot on with the Bushy assessment, the best out for Remmy is to fold it.

[MrPrena]

If it was not bushmaster,we might have stuck with crappy colt ar15 a2/a3 style ar even now.
From that , market got flooded with ar now and we can get a cheap ar for under 400 now from place like psa.

I remember I tried to buy a crappy old colt ar15 a2 or ar15 on year 1995. Local gun store wanted 1200 for it. I just spent 400 more and got a hk91.

Remember rent was approx 350-450 1bedroom 800sqft back then in many denver and aurora area.
It would have taken 300% of rent $ to get ar.
Now it will take 30%* rent $ to get an ar.

Tag
* monthly salary. "Tier1 ar" Changing in price of an ar respect to changing salary times changing in $ salary respect to change in time.


https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-1st-circuit/1173327.html

[hurley842002]

Remember rent was approx 350-450 1bedroom 800sqft back then in many denver and aurora area.]

When I moved up here in 2006, I rented a 2bdrm 1ba decent sized (albeit older) duplex apartment for $675 a month, in University Hills, I can't even imagine what that same spot is going for now.



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[Punkface]

Bushmaster was a tainted brand with a public image associated with Sandy Hook. Right or wrong, it makes sense to close that shop. DPMS was pretty crap quality for as long as I can remember, and Tapco is Tapco. I feel like they lost their market share to companies like CAA and ATI years ago. I can't remember the last time I saw a Tapco product that wasn't a pot metal AR wrench or an SKS stock.

I remember a lot of AK guys liking the Tapco triggers.

[Martinjmpr]

NOT TAPCO!!



NOW where will I buy cheap Chinese crap for my SKS?????



OK, Full disclosure: Yes, I do own an SKS. Almost 20 years ago I was a broke, barely-employed law student living in Laramie, WY and to pass the time during those long, cold winters I had fun "bubba-ing" up my SKS. Painted stock, experimented with different magazines, even replaced the rear V notch site with a non-adjustable aperture site. I spent some of my (little) money buying Tapco stuff from the likes of Gunbroker, Cabelas, Sportsman's Guide and (I think) CTD (Though I honestly can't remember if I was buying from CTD that early. Does anyone know if CTD was around circa 2000 - 2002?)

One of the benefits to living in Laramie was that they had a very nice shooting range just a few miles North of town and it only cost $50/year to join. So, since ammo was cheap, shooting was one of the few things I could afford to do in Laramie.

I actually still have the SKS. It has a surprisingly good trigger, better than a lot of factory-made US rifles. I don't think I've shot it in 3 or 4 years but I still have it.

I just remember TAPCO as being the go-to for "cheap SKS stuff" back when the AW ban kept AR prices too high for most poor people like I was back then.

So who else has a "Cheap SKS" story? C'mon, fess up, I know lot of you do!