Remington responds to Jim Zumbo

[RugerNiner]

Here is a C&P from Uzi talk dot com. Remington does not seem happy.


Cut and pasted from another site. These are purported to be Remington responses to the Zumbo attack piece.

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ALL - Jim Zumbo in NO WAY speaks for Remington! His opinions are his own. We at Remington take our 2nd Ammendment Rights extremely seriously and ourselves market and manufacturer a AR based 308 rifle. Remington Arms supports the lawful use of all firearms by thier owners in whatever legal manner they choose. We at Remington feel that it is the diversity of our tastes and uses of fireaems that should also be the binding element that assists us all in defending the rights granted to us by our fore fathers.

Rest assured that remington not only does not support jim's view, we totally disagree! I have no explaination for his perspective.

I proudly own AR's and support everyones right to do so!

What makes me sick is how quickly people on the internet have called to boycott Remington. All Jim said was he was hunting with our people! This is normal course in our industry. How else do people think we field test? with writers.

Remington has spent tens of millions of dollars to defend your rights and how quickly the thanks is threat and boycott! Please feel Free to post that remington does not agree with Zumbo in any way shape or form and we will assess our relationship with him accordingly.

Tommy Millner
CEO and President

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PLEASE SEND THIS TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE ORIGINAL LIST.

1. THE AUTHOR OF THAT ARTICLE IS NOT I REPEAT NOT A REMINGTON REP.
2. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE AUTHOR IS WAY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE GUNS OF
TODAY.
3. IT IS EQUALLY OBVIOUS THAT HE HAS FORMED HIS OWN OPINIONS BASED ON A
CONVERSATION/S WITH GUIDES WHERE HE WAS HUNTING, NOT DUE TO SOMETHING A
REMINGTON EMPLOYEE SAID.

PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT REMINGTON AS A COMPANY HAS NOTHING AGAINST ARs
OF ANY KIND AS WITNESSED BY THE FACT THAT WE OURSELVES HAVE A 308
VARIANT OF AN AR.

I will handle this.

V/R
Michael Haugen
CW3 (R) USSF
Manager - Military Products Division
Remington Arms Company Inc.
360-458-6395 (office)
336-207-7180 (cell)
360-400-1678 (Fax)

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ALL – rest assured that Mr. Zumbo does NOT speak for Remington! Most of you I am sure know that we ourselves market and sell a AR based 308.

I am forwarding this issue to my Military Product Manager ASAP

V/R

Gregory Baradat

MSG (R) USSF

Military Products Representative

Remington Arms Company Inc.

253-503-7129 (Office)

253-380-2850 (Cell)

253-267-5165 (Fax)

[PA Rifleman]

Looks like Remington already unassed themselves from Zumbo...this is froma Glocktalk post:
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Response From Remington To Zumbo's Comments

Hi folks. My brother received an email a little while ago, from the CEO of Remington. He gave us permission to post the content of his message. Here it is:

"You may feel free to advise your people of the following.

Remington is shocked and dissappointed by the comments of Jim zumbo which have been widely circulated on the web. These comments do not reflect either my own feelings or those of my company!

Accordingly we are severing all business ties with Mr zumbo and any of his companies effective immediately and will make a formal release tomorrow to this effect.

We appreciate the passionate support of our right to bear arm arms by all in the shooting sports.

Sincerely

Tommy millner
CEO"

http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread....hreadid=658706

[phillyd2]

+1 Remington