DPMS, Bushmaster, Storm Lake, and Tapco are closing their doors.

[lead.rain]

Not sure if this is old news or not.

Apparently confirmation this morning coming down that the Remington Outdoor Company has closed the DPMS, Bushmaster, Storm Lake, and Tapco lines.

There products will no longer be produced.

 

[Alphatreedog]

DAFUG ?

 

[Alphatreedog]

So is this Bushmaster consumer modern spkrting rifle or Bushmaster on the LAV and othe Military vehicles ?

 

[lash]

DPMS? Really?

 

[lead.rain]

So is this Bushmaster consumer modern spkrting rifle or Bushmaster on the LAV and othe Military vehicles ?

Not 100% on the LAV/Military Vehicle side, but definitely on the AR/consumer side.

 

[lead.rain]

DPMS? Really?

That's what I said! I was pretty shocked!

 

[MK20]

Tag for info.

 

[Alphatreedog]

Man I need to bit the fuckin powerball . I'd pay 43 mil for a cirearms company.

 

[Blue Sky Country]

What the fuck has been going on in the past 4 months or so??? Are all of these closures, plus the FLIR clown show, motivated by actual money, profit, sales stuff? Or are they some kind of clandestine allied virtue signalling to get AR's, semiauto rifles, and other "scary" accessories out of the civilian market?

 

[MK20]

Maybe that Supreme Court decision that said that manufacturers can be sued for what people do with their products.

 

[lead.rain]

Sorry guys, wish I had more info on this. All I know is this has been confirmed as of today, as notifications have been sent to some of the vendors.

 

[j-huskey]

@THEIS

Whatchu know about this ??

Calling @THEIS

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

All reports point to YES, closing them up.

"Remington Outdoor Company informed RSR at the SHOT Show that they will be focusing on their core hunting and shooting brands – AAC, Barnes, Marlin and Remington. Bushmaster, DPMS, StormLake Barrels and Tapco will no longer be produced, with the exception of the Bushmaster BA50."

This is about all I can say right now.....there are a lot of moving pieces based off International "issues" and this is a fast and easy way for BIG PARENT not to be penalized by ignorant "child".

Also with Category I, II and III of the USML Sec 121 going to Commerce....ROC needs the machine time to increase firearm production on the types of firearms that are "more welcome" in other countries aka hunting rifles.

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[lead.rain]

Thanks for the info @THEIS!

 

[MK20]

I almost guarantee that this is because of the litigation.
notice that they got rid of all the “evil” rifles in their lineup.

 

[RyanScott]

AR market went soft and they are reconsolidating product lines.

 

[lead.rain]

I almost guarantee that this is because of the litigation.
notice that they got rid of all the “evil” rifles in their lineup.

I had been hearing rumors for a little bit now that Remington has been struggling financially. Maybe it's a financial reason?

 

[THEIS]

I had been hearing rumors for a little bit now that Remington has been struggling financially. Maybe it's a financial reason?

Hi,

Remington came out of their Chapter 11 Bankruptcy looking REAL GOOD financially....

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[lead.rain]

AR market went soft and they are reconsolidating product lines.

Comments have definitely been made about the AR market being extremely saturated currently. Allegedly that had some weight in this decision, but this is just hearsay.

 

[lead.rain]

Hi,

Remington came out of their Chapter 11 Bankruptcy looking REAL GOOD financially....

Sincerely,
Theis

That is great news, as I am definitely a R700 fan!

 

[MK20]

Well, considering that they do the Chapter 11 dance every few years you would hope that they have it down by now.

 

[Downtown]

I don't believe this is the result of the anti gun agenda. I think it's the result of everyone owning an AR that wants one. Only two segments of the AR market are viable right now, the very cheap ones and the most expensive ones. DPMS and Bushmaster fall in the middle. Let stripped lowers hit $200 or more and you would see these company's start cranking them out again. I just paid $40 each for a couple of top quality lowers and the cheap ones are going for $25. I didn't really need them either, just too cheap not to pick up.

I think it's kind of a political barometer. If people were really thought the Democrats would win, like everyone thought in 2016, the market would revive.

 

[RyanScott]

This is why we need to get blue states to pay for huge gun buybacks. To reduce market saturation.

 

[armorpl8chikn]

The good news.
This likely means everyone who wanted an AR now owns at least one.

 

[deersniper]

Sad news.
They were all good companies. The first theee made decent stuff and last one made for good laughs. Ala tapco-fucked.

 

[anon]

My first Service Rifle was a Bushmaster DCM rifle about twenty years ago. It had been a long time since they had cared about that market. I was disappointed back then, not so much now.

 

[Middle Man]

Gathering together bits of info I have from the last few months, the nutshell version: ROC wanted minimum orders of at least 500 units per SKU on DPMS and Bushmaster product last fall from distributers. Needless to say, they found no takers...


I was on the ground floor, playing a small role in the creation and market explosion of “cheap” AR’s when the DPMS Oracle debuted in late 2010. I was the wholesale buyer responsible for the line at the time. This was pre-Remington. Our company was the #1 DPMS wholesaler in 2011, beating out competitors five times our size. Good times... Didn‘t take long for competing manufacturers to bring their own price point AR’s to market. The unit sales volumes rivaled handgun sales, it was quite unprecedented. The market changed and now everyone owns an AR (or three).

 

[ricard13]

Dang, tough break. It is always tough to see stuff like that go.