Of course, Remington Arms is owned by Cerberus Capital who will be launching a new IPO in the firearms market for a company called Freedom Group Inc. There's a lot of consolidation going on in the ammunition and firearms manufacturing market right now. Both a good and a bad thing I suppose.

This is one of those stories where you know there is bad mixed in with the good. I don't know what Cerberus' real motivations are (of course $$$), but they have also bought up other small outfits like Advanced Armament. I guess if it saves some jobs it's immediately a good thing. Time will tell how this works out for Joe Gunmaker on the line just trying to earn a day's wage.

I always thought Dakota made a gorgeous rifle but they were out of my price range. Best of luck to them, and hopefully there will be a long and prosperous future there.

In this financial climate we are in there will be more changes before it is all said and done. All the bloodletting is not done yet.

Quality control is the key. If they or anyone doesn't have that then your selling a pretty piece of nothing. I hope Mr. Martinez has the authority to bring in experienced gunsmiths. We've all heard the old saying of what makes a gun interesting.

I think Remington did them a BIG favor by buying them out. Maybe they should have been left to die a natural death? As someone else mentioned, I surely couldn't see any justification in buying a high priced gun that wasn't performing any better than an over the counter gun. It sounds to me like they were ripping off their customers big time in asking a high price and not giving them much else than a nice wood stock.

at least we are hearing of jobs remaining in place instead of being eliminated for the time being. reminton is strong and hopefully we will get some of the old dakota quality at a price most of us can afford. we don't need more lost jobs.

I have heard a lot about Dakota rifles. I own a Kimber rifle and it is pretty good. I am happy with it.

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I don't know what this means. Does this mean:

-Remington (or the group) finally have a Mauser-type action "made in America" and having the look, fit and finish that will make it worth their while to manufacture?

-if the Cerberus/Freedom Group/Remington decide to continue the Dakota product line, will they keep left-handed action in good supply (you know what that means, Mr. Petzal)?

-will Remington's current people follow the lead of their predecessors and "re-engineer" the Dakota to make it cheaper? They did it with the 1903 Springfield in WW2, coming up with an uglier but cheaper version called the A3. BTW, Dakota already went that path with the Model 97, a Mauser-type bolt but with a Model 700-like tubular receiver and with a Model 700 trigger. Beretta had a similar rifle called the Mato.

Remington has enough QC problems of their own to worry about without buying a company that already has serious problems with them. Remington needs to get their own house in order first. The past five years or so have been terrible.

Mike

I've use Remington products for over 55 yrs and neve any problem other than the trigger system, which is way to heavy. Over the past 5-7 ys, Rem has gotten away from thier old standards and bought some Co's that they should have forgotten about. The thay come out with that 2 bit piece of junk in a Viper 22 rifle, then the 710, 715, and now the 770. They screwed up the Auto with the lousy to large of forearm. Then a few yes back they bought part of EAA which included their hunting rifle line and some handguns. THe Mausers, have not gone over and the s x e dble rifle in 06 and 45/70. Now they take on a high dollar gun Co. and 2 othr cheaper Co's I never heard of. Any Co can make a beautiful rifle, but there is a lot more to a successful fiearm than good looks. The guts is what maters. The 700 has the guts and fairly good looks so long as its a l piece Walnut stock. They also finally made a trigger that is sutable to most of us. I wish them well, but with the economy in the dumps, a high dollar firearm will not be successful.Only a few rich guys will pay 3500.00 for a gun and i sure am not able to do so. I hope they will continue the 700 quality as the last 3-4 I bought have been above average for a bolt gun. Time will tell and so will sales. Good luck to them and the poor guy who has been selected to bring Dakato back to the front runners. Shoot-um-Straight and often. There are so many cheap firearms out now that are dangerous to shoot, and hopefully the other lines Rem bought along with DAkato is a better quality than most cheapoe's

I'm happy to see that Don Allen's hard work and great ideas at least have a chance to survive. The high end Dakota rifles are a work of art. I have enjoyed seeing an American manufacturer making a quality high end rifle. I also like his invention of the Dakota line of cartriges. I shoot a .300 Dakota in my custom rifle and find it to be inherently accurate and producing less recoil than anything in its velocity class. I wish they would keep the line of Dakota cartriges alive but that is doubtful considering Remington already did their best to copy them in the Remington Ultra Mag line.