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3 unusual facts about Remington Arms


Remington Arms

Corporate Headquarters: The corporate headquarters for Remington Arms is located at Madison, North Carolina.

Remington Rand

Initially produced by Remington Arms, the Remington Typewriters were the first to use the QWERTY keyboard layout.

Trolley Museum of New York

Remington Arms (the other is formerly No. 121, now numbered M-55, at the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway).


.45 ACP

The original round that passed the testing fired a 200 grain (13 g) bullet at 900 ft/s (275 m/s), but after a number of rounds of revisions between Winchester Repeating Arms, Frankford Arsenal, and Union Metallic Cartridge, it ended up using a 230 grain (15 g) bullet fired at about 850 ft/s (260 m/s).

National Sporting Goods Association

Such iconic names as Evinrude, Colt, Remington, Riddell, du Pont, Shakespeare, Coleman, Cramer, Head, Brunswick, Dassler, Easton and Knight are among those whose accomplishments have been immortalized with their Hall of Fame inductions.

Remington Model 241

The Remington Arms Model 241 Speedmaster, an autoloading rimfire rifle, was manufactured from 1935 to 1951 from a John Browning design.


see also

Marcellus Hartley Dodge

Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr. (1881–1963), chairman of the board of Remington Arms Company