by Now that RemArms has decided that the Remington plant in Ilion, NY will be closed, they are not wasting any time in selling off machinery that won’t be moved to Georgia. Indeed, there is an auction tomorrow that has 131 lots of machinery ranging from CNC machines to drill presses to milling machines.
The auction is online only and is being held by AllSurplus which is the surplus aggregator division of Liquidity Services, Inc.
Most of the items for sale will require professional rigging services to load the items on 18-wheel flatbed trucks. According to the descriptions, some of these items can weigh up to seven tons. Many of the more valuable items such as CNC machines and broaching machines have reserves on them. Bids range from a high of $10,000 for a 2017 Unisig Gun Drill down to $25 for a number of smaller items such as belt sanders and drill motors. I don’t know the age of these machines but some such as a Delta drill press could date from WW2.
I imagine most of the equipment being sold is either not needed in the Georgia plant or would cost too much to move.
In addition to selling machine tools, RemArms has already been selling parts, frames, and other stuff. Dave Kiff of Pacific Tool and Gauge posted some pictures from the plant where he was buying the remainder of the Remington pre-bankruptcy Model 700 line among other things.
The saddest picture in my mind was this one. There were finished shotguns and rifles dating from the 1970s to present dotted with pigeon droppings.
Dave said it was like seeing a dying dinosaur waiting for its bones to be picked. That said, if you need older Remington parts, rifle chassises, stocks, AAC suppressors, etc., head to Pacific Tool and Gauge.
