If you haven't had a chance to read Garry James' comprehensive article on collecting Remingtons in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of RifleShooter, pick up a copy from your local newsstand today.

Below is Big Green's history as a timeline.

1816: Eliphalet Remington II enters the gun business.

1828: Remington moves Ilion Gulch to Ilion, New York.

1865: The partnership of E. Remington & Sons is incorporated as a stock company.

Remington No. 1 Sporter

1865-66: Remington Rolling Block Rifle.

Aug. 9, 1867: Union Metallic Cartridge Company is incorporated.

Sept. 1873: The first Remington typewriters were produced.

1886: Remington sells the typewriter business.

March 1888: E. Remington & Sons is acquired by Marcellus Hartley and partners. E. Remington & Sons is reorganized, and the new company named the Remington Arms Company.

1912: The Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport and Remington Arms Company are combined into one company to become Remington U.M.C.

1915: Construction starts on an expansion of the Ilion facilities.

Spring 1916: New Ilion plant is in full operation.

1920: Remington Arms Company is incorporated in Delaware. In order to better utilize the excess manufacturing capacity created during World War I, Remington branches into new fields, including the cutlery business (pocket and hunting knives), household utensils, and cash registers.

1926: Remington begins distributing and selling decorative patches bearing the Remington logo. This eventually led to Remington's clothing and accessory business.

1931: Remington sells the cash register business to the National Cash Register Company.

1933: Remington's management offers a controlling interest in the company to E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc. (DuPont). On May 24, DuPont purchases a 60% share of the company.

August 1933: Remington acquires the Chamberlain Trap & Target Company.

May 15, 1934: Remington purchases the Peters Cartridge Company for $2.5 million.

June 1, 1934: The assets and business related to the sale and manufacture of the Parker shotgun were purchased from the Charles Parker Company for $100,000.

1936: Remington and Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. join in the organization of Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos SA for the purpose of acquiring the assets and business of Fabrica Nacional de Cartuchos e Municoes. The latter company had been manufacturing sporting ammunition since 1927 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1940: Remington is asked by the US Government to undertake the establishment and operation of ammunition plants. These were the Lake City and Denver ordnance plants.

1941: A third ammunition plant in Salt Lake City, Utah is assigned to Remington, and later a fourth, Kings Mills.

1942: Lowell ammunition plant is assigned to Remington.These plants belonged to the government; however, they were operated by Remington under fixed-fee contracts, whereby Remington was responsible for assuring the adequacy of a capacity through construction advice with respect to design engineering and construction, the procurement of equipment, training of personnel, and operation of the plants.

November, 1946: Remington closes the Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Company, Ltd.

1950: Remington and Crucible Steel Company of America form Rem-Cru Titanium, Inc., for the purpose of melting, alloying, fabricating, and selling titanium and its alloys. Model 870 "Wingmaster" shotgun announced.

Model 870 "Wingmaster"

1956: Remington acquires the Mall Tool Company for $9.8 million.

1958: Mall Tool Company is dissolved and its activities integrated with Remington. The Canadian subsidiary name is changed to Remington Arms of Canada, Ltd. and its product line expanded to include firearms and other Remington products. Remington purchases the commercial farm and wildlife refuge of the late Glenn L. Martin, consisting of 2,970 acres of property near Chestertown, Maryland. The property is named Remington Farms.

1960: Remington introduces plastic body shotshells.

1961: Remington invests in two new affiliates, one in Germany and the other in Mexico.

Model 700

1962: The new Model 700 bolt-action rifle is announced and soon becomes the most popular bolt-action rifle in the market.

Model 1100

1963: The Model 1100 autoloading shotgun is introduced after a three-year development program. Remington acquires a 55% interest in Brewer Pharmical Engineering Corp.

1964: Remington Arms International GmbH, formed in 1961 to distribute chain saws and accessories in Europe, is dissolved.

1966: Remington commemorates the 150th anniversary of its founding. Demand for Remington "Blue Rock" clay targets exceeds the capacity of the Findlay plant. A small factory building is purchased in Ada, Oklahoma for a new clay target plant. Production begins in early 1967.

1967: Cartuchos de Portivos de Mexico, SA, in which Remington had a 40% interest, declared its first cash dividend. The manufacture and marketing of centerfire pistol and revolver ammunition had been added to the production of shotshells, rimfire cartridges, and lead shot.

1969: Remington completes the sale of its power tool business to DESA Industries, Inc.

1970: Remington constructs a new ammunition plant in Lonoke, Arkansas. A new facility to produce clay targets is completed at Athens, Georgia

Model 3200

1971: The clay target facility in Athens, Georgia begins production. The Mexican government closes all the country's retail outlets for firearms and ammunition which forces Cartuchos de Portivos de Mexico SA to suspend most of its ammunition operations.

1973: Remington introduces the 3200 Over/Under shotgun. Remington makes a unsuccessful effort to acquire AB Norma Projektilfabrik of Sweden.