Maybe it's just another old company that once had a good reputation but has lost its way. PE probably involved.
Or maybe there is some market shift. Like, fewer hunters purchasing lever actions and more urbanites buying semi-auto pistols.
Remington's owners have stripped away many of the skilled gunsmiths they used to have. A new Remington is not a very well machined firearm, and enthusiasts have found this out and no longer buy their products.
A range friend of mine is on his 3rd new Remington 700. He sent the original new unit back and they shipped him a new one. It was defective, he sent it back. They sent him another one. This was in the last 6 months. These were all issues with the machining of the chamber that should never have been shipped in the first place. A simple check with a flashlight would have revealed the problems that were plainly visible to the naked eye.
Conversely, I have 7 Remington products that I purchased new as late as 2005 and they have all been perfect.
It's interesting because removing people who inspect shotguns is quick, easy and relatively reversible, while declining product quality and loss of design and production skills are normally gradual trends with an eventful story of bad decisions.
There are other manufacturers that still make them to a high standard. I'm not sure whether they're licensed copies or just clones, but I recently heard someone joke that "these days everyone makes a great Remington 700 except Remington".
Far from struggling. COVID, the looming election, and the riots have made it a boom time for gun sales.
Remington, unfortunately is like Harley, expensive, low quality, and trading on previous legacy.
Or Craftsman and tools
Once known as industry leaders then moves in production and cost savings meant an inferior product. Eventually people caught on and the brand was done.
Edit:. Touchy subject but it's a fact the average American doesn't own a gun. The political influence is substantial on the other hand. I'm not anti gun because it should be an inconsequential topic. It's like vegans had the big seat at the table.
The same way in some town in Maryland you can't feed ducks on Sunday. Its a law that is left on the book, completely ignored and largely forgotten about
Vegans, in contrast, make up around 0.4-3% of Americans depending on the poll [3].
[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own...
[2] https://today.ku.edu/2018/08/21/gun-owners-are-more-active-p...
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country
Living in a household is completely irrelevant.
And yes it is irrelevant. I do not control, perhaps do not even know what a roommate owns and vice versa. And that only pushed the needle up a but, to still being in the minority. You mention minorities? Gun owners are a minority
Not incorrect? Yes that was directly disputed btw.
Gun ownership and gun influence in the US is vastly overstated.
Households with "roommates" are a small minority of all households. About 40 million of 250 million adults live in a household with other people that they're not related to or romantically involved with. The vast majority of households that aren't individuals living alone are are families or unmarried couples. In those contexts, it would be typical for one member of the household to own the firearms as a legal matter, but others might use it or rely on it. For example, Breonna Taylor was living with her boyfriend, who was licensed to own a firearm. If the couple bought a gun for self-defense, it seems fair to attribute the gun to the whole household, not just the individual who purchased it. Or in another example, a parent might purchase a firearm that other adult family members in the household use for hunting or target practice.
You're also forgetting about voting. Gun owners are much more likely to be older, married, and live outside the city. (Many people who don't own a gun when they're young and living in the city purchase one when they move out to the 'burbs and start af family!) The same groups of people are also more likely to vote.
In my case if I would own a gun there would be 7 voters supporting it. Quite a multiplier.