There was one important reason Remington never entered the lever action market. When Remington found themselves in financial difficulties and placed in receivership in 1886, the firm of E. Remington & Sons were bought out by Winchester and the firm of Hartley & Graham, the largest firearm wholesale dealership in the US during the late 1800’s. The Schuyler, Hartley, & Graham partnership was founded in 1854 by Jacob Schuyler, Marcellus Hartley, & Malcom Graham. Taking advantage of the Civil War, they supplied just about everything needed and when the war ended and state governments began selling all the surplus stock, the company turned their attention to foreign shores and sold most of the surplus to Europe. When Remington was on its feet again in 1896 the company started developing their own designs. Winchester at that time had launched the immensely successful M1894 lever action rifle, leaving Remington to come up with an alternative and in 1906 they launched the JM Browning designed auto-loading rifle. It was launched in four new calibers, namely .25, .30, .32 and .35 Remington, all rimless cartridges.
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