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A. The state of Delaware has very favorable corporate tax rates. So, Remington arms of Delaware was incorporated in the state of Delaware, with the corporate office in the state, probably Wilmington. Even today, most banks are headquartered there.
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Originally Posted by
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A. The state of Delaware has very favorable corporate tax rates. So, Remington arms of Delaware was incorporated in the state of Delaware, with the corporate office in the state, probably Wilmington. Even today, most banks are headquartered there.
Been away a while but had to jump in . All I know is that the name on the receiver of my M1917 is Eddystone not Remington. The rifles were built by employees not employed directly by Remington. If it was a separate company I really do not have any proof either way , maybe in a way like Pontiac was to General Motors. I am sure taxes and laws and most of all profit had some hand in it. But what Wardog76 really failed to mention is what else was manufactured in Eddystone PA .......and that was Jennifer Anniston ! I love my "EDDYSTONE" and I do not really care who or what was the overall hierarchy of production other than it's historical perspective.
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
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But what Wardog76 really failed to mention is what else was manufactured in Eddystone PA .......and that was Jennifer Anniston !
Wasn't part of the discussion. Since you brought it up here's some more famous people from Delaware county Pennsylvania.
John Morton signer of the Declaration. Tina Fey. Todd Rundgen "who by the way mother was good friends with", Jim Croce. Jamie Kennedy. Danny Bonaduce. Jeff Labar from the 80's hair band Cinderella, I went to High school with his younger brother and his Pop was my school bus driver. New England
Patriot Todd Rucci who was my neighbor growing up on Clover lane in Upper Darby. Though Jamaican he moved to Upper Darby young, Seattle Seahawk Floyd Weatherburn who I played high school football with. He won H.S All American in our junior year went on to Penn State and then the NFL,,,dude was huge!!!. Didn't know about the Aniston link though.
It's a small world isn't it. There's more I just can't think of them off the top of my head....
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Originally Posted by
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Wasn't part of the discussion. Since you brought it up here's some more famous people from Delaware county Pennsylvania.
John Morton signer of the Declaration. Tina Fey. Todd Rundgen "who by the way mother was good friends with", Jim Croce. Jamie Kennedy. Danny Bonaduce. Jeff Labar from the 80's hair band Cinderella, I went to High school with his younger brother and his Pop was my school bus driver. New
England Patriot Todd Rucci who was my neighbor growing up on Clover lane in Upper Darby. Though Jamaican he moved to Upper Darby young, Seattle Seahawk Floyd Weatherburn who I played high school football with. He won H.S All American in our junior year went on to Penn State and then the NFL,,,dude was huge!!!. Didn't know about the Aniston link though.
It's a small world isn't it. There's more I just can't think of them off the top of my head....
We can stray off topic occasionaly we are only human . I knew an NCO who hails from that area from my service days we were stationed in old now closed Ft Ord , CA. always wondered what has happened to him . And all of the Eddystone alumni you mentioned meet my seal of approval in the good egg category except for that Marxist liberal O*ama loving kvetch Tina Fey. Wardog76 I would love to own a metal detector where you live there is history underneath that soil. Now back on topic my Eddystone as best I can deduce was arsenal refurbished in the early 20's and probably in storage until it hit the civilian sector. It is always an honor to own a part of American History and an Eddystone marked rifle to me exemplifies the WW1 era.
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If I may stick my oar in here, please use this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauclain_compound
Samuel Vauclain may not have been a firearms designer, but he obviously had a good engineering background and would have been conversant with the requirements of industrial-scale precision manufacturing. As a steam locomotive fan I knew about Vauclain compounds decades before I ever heard of Eddystone.
Sorry, correct that - I had heard of Eddystone, but it was a lighthouse!
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Not your typical suit.
Fun trivia... During the cold war there was a semi famous ship built in the 70's for a secret purpose right next door to the arsenal. By this time we weren't letting any Russians run around!! Hint>> The hull number wasn't K-129.
My grandfather, two uncles and my father where welders who worked on it. All sworn to secrecy.
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I think I'd go all Eddystone too. That way when you ponder the thing that little voice in your head won't say "yeah but its mismatched" you know what I mean? As you find parts in better shape you'll replace 'em but you'll already be ahead of the game. My 2c's
That "little voice in your/my head" has saved me on more than one occasion, but on the flip side has caused me more grief at times than I can recall. OP I'd change the parts and never look back.
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