Remington Wholesale Pricing Compared Across 20 Distributors

Remington Arms was founded in 1816 in Ilion, New York by Eliphalet Remington and is the oldest continuously operating American firearms manufacturer. After the 2020 bankruptcy and break-up, the firearms business (now RemArms) was acquired by Roundhill Group and the ammunition business by Vista Outdoor (Federal). For FFL dealers, this means the modern Remington brand spans two separate companies with different distributor relationships and order workflows. The brand recognition is essentially universal at the counter.

The Model 870 pump shotgun and Model 700 bolt-action rifle are two of the highest-volume firearms ever produced and remain core SKUs for any general-purpose gun shop. They sell to hunters, sport shooters, and personal-defense buyers alike. The challenge for dealers is supply: post-bankruptcy production has been uneven and stock availability varies sharply by distributor month to month.

Remington firearms break into four major families. The 870 shotgun line (Express, Wingmaster, Tac-14) covers field and tactical use. The Model 700 rifle line (SPS, Long Range, Tactical) is the foundation of the precision rifle market. The Model 7600 pump rifle, Model 783 budget bolt-action, and the V3 semi-auto shotgun round out the catalog. On the ammunition side, Remington Core-Lokt rifle ammo and Premier shotshells remain market staples.

Specific UPC searches dealers run most often: 870 Express 12ga (R25559), 870 Tac-14 12ga, 700 SPS 308 (R85420), 700 ADL Varmint, V3 Field Sport 12ga, and the entire Core-Lokt rifle ammo SKU set. FirearmDistributors.com indexes every distributor's current stock and cost on these in real time.

Sports South, RSR Group, Lipsey's, Davidson's, Bill Hicks, MGE Wholesale, and Camfour are the primary national distributors of RemArms firearms. Ammunition distribution overlaps but routes differently because of Vista's separate channel agreements. Pricing on identical Remington SKUs frequently varies by $40 to $90 between distributors, particularly on the 870 line where promotional pricing rotates monthly.

Because of the supply variability, dealers benefit most from a real-time view of which distributor has a Remington SKU in stock right now. Catalog price is meaningless if the SKU has been backordered for weeks. The platform's stock-availability filter solves this directly.