Just to set everyones' fears aside, the Parker Bros. records at Remington (both production books and order books) are now stored on metal shelving, above the floor. They are also covered with heavy plastic. One off my fondest memories was being able to spend days at Remington plowing through these books. Particularly exciting was to find the actual orders or production data on most of my Parkers. When you get to see the actual order placed by a private individual, and then see the production data including the names of the workers, you really appreciate the history of the fine guns. You also realize how many freedoms we have lost since the times these guns were made. I now fear that these records and the whole Remington Manufacturing Plant will be lost to New York as a result of Coumo's recent gun ban law.
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