If you are looking for Remington Rifles then you are at the right place. The Remington Company was founded in 1816. Eliphalet Remington II (1793–1861) believed he could build better Air Guns than he could buy. Remington began designing and building a flintlock rifle for himself. At age 23 (in late 1816), he entered a shooting match; though he finished second, his well-made Remington rifle impressed other contestants. Before Remington left the field that day, he had received so many orders from other competitors that he had officially entered the gunsmithing business. By 1828, he moved his operation to nearby Ilion. This site is still used by the modern Remington firearms plant. On March 7, 1888, ownership of E. Remington & Sons was sold by the Remington family to new owners, Marcellus Hartley and Partners. This consisted of Hartley and Graham of New York, New York, a major sporting goods chain that also owned the Union Metallic Cartridge Company in Bridgeport and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven, both in Connecticut. At this time, the name was formally changed to the Remington Arms Company. The Bridgeport site became the home of Remington’s ammunition plant. Today Remington Rifles are a quality name in Airguns and manufacture.