When Remington fell on hard times and went into receivership in 1886, Winchester, together with the firm of Hartley & Graham, at that stage the largest firearm dealer in the US teamed up to purchase the company, which they did in 1888. Winchester had launched their lever action rifles and that is the main reason Remington never entered that market. By 1896 Remington operated on their own again while Winchester already had the 25 – 35 WCF, the 30 WCF, better known as the 30 – 30 Winchester and the 32 Winchester Special leaving Remington scrambling to compete in this lucrative market. In 1906 they introduced the JM Browning designed semi-auto rifles in .25, .30 and .32 Reminton as rimless competition to Winchester’s rimmed cartridges. The 30 Remington achieved moderate success but never to the levels of the 30 – 30 Winchester. The Great Depression and WW2 a few years later contributed to the decline of the 30 Remington as they shifted to production of military calibers such as the 30 – 06.
