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**Mike Irwin** · September 17, 2013, 12:20 PM

Remington bought Peters in around 1933, not 1944.

After Remington became a subsidiary of Du Pont in 1934, the Kings Mills, Ohio, plant continued production under the Peters name and headstamp, but boxes were marked on the back with both Du Pont and Remington and having been made by the Peters Cartridge Division, Kings Mills, Ohio, as opposed to the Peters Cartridge Company.

Du Pont/Remington finally shut down the Kings Mills operation in 1944 (odd that it would have been shut down during the war) and moved all cartridge production to Bridgeport, Connecticut.

September 17, 2013, 12:20 PM	#9
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Remington bought Peters in around 1933, not 1944. After Remington became a subsidiary of Du Pont in 1934, the Kings Mills, Ohio, plant continued production under the Peters name and headstamp, but boxes were marked on the back with both Du Pont and Remington and having been made by the Peters Cartridge Division, Kings Mills, Ohio, as opposed to the Peters Cartridge Company. Du Pont/Remington finally shut down the Kings Mills operation in 1944 (odd that it would have been shut down during the war) and moved all cartridge production to Bridgeport, Connecticut. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.