Remington Arms was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York. It is the oldest company in the United States which still makes its original product, and the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America. Remington manufactures rifles, shotguns, revolvers and ammunition, and is the only company to do so domestically.

In 1888 Remington was purchased by a major sports good chain which also owned the Union Metallic Cartidge Company, stationed out of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The ammunition factory was later built in Bridgeport in 1912. The plant produced arms for France, Britain and Imperial Russia during World War I. Then Remington decided to move on and focus on a more stable business, hunting products.

Remington was purchased by the DuPont Corporation during the Great Depression, and eventually oversaw ammunition production for the U.S. government during World War II.

Remington Arms in Bridgeport was closed in 1970 in favor of a brand new factory in Lonoke, Arkansas. This location was considered to be the geographic center of the sports ammunition market.

Since its closing, the Remington Arms plant has fallen victim to scrappers and squatters, in addition to a recent small fire.