
Remington Ammunition & Components Plant - Lonoke, AR
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Rupert2
N 34° 47.991 W 092° 00.004
15S E 591468 N 3851303
The shot tower is attached to the ammunition plant located on I-40 northeast of Little Rock AR
Waymark Code: WM65N0
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2009
Views: 27
The Remington Shot Tower was erected in 1969 and was built from components originally moved from their Bridgeport plant which was built in 1866. The plant is located on 1,400 acres of lush Arkansas land, which doubles as a game preserve to protect native wildlife. Nearby is Remington's Trap, Skeet and Sporting Clays range, which is open to the public.
"In 1994, the Remington Ammunition Plant made 1,300,000,000 rounds of .22 rimfire 500,000,000 rounds of centerfire ammo, 300,000,000 shotshells and 600,000,000 primer. Over 300,000,000 rounds were made for the U.S. Government during this period.
More than 6,100,000 rounds of .22 rimfire are made each day! That's a lot of lead, brass, gunpowder, fulminate and cardboard (containers). The plant is working three shifts a day, six days a week to keep up with demand. Remington makes ammunition for domestic U.S. sporting use and for international customers."
From: 01/01/1970
 Historical Purpose: Built by Remington in 1969
 Open to the public: No
 To: Not listed

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