Blasi said Mid America Armament’s sales were down about 25% compared with last year, and sales at gun shows had dropped even more steeply, about 50%.

Soon after the deal closed, Remington shut down Advanced Armament for a month after it discovered that some of Advanced Armament's suppliers did not have federal firearms licenses, in violation of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives requirements, according to court papers submitted by Advanced Armament and Remington.

"Your armament's heavier than ours," he said, after a sharp survey.

Once they are adopted, no member must exceed the armament's text without the concurrence of the council.

This, it should seem, was the effect of that storm which, as it was afterwards found, had almost immediately occasioned the French armament's return to Toulon.