Remington Arms
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Remington Arms is a historic American firearms and ammunition manufacturer known for producing a wide range of rifles, shotguns, and handguns for civilian, military, and law enforcement use.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Remington Arms canonical | 8 |
| Remington Arms Company | 4 |
| Remington | 1 |
| Remington Ammunition | 1 |
| Remington Arms (Eddystone Rifle Plant) | 1 |
| Remington Arms Company, Inc. | 1 |
| Remington Arms Company, LLC | 1 |
| Remington Arms facilities | 1 |
| Remington Defense | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8189609 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remington Arms Context triple: [M1917 Enfield rifle, manufacturedBy, Remington Arms]
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A.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Winchester Repeating Arms Company is a historic American firearms manufacturer renowned for its lever-action rifles and other iconic military and sporting arms.
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B.
Remington
Remington is a masculine given name of English origin that has gained popularity in recent years, often associated with modern, surname-derived first names.
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C.
Federal Cartridge Company
Federal Cartridge Company is a prominent American manufacturer of ammunition and related shooting products for sporting, law enforcement, and military markets.
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D.
Remington Arms (contract)
Remington Arms (contract) was a World War I–era production agreement under which Remington Arms manufactured Pattern 1914 Enfield rifles for the British government.
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E.
Auto-Ordnance Company
Auto-Ordnance Company is an American firearms manufacturer best known for developing and producing the iconic Thompson submachine gun used extensively in World War II and by law enforcement and criminals during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remington Arms Target entity description: Remington Arms is a historic American firearms and ammunition manufacturer known for producing a wide range of rifles, shotguns, and handguns for civilian, military, and law enforcement use.
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A.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Winchester Repeating Arms Company is a historic American firearms manufacturer renowned for its lever-action rifles and other iconic military and sporting arms.
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B.
Remington
Remington is a masculine given name of English origin that has gained popularity in recent years, often associated with modern, surname-derived first names.
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C.
Federal Cartridge Company
Federal Cartridge Company is a prominent American manufacturer of ammunition and related shooting products for sporting, law enforcement, and military markets.
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D.
Remington Arms (contract)
Remington Arms (contract) was a World War I–era production agreement under which Remington Arms manufactured Pattern 1914 Enfield rifles for the British government.
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E.
Auto-Ordnance Company
Auto-Ordnance Company is an American firearms manufacturer best known for developing and producing the iconic Thompson submachine gun used extensively in World War II and by law enforcement and criminals during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
firearms manufacturer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Remington Arms Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Remington Arms
Remington Arms Company, LLC ⓘ
linked to:
Remington Arms
|
| brand |
Remington
ⓘ
linked to:
Remington Arms
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exportedTo | international markets ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Ilion, New York ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eliphalet Remington ⓘ |
| hasBankruptcyFiling |
2018
ⓘ
2020 ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
lawsuits related to Model 700 trigger
ⓘ
litigation related to mass shootings ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
hunters
ⓘ
military forces ⓘ police agencies ⓘ sport shooters ⓘ |
| hasDesign |
bolt-action rifles
ⓘ
pump-action shotguns ⓘ semi-automatic rifles ⓘ semi-automatic shotguns ⓘ single-shot rifles ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Ilion Arms Plant ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Madison, North Carolina ⓘ |
| inception | 1816 ⓘ |
| industry |
ammunition
ⓘ
firearms ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest U.S. gun makers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Model 700 bolt-action rifle
ⓘ
linked to:
Remington Model 700
Model 870 pump-action shotgun ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
.22 rimfire rifles
ⓘ
Remington Model 1100 ⓘ Remington Model 700 ⓘ Remington Model 870 ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Remington Outdoor Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Vista Outdoor
|
| participatedIn |
American Civil War arms production
ⓘ
World War I arms production ⓘ World War II arms production ⓘ |
| product |
ammunition
ⓘ
handguns ⓘ rifles ⓘ shotguns ⓘ |
| regulatesProductType | firearms under U.S. federal law ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
civilian
ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ military ⓘ |
| soldAssetsTo |
Roundhill Group
ⓘ
Vista Outdoor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Remington Arms Description of subject: Remington Arms is a historic American firearms and ammunition manufacturer known for producing a wide range of rifles, shotguns, and handguns for civilian, military, and law enforcement use.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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