Money Remington Arms, oldest U.S. gunmaker, to lay off 585 employees in New York, union says October 26, 2020 Edward Harris, Observer-Dispatch Comments Off on Remington Arms, oldest U.S. gunmaker, to lay off 585 employees in New York, union says Remington Arms, the oldest gunmaker in the country, is laying off nearly 600 workers in New York, according to an employee union.