The NY Times had an interesting article about the Freedom Group, owners of Bushmaster, Remington, and others.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/business/how-freedom-group-became-the-gun-industrys-giant.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/business/how-freedom-group-became-the-gun-industrys-giant.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig