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  1. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    As to why they pretended to address the frame lug, It does look like there is thicker coat of something on it that wasn't on my Gen1. Whether it is effective or not, it is something they can point to and say they did. Good for marketing. The more bullet points they can put in a list, the more...
  2. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    IMO, the operation is being managed by beancounters not engineers. Several different suggestions as to how to address a problem hit the product manager's desk and he doesn't have the tech knowledge to realize that some of them are conflicting. So he picks the two or three that cost the least to...
  3. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Considering the negative experiences most reviewers had with the 1st Generation, there may not be many unbiased reviewers out there. :uhoh:
  4. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Still, the only apparent difference in the frames is the 2G has a hole drilled through at the rear of the rails for the pin that secures the new disconnector and ejector and the locking lug is heavily nitrided or anodized. Reportedly, the big hold up was finding a working design for the...
  5. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Of course, I haven't fired mine, but after extensive hand cycling, what I see on my bolt is just wear polish. I see no signs of actual galling (which I did see on my Gen1) or indenting, just a bright streak on the plated surface. And what I see on my bolt looks like what I see in the video. As...
  6. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    I will not be taking the new R51 to the range. On at least two occasions while dry firing for function check, the disconnector failed to disconnect with the slide out of battery. By out of battery, I mean the bolt had cammed or was camming over the slide block. I don't have a lot of faith in...
  7. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    And now this. RyeonHam has found his disconnector pin is too short to hold both sides of the disconnector in place. I checked mine and it is barely long enough to hold both sides. If it shifts slightly either way, one side will be unpinned.
  8. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Yes, if you rack the slide after it locks back, your strong hand is still firmly gripping and depressing the safety. If you have to shift your grip to reach the slide release, with either the thumb of the right hand or the index finger of the left hand, you are much more likely to release the...
  9. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    I haven't taken it apart to see, but while the old moved vertically guided by two pins in parallel slots, the new one pivots on the rear pin probably guided by the forward pin in an arced slot. (if that makes any sense). Also, to reproduce the new "hammer follow" problem: 1) the slide must be...
  10. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Yes, that is the Range Report I linked to in #50. ;)
  11. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Oh Joy! I just found a new problem with my Gen2 I did not have with the Gen1. It may be part of the FTF failures RyeonHam was having. With the slide locked back on an empty mag, pulling the trigger will release the hammer so that when the slide is released, it hangs on the uncocked hammer...
  12. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Well, your Makarov isn't 9mm+P, and if you insist on using Tula ammo, you can't really complain about jams. :scrutiny:
  13. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    He says all of his failures were with Tula as were all of his case bulges. Tula may be using .356 bullets with long shoulders, I don't know. But in the past, case bulges like that were consistent with failure to fully chamber the round. He had no such problems with Remington ammo and I never had...
  14. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    RyeonHam has posted his Range Report. Ammo used was Tula 115g Brass Maxx and Remington 115g FMJ Tula ammo: First mag (new mag) fed OK, 2nd mag was an original had an initial failure to feed twice in a row (second was on the slide rack to clear the first). Third mag (new mag) had a nosedive...
  15. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    I plan on getting to the range on Tuesday.
  16. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    I didn't see any difference in the slide release. I'll post some pics when I get back home. As near as I can tell, the pin holes in the 2G look "normal", but so did the pin holes in my 1G....until I tried punching out the pins. Ruined a couple of brass starter punches without budging a pin. I...
  17. JRH6856

    What's Wrong with Magazine Disconnects?

    I removed the mag disconnect from my BHP and was pleasantly surprised by the improvement to the trigger pull, but the reason I removed it was because it prevented the empty mag from dropping free during a magazine change. Full mags would drop free due to gravity, but empty mags do not have the...
  18. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Yes, the 2G has the same rollmarks in the same locations as the 1G: "REMINGTON ARMS CO. CHARLOTTE, NC R51" Maybe they are using 1G frames that were already fully fabricated in NC with some additional finish work? After all, ATF considers the part with the S# to be the gun and everything...
  19. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    The first returns went to the Para USA plant in Pineville, NC. I wonder how many people got return shipping packets and then sat on them waiting to see what Remington was going to do before sending in their R51s to a Pineville, NC plant that had been closed. Does UPS do forwarding addresses...
  20. JRH6856

    Return of the Remington R51

    Call it a "double-feature" ;)
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