Are the Remington R1's any good??

[DaveShooter]

Just had some issues with a brandnew Marlin 410 lever shotgun. I know that Remington owns them. Are the Remington R1's 1911's worth spit or not? I know I am finished with the new marlins forever in my life time.....

 

[OldCavSoldier]

I do not own an R1 nor have I shot one, but, I have a couple of buddies who do own and shoot R1s and both guys RAVE about them. They also rave about their Ruger 1911s (they could not make up their minds and bought one of each.....ain't it nice to have the $$ to do that?)

 

[dragon813gt]

My R1 has been rock solid for close to 2k rounds. It's a little rough here and there but it performs flawlessly. For the money I feel it's one of the best deals around. The Ruger looks nicer, costs more money and is currently very hard to find in stock.


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[PRM]

The R1 is one of the biggest sleepers in the new 1911 market. Mine has been absolutely fantastic. The price on these guns is way below their quality compared to others that are out there. Remington has first rate customer service which is a big plus. The set screw on my Novak front site stripped out. I had a replacement in less than a week.

In the past I have owned four Colt 1911s. To me "Colt" just sort of sums up the pistol. I bought the Remington because it was American made and it was Remington UMC's first 1911 since WWI (Remington Rand was a spin off of Remington UMC that made office equipment prior to WWII). And the 1911s one hundred year anniversary was a good excuse to try the Remington. What a surprise. Out of the box it has out shot all other 1911s I have owned. Lot of nice features are standard on this gun that were not on older models.

 

[wditto]

just wondering, where does Remington manufacture the R-1 ?

 

[JohnBT]

"Remington Rand was a spin off of Remington UMC "

That Remington history isn't quite right. Remington didn't buy Union Metallic until 1912.

In 1886 E. Remington and Sons sold its typewriter business to Standard Typewriter Manufacturing along with the rights to use the Remington name.

Standard Typewriter changed its name in 1902 to Remington Typewriter Company. Then the company merged in 1927 with Rand Kardex to form Remington Rand.

There really wasn't any connection to the Remington gun company.

Part 2 - Aren't the R1 guns simply assembled here in the U.S.A.? I don't know for certain, but that's been the talk. Hey, at least they work.

 

[Apocalypse-Now]

no.

 

[Moptop]

According to the reply I got from directly from Remington, they said these pistols are "built" in their Ilion, New York plant. I have a friend that has one and he loves it. I has preformed perfectly for him so far. In fact he used it when we shot at the IPDC shoot a few months ago. He got it at Christmas last year from Bud's and paid $599 for it at that time. Now they're $769. Go figure!

 

[COK]

For all that are interested check out the Remington website , they have fair amount of info on the R1


http://www.1911r1.com/pages/FAQs.aspx

Where is the 1911 R1 made?{

These guns are built in our manufacturing facility in Ilion, NY.

 

[PRM]

In 1886 E. Remington and Sons sold its typewriter business to Standard Typewriter Manufacturing along with the rights to use the Remington name.

Standard Typewriter changed its name in 1902 to Remington Typewriter Company. Then the company merged in 1927 with Rand Kardex to form Remington Rand.

There really wasn't any connection to the Remington gun company. JohnBT

Good historical info. I've been reading about the two companies since the R1 came out. Detailed info has been a little sketchy. I knew they had the same lineage as far as name and were also separate. What I had from limited sources was that Remington Rand was a split off of Remington. I did not know the time frame for Remington UMC.

Here is a question for you. According to your post, Remington sold its typewriter business prior to acquiring Remington UMC. Had Remington arms (company of the old west guns) become a typewriter business or did the two co-exist.

 

[1KPerDay]

just wondering, where does Remington manufacture the R-1 ?

That is the question, and even if you do your research you'll probably not get a straight answer.

 

[PRM]

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[JohnBT]

1816 - company founded
1839 - 1st son joined
1845 - 2nd son joined

The company made rifle barrels - unrifled barrels - that they sold to local gunmakers. They eventually added some gun parts for sale, including parts from England that they stamped their name on, iirc.

1846 - started making guns for the military
1856 - started making farm tools
1870 - started making sewing machines (until the 1890s)
1873 - started making typewriters

I think I have this straight. I had to look up a couple of these dates, but I have a book at home on the history of the company.

John