"The R51 looks to be about as big as a combat commander to me, give or
take."
I, too, recall them editing the "commander" bit to reflect the 'truth' about the gun. As I remember, the one pictured was more a combo of Officer and Commander in a few ways (admittedly not a 1911 guy, here), with the shorter barrel but longer grip (Nick would obviously be incapable of shooting an Officer length grip, remember?
). I would agree the R51 may have a
grip the size of a commander, but the rest is smaller (by virtue of shorter fixed barrel design) and there isn't a huge beaver tail/hammer hanging off the end which everyone seems to neglect as if it isn't there jabbing you. And it is in a smaller caliber which many people will readily say they prefer to 45acp from a comparably sized/weighted pistol. Not anywhere insignificantly narrower, either ('yeah, only a fifth, or so'
)
1911 Officer; 6+1 rounds 45acp. 45acp is 18% larger than 9mm. 6+.18*6=7.08 --Ta Da! R51's capacity! How many fingers can you fit on an Officer grip again?
They're single stack guns, guys, multiply the rim diameter by the capacity to see how much difference there
can be in capacity for a compact sized gun
. If someone had had the initiative to do this when the first specs were released, they'd have realized the overall height reputed by reviewers was flatly wrong. Scaling the photo would have revealed the OAL was flatly wrong.
It seems we've learned the recipe to scuttle any new product release; get one of the first reviewers to make some completely off-base claim about the product's capabilities, and wait for the bomb to explode once others get their hands on it. I hear the next iPhone has thought-activated controls, guys --super hot stuff to get all excited about!
"Hmmm....The more info that comes out, the more I feel the whole affair is a wee bit hyped."
Obviously. It had better be if Remington has a brain in their head. It's only the first handgun they've brought to market in like forever (a 1911 only half-counts). The 'hype' is mostly being created via frustrated rumor, though, so let's not put all the blame on the big green gorilla. Still not sure why people expect a gun utterly-divorced from the last 100 years of firearms development to have similar take-down to the great-great-great-great-grandson of the Browning
God, just imagine how bad this whole affair would have been if people would've had a whole year or more to gnash and speculate...smart move on the secret last-minute unveiling --the
only smart move
TCB
