Remington R51

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I agree that courting the YouTube reviewers would have been a good move. I mean, with the Glock 42, I got to see R. Lee Ermey explaining to IraqWarVeteran8888 (or whatever his name is) why the gun is so great, and then I got to see him shooting it. And then I got to see Destinee shooting it and fawning over it. Then I got to see the folks from RangeTime shooting it. This stuff matters in 2014.

As for a promotional video, they did do one, and the production values are pretty slick. However, they haven't properly promoted the video, and since its posting on January 13th, it has less than 40,000 views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgmCxuW3rgY
 
Remington R51 9mm

Does anybody know when it will be available at our local retailers?:confused:


How long do you think it will be before we'll know they have worked out all the "bugs"? What review sources can we trust in the meantime?:scrutiny:

It seems they are playing down that the R51 is a single action, especially since most of the new CCW are double action.:rolleyes:
 
I would think that with the fixed barrel it would be very accurate with a good load.
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Common misconception, fixed barrel auto pistols are generally very accurate off a mechanical (Ransom) rest, but not so much in real shooting because the sights are on the slide making any slide to frame play critical.

In a Browning type action where the slide and barrel is locked together any slide to frame play is only a second order effect when coupled through the link or cam on lockup.

The R51 "locking block" could help make it a very accurate pistol, or not, the devil is in the details.
 
I thought the write up in Guns&Ammo March 2014 issue was interesting enough that I purchased the magazine while grocery shopping. There was also a article buy Patrick Sweeney on the original model 51 to complement the new R51 article by Chris Mudgett.

I've witnessed enough new firearms entering the market to with hold judgment until the item is widely distributed and past the initial production run.
 
Safeties on Model 51 & R51

I noticed the R51 has only two safeties, a hammer block and a grip safety. Thankfully the R51 does not have a magazine disconnect, as did the Model 51 and several modern ones. Also no thumb (manual) safety to fumble with.:)
 
I handled the R51 today at the Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, PA, and was VERY impressed. The Remington rep said it would be available at the end of February.
 
My LGS told me they are due to get 10-15 of them in as soon as they are released. I'm at the top of the "to call" list as soon as they come in and will pick one up ASAP. He also told me that they may be in sooner rather than later. Apparently the Glock 42 wasn't supposed to come out til mid/end February but they started showing up mid January.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I really can't wait to get my hands on one and haven't been this excited by a new release in as long as I can remember.
 
I give Remington credit for making something different. I'm tired of seeing single stack Glockish stuff like PPS, Shield or XDs. How many ways can one repackage something assigning different name to it.:rolleyes:
I will not be buying one because I already own R9 and this gun doesn't really offer me anything I need.
 
"As for a promotional video, they did do one, and the production values are pretty slick. However, they haven't properly promoted the video, and since its posting on January 13th, it has less than 40,000 views."

Too slick, if'n you ask me. I'll say again; their marketing department has no idea what it's doing. That video is designed to market some tacticool military lookalike stuff with rails all over it; not the compact pistol with a (again, only in the demo samples :rolleyes:) polished blue slide and curves that place it in a tuxedo jacket or purse. "Extreme situations," "tactical deployment," the stupid 24 timer counters all over the place :barf:.

Me? I'd have demonstrated the concealability and easy draw (all guns can be drawn from good holsters, but this would show off the curvy edges in a very intuitive way) by placing the gun and its shooter in ordinary-looking situations --the very type that every buyer is thinking about using this gun for. No one is planning to use, or fanaticizing about using, this gun in a tactical mall-ninja hostage scenario. I'd have liked to have seen the gun next to other competing models (which would have also eliminated the early wrong-dimension FUBAR, btw) and at least a brief breakdown of its internals. Heck, a side-by-side with the original M1951 was a "no duh!"

But by all means, splice together five minutes of Weaver rapid fire sequences and Ransom rest targets set to rock music and narrated by a Don Lafontaine wannabe :rolleyes:

TCB
 
I plan on buying one as soon as they hit the dealers. My fear is that dealers will jack up the price which I hear is $420 MSRP.
 
This pistol is SA ONLY, internal hammer fired , all metal, very high grip with a very low bore axis that leads to less muzzle flip, sub-compact and not at all like the striker fired pistols. It's less than an inch 'thick' and has no waste space internally and actually very few parts at all.

Pedersen designed an amazing pistol that beat the Colt 1911 in every category, but didn't have the Colt name backing it.
 
Looks like one of the more intersting releases as this years SHOT show. Not sure if I actually need one, but I would not mind a chance to look an R51 over and run a box of ammo though one.
 
Looks like there going to enough of us buying them to get a good feel for others. That's is if and when we can get one !!
 
Bravo to Remington folks who unlike volk at Glock can think "outside the BOX".:)
 
At first I was mad excited about this gun, now, I'm kind of on the fence.

There was a picture a guy made comparing this gun to other sub-compacts like the Glock 26, XDS, and J-frame Smiths. This pistol looked smaller than most of them and had a low bore axis. I was very intrigued because I'm looking to get a gun for all-the-time pocket carry.

Turns out the guy got the measurements wrong and the R51 was over 1/2" larger in all the dimensions, which actually made it larger than most of the other guns. It looked nearly the length of a Glock 19.

I can understand it's much slimmer than a Glock and supposedly has some good shooting attributes, but I would rather have a Glock 26 for only a little more bulk. Still waiting to see one in person. I told my LGS I want to see the first one they get.
 
Even using the wrong measurements it would have been to be to be a practical pocket pistl unless a shield and cw9 are concidered pocket pistols. I don't . Now that we know its a 1/2 or 3/4"" longer , Oh Well. Its still offers a low bore and a full grip in a short height pistol. It should still make a fine thin IWB pistol that should hide under most any shirt.

cooldill, More bulk? It will weight about the same at 20oz.
 
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