Review of the Remington RM380

[bannockburn]

C0untZer0

Then the Remington RM380 went on sale for $99.00

So I purchased another RM380 for my "Bathroom Gun"

If that's the case at that price I would think about getting it hard chrome plated by Metalife ($155). You would still be money ahead of what a comparable stainless gun would cost and not have to worry about the gun rusting from being in your bathroom.

That or else keep it well oiled in a Ziploc bag.

 

[dieselscout80]

It’s nice that mags are stainless steel on the RM380.

Here in the south (not here by choice, man miss the Big Sky) you sweat so bad for almost 9 months of the year that mags where they mate with the plastic base plate tend to rust.

 

[dieselscout80]

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[chicharrones]

It’s nice that mags are stainless steel on the RM380.

Lucky! Mine has blued steel mags.

 

[dieselscout80]

They are stainless steel with a black coating.

 

[chicharrones]

They are stainless steel with a black coating.

Really? Maybe that explains why one of my mags has a strange pattern in the blued color?

 

[Kendahl]

A major flaw in the design of the RM380 is its sights. They are hard to see against a dark background and are invisible at night. Has anyone come up with a way to improve them? Bright paint would be the simplest. Is there enough meat in the top of the slide that a good gunsmith could mill dovetail slots for aftermarket night or high visibility sights?

 

[chicharrones]

A major flaw in the design of the RM380 is its sights. They are hard to see against a dark background and are invisible at night. Has anyone come up with a way to improve them? Bright paint would be the simplest. Is there enough meat in the top of the slide that a good gunsmith could mill dovetail slots for aftermarket night or high visibility sights?

Yep, the RM380 has pocket gun sights.

No, I don't believe there is enough material in the slide above the muzzle to cut a dovetail.

I used a toothpick to add white gloss paint to the rear part of my RM380's front sight. Just like I have with many other guns of mine. The paint helps quite a bit and it has made it through several cleanings and oilings. Just use some brake cleaner on the front sight to degrease it before painting.

 

[dieselscout80]

Yep, the RM380 has pocket gun sights.

No, I don't believe there is enough material in the slide above the muzzle to cut a dovetail.

I used a toothpick to add white gloss paint to the rear part of my RM380's front sight. Just like I have with many other guns of mine. The paint helps quite a bit and it has made it through several cleanings and oilings. Just use some brake cleaner on the front sight to degrease it before painting.

I saw a picture on the Rohrbaugh forum of a slide of a R9 or R380 with sights, but I didn’t find any other info on it.

http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/rohrbaugh/basefile/sights-night.htm
https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/rohrbaugh-firearms-at-shot-2012/



I'm not sure that it would be worth the cost to do since the range a RM380 would be used at will be short.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I bought one of these with the stainless slide and blue anodized frame for the lady as a birthday gift. I don't typically choose pistols for others without their input, but I wanted it to be a surprise, and at $165 shipped after rebate, it was a gamble I was willing to take with all the positive reviews.

She loves it.

A major flaw in the design of the RM380 is its sights. They are hard to see against a dark background and are invisible at night. Has anyone come up with a way to improve them? Bright paint would be the simplest. Is there enough meat in the top of the slide that a good gunsmith could mill dovetail slots for aftermarket night or high visibility sights?

It's not a design "flaw"; they're the low profile and snag-free style you'll find on many deep concealment guns

 

[chicharrones]

I saw a picture on the Rohrbaugh forum of a slide of a R9 or R380 with sights, but I didn’t find any other info on it.

http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/rohrbaugh/basefile/sights-night.htm
https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/rohrbaugh-firearms-at-shot-2012/

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I'm not sure that it would be worth the cost to do since the range a RM380 would be used at will be short.

That looks good.

 

[Kendahl]

It's not a design "flaw"; they're the low profile and snag-free style you'll find on many deep concealment guns

My complaint is that they are low contrast. They disappear against a dark colored target. Painting them helps but Remington could have done far better at the factory.

 

[C0untZer0]

But then they would have had to charge me for that...

 

[C0untZer0]

Ya the sights disappear against a black target.

I did put a B27 target out to 75 feet once and the results were NOT GOOD. Four of the seven shots were outside the 7 ring - and I don't mean a head shot. I always tell myself its OK if I shot outside the 7 ring as long as I shot the target in the throat or the head.

These misses were in the shoulders and forearm, except for one - which was in the groin. The B27 is tall enough that I can console myself by saying "Hey I got him in the nuts - that would have stopped the attack I'm pretty sure"

Anyway - it was a very very large shot group.

 

[chicharrones]

Ya the sights disappear against a black target.

I did put a B27 target out to 75 feet once and the results were NOT GOOD. Four of the seven shots were outside the 7 ring - and I don't mean a head shot. I always tell myself its OK if I shot outside the 7 ring as long as I shot the target in the throat or the head.

These misses were in the shoulders and forearm, except for one - which was in the groin. The B27 is tall enough that I can console myself by saying "Hey I got him in the nuts - that would have stopped the attack I'm pretty sure"

Anyway - it was a very very large shot group.

For a DAO pocket auto-loader with non-adjustable sights at 25 yards, I think you did about as good as one could expect.

 

[bannockburn]

chicharrones

For a DAO pocket auto-loader with non-adjustable sights at 25 yards, I think you did about as good as one could expect.

Yeah, at 25 yards I'm lucky to be able to even see the target, let alone hit anything with it!