I took advantage of Remington's Black Friday rebate and Hinterland Outfitter's sale and free Black Friday shipping to pick up a RM380 for $239.00
At first the trigger was OK but then right before it would break it felt like the trigger hit a wall - that's how I describe it. It took a lot of pressure to get that trigger to break. It was like my R9 until the very last when it hit a wall (only way I know how to describe it). But after a lot of dry-firing and a range session the trigger has gotten smoother and it breaks easier. A 10 pull average on the Lyman now shows 8 lbs 10.44 ounces.
I took it to the range the other day. My first pull of the trigger sent a round downrange, my second pull of the trigger just went "CLICK", I took my left hand off the gun only to find that I had accidentally ejected the mag.
I couldn't believe it.
The original R380 had a heel magazine release but I never thought I'd unintentionally release a mag by accidentally hitting the side-mounted mag release button.
I fired about 150 rounds through the gun after that and I didn't depress the magazine release again. I think I had the gun in a death grip at first, expecting the same kind of recoil I get with the R9. The RM380 is actually comfortable to shoot.
I shot 150 rounds. A mix of WWB FMJ flat nose, Federal FMJ and Precision One 90gr Hornady XTPs. I didn't have any failures or malfunctions.
The gun is capable of being pretty accurate, I just couldn't string together 5 good shots. On this shot group - the "flyer" was the fifth round. Shooting standing offhand 21 feet, 4 rounds in 3/4" the fifth round opened the group up to 1 3/4"
I like being able to use 6 O'Clock hold, either the pistol shoots a little to the left or I'm shooting it a little to the left, but I like the height of the POI, its right on the money for 6 O'Clock hold.
I did some rapid fire on a B27 target at 30 feet. I completely lose the black sights against a black background, but I was able to put most of the rounds in the 9 ring, some rounds crept up into the 7 ring, but they were still centerline, so that would be like shooting someone right between the collar bones.
I'm pretty happy with the gun.
At first the trigger was OK but then right before it would break it felt like the trigger hit a wall - that's how I describe it. It took a lot of pressure to get that trigger to break. It was like my R9 until the very last when it hit a wall (only way I know how to describe it). But after a lot of dry-firing and a range session the trigger has gotten smoother and it breaks easier. A 10 pull average on the Lyman now shows 8 lbs 10.44 ounces.
I took it to the range the other day. My first pull of the trigger sent a round downrange, my second pull of the trigger just went "CLICK", I took my left hand off the gun only to find that I had accidentally ejected the mag.
I couldn't believe it.
The original R380 had a heel magazine release but I never thought I'd unintentionally release a mag by accidentally hitting the side-mounted mag release button.
I fired about 150 rounds through the gun after that and I didn't depress the magazine release again. I think I had the gun in a death grip at first, expecting the same kind of recoil I get with the R9. The RM380 is actually comfortable to shoot.
I shot 150 rounds. A mix of WWB FMJ flat nose, Federal FMJ and Precision One 90gr Hornady XTPs. I didn't have any failures or malfunctions.
The gun is capable of being pretty accurate, I just couldn't string together 5 good shots. On this shot group - the "flyer" was the fifth round. Shooting standing offhand 21 feet, 4 rounds in 3/4" the fifth round opened the group up to 1 3/4"
I like being able to use 6 O'Clock hold, either the pistol shoots a little to the left or I'm shooting it a little to the left, but I like the height of the POI, its right on the money for 6 O'Clock hold.
I did some rapid fire on a B27 target at 30 feet. I completely lose the black sights against a black background, but I was able to put most of the rounds in the 9 ring, some rounds crept up into the 7 ring, but they were still centerline, so that would be like shooting someone right between the collar bones.
I'm pretty happy with the gun.
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