Did the new barrel change your point of aim?

Or would you not expect this to happen just because you changed your barrel out?

I took the plunge and I'm officially in the club!

$250 is too sweet of a price to pass up.

I got mine from a local shop.  The sticker on the box indicates that it was one of the original batch re-released in Aug 2016.

Stay tuned for a range report in a week or two.

Yes, I saw another local gun shop under $300 as well.

I understand Remington offering the rebate to generate a little buzz, but where is the corresponding price drop coming from?

Although many retail stores in my area still hang $449 price tags on their R51's, at least one shop posted an internet price below $300.

I cross checked this with BudsGunShop.com and he is under $300 too.

Plus Remington is offering a $50 rebate on the R51 through 7/30/2017 (limit 5).

It might be time to stock up!

Quote from: lklawson on May 01, 2017, 02:13:30 PM
Remington replaced the whole darn gun.  I wish they'd just cleared the channel but I can't blame them for replacing the gun.

Why can't you blame them for replacing the whole gun?  I would!

Why would they do that?  Remington must believe it is cheaper for them to give you a whole new gun than figure out what was wrong with your old one.

You certainly maintain a good attitude regarding the R51.  If I send mine in and the new one they sent me back didn't work as good as the first (given the history of this particular firearm), I'd be very upset.  But then I don't have the knowledge or patience to tinker with parts or reloads until I obtain reliable performance.

It was also my hope that Remington would introduce unannounced manufacturing improvements that would increase out-of-the-box reliability.  That is to say, I hoped that newer built firearms would function better than the initial Mod 2's produced, but you appear to have an example to the contrary; unless of course you need to put another 200-1000 rounds through this one to break it in too.

Quote from: 1911SHOOTER on April 30, 2017, 11:06:32 AM
On that note, is it just me or is it easier to hit a small target at 50 yards or the bulls eye on a paper target at the same distance.  If I am shooting in the back yard at tin cans, I puncture them with great regularity.  On a paper target at the same distance, I suck. 
Blackie

Here is what I thought of...

Sundance Kid:  "Can I move?  ...  I'm better when I move."

https://vimeo.com/97480953

T3,  Did you get those Trijicon tritium sights installed, and if so, did they move your point of impact?

The shop has a good reputation and I've purchased there before.  They have great service and fair prices.

Remington's website states only the positive; the limited lifetime warranty applies to the original purchaser.  However, I wanted to confirm the negative.  I called and got through to a customer service representative immediately via the 1-800 number.  She confirmed that the warranty does not transfer.

The label on the box at the shop identified it as one of the early guns that was shipped in preparation for the August 12 re-release to the public.  The piece looked as if it had barely been shot.

I will pull the trigger on an R51 some day, but I'm not ready to do so on a used one - as long as the warranty doesn't transfer.  Even though I believe most R51s function well out-of-the-box or after a break-in period, there still seem to be some lemons that need to go back to the shop.  And although I have no reason to believe that this gun at this shop is a lemon, saving a few bucks isn't worth the risk to me.

But I was just wondering how others felt about purchasing used R51s.

Would you purchase a used R51 - in like-new condition - from a gun shop?

Remington's limited lifetime warranty is not transferable to the second owner.

I agree, there is a bit of a mixed message.  Put a product in a fancy package and the new and uninitiated will flock to it.  So what if it isn't the best option for them to start with.  But Taurus' current marketing info doesn't claim this is a good gun for beginners (at least not that I've seen).  Rather they say they are "shaping the future of everyday carry."  Since this is a carry pistol and if you are serious about everyday carry, I think it presupposes that you know something about shooting - or it should.

The problem comes in with the misconception many have about new women shooters and guns - small person, small gun.  This is perpetuated when retailers and boyfriends give bad advice.  I wonder how many people recommending micro blowback 380s to new shooters have ever shot one.

I think it is a sexy looking pistol.  I've never cared much for colored pistols: flat earth polymer, two-tone, etc.  That is just my preference; give me black or blued.  But I think Taurus did a really nice job designing the lines and color schemes.  They are cheap enough, and if they perform, I can see lots of women buying them.  Maybe guys too, who knows, these are the 20-teen's.  "Not that there's nothing wrong with that..."

My thing is that I don't like shooting light 380 blow-back micros.  It will be interesting to see if the grippy texture does anything substantial to absorb or distribute the snappy recoil.

...and the Browning Hi-Power.   ;-)   (I couldn't agree more with what you said about range guns.)

I was just amazed that there were so many reports of problems with the RP9 after the R51 disaster.  And I don't know if these problems are real or perceived (I do have my own opinions), but you would have thought that Remington would not allow this to happen two times in a row.

Does anyone have interest in or experience with the Remington RP9?

I really like the innovations and features Remington is trying to bring to market with their new pistols, but they seem to continue having problems.  I'm wondering if the criticism of the RP9 is deserved or is a carry-over from the botched R51 release.

I've read the left-side button of the ambidextrous slide release flexes and does not function due to a design flaw and the pistol is subject to nose dive failures that lock up the slide when the mag is loaded to capacity.

You can argue about whether or not a pistol produced in a modern factory should need a break-in period and decide on your own if you want to spend your money on one that seems to need one, but I'm wondering about this in the context of the RP9.  Does it simply need a break-in or does the high capacity mag/thin grip design [again] introduce "tolerance stacking" issues in production such that some pistols are more prone to feed failures?

I'm just wondering if you guys have any opinions or heard any scuttlebutt.

Yes, fortunately they aren't brainwashed, but it is interesting to see how being on a college campus challenges their thought process in new ways.  It makes for more interesting conversations.  They don't out-shoot me yet, but they can see better than I can, so it is only a matter of time.

Your intuition and advice is spot on.  Oldest daughter is not intimidated by recoil.  She may very well get her CCW permit when she graduates college.  Youngest daughter doesn't care for recoil so much, but she does like to shoot.  When they were younger we put a ton of rounds down range with a Ruger 10/22 rifle.  Now we mostly shoot my Browning Hi-Power and they both love it.