Quote from: mr220v on November 07, 2020, 11:57:40 AM
I'm guessing there was a glut of r51's and r51 accessories lying around earlier this year.  This current environment has probably allowed retailers to finally move these excess guns.  I was hoping there would be a final clearance of r51's at firesale prices, but I'm guessing that isn't going to happen.  They will be able to sell the remaining guns, and the new owners will probably announce it's discontinuation early next year.  I wonder if r51's are currently in production?

The new owners are likely to discontinue and/or divest all of their handgun line; the 1911's, the 2011's, the RM380, the RP9 & RP45, and the R51.  I'm guessing this because they have stated that they want to focus on the hunting market.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: sebvox on October 18, 2020, 10:22:19 AM
So it is possible that Roundhill could bring back the Gen3 R51 and perhaps even make the .40 and .45 versions once promised.  Here's to wishful thinking...

I heard an interview with a top guy at Roundhill.  Hard to say for sure, but it sounds like they're most interested in focusing on the hunting market.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

From what I've heard on GunTalk w/ Tom Gresham, one company, VIista, is buying the TradeMark and brand name.  Another company, Roundhill, is buying the Remington brand firearms and will license the brand name from the Vista.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

A few weeks ago I took my new-to-me Smoke frame R51 out to the range.  It was shooting 6" low at 35 feet.  @%^#&*$@%!!!  This was strange because my black R51 is spot on.

Then I lent it to a friend.  As I was demonstrating it, I loaded a laser training cartridge into it and it was hitting dead-nuts.  Huh?

Eventually, I realized that I was using the laser training cartridge with my street glasses.  Tri-focals.  And I was looking at them through the proper lens.  When I was shooting at the range, I was using my safety glasses, with mono-focal corrective lenses.  It's supposed to be the same focal point as the same lens I was using with my laser cartridge. 

So I went back to the range and checked my bio-mechanics.  I found that I was tilting my head down a little, in a sort of more aggressive body position.  This aligned my eyesight through the top 1/3 of my lenses.  Remember, they're mono-focal.  Supposed to be the same focus no matter what part of the lens I'm looking through.  but changing the point I was looking through the lens very subtly added a bit of unexpected parallax.   It wasn't much but it changed my POI.

When I moved my head up to a more erect posture, my groups moved to the exact right spot.

Lesson learned.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: lklawson on December 19, 2018, 01:15:14 PM
I gave up on handloading for the R51 because all the barrels I've had on the Gen 2 had very short Leade/Freebore; probably SAAMI minimum spec at a guess.   I'd get horrible problems with most HC bullets I tried and even some FMJ bullets.  One of them I tried I had to seat the bullet so deep to pass the plunk that it was effectively dangerous setback and didn't feed particularly well anyway.

I found some bullets that my R51 chamber likes.

One is 115 gr Hard Cast, Cone bullets.  The other, surprisingly, is 130gr Hard Cast HP bullets.

Both plunk fine in my barrel, over and over again.  The Cone Nose feeds well.  I haven't shot the HP's yet to see how well they feed but I expect them to run well.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: sebvox on July 31, 2020, 01:01:55 PM
Kirk- I know that you know this, but for others that are reading this- this gun uses the "combat" sight picture

Yup.

Sadly, this one shoots at 6 o'clock or under when I take a 12 o'clock hold.  :eek:

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: JimmyJoe on July 28, 2020, 06:30:33 PM
I'm looking at holsters. Leaning to IWB or pocket style. What do ya'll use?

I had a custom kydex made which can do both OWB and Tuckable IWB depending on what clips I bolt on.

Prior to that, I used a Don Hume JIT Slide Model 59.




Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

I took it to the range last Friday.  Known good mags seem to work fine.

It shoots about 4 inches low at 30-40 feet.  I can "Kentucky windage" that but it's a little disappointing.

No way that I know of to raise up the rear sight.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

An online friend bought one and didn't like it.  Several of the known 'issues' with it.  The Pettersen had that "hitch" feeling and one of the mags is borked.  When loaded to 7 rounds if the action is closed then the mag won't seat without slamming it in and then it binds the action; the slide can't be racked.  It's a known issue.  But mostly he didn't like the feel of the grip.  Too flat for him and just didn't seem to fit his hand well.

The hitch will smooth out with break-in.  I'll tweak the mag but I'm just going to buy a few new mags.  If I can get the flaky mag to work, it'll go into the "range use only" rotation.

I paid him what he gave for it new; $200.  I think he has put less than 200 rounds through it.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: David on May 31, 2020, 09:34:25 PM
Has anyone see a misalignment between the slide and frame (see pics in attachments below). 

If so, can you tell me what is going on?

Same with mine.  I actually sent a request in to Tech Support a year or so ago.  The tech got back with me, stating that he examined several on the line and found it to be common.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Are those photograbs from the Tom Gresham tour?

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: raycirx on April 27, 2020, 09:02:18 PM
I don't know if it' s such a good idea.  I used to have a Pontiac Fiero, cool car, it had a plastic body with a tube steel frame like a race car. It was designed for a four or six cylinder engine. Because it was light and strong people would drop a big V-8 in it. That woudl usually ruin the car. The suspension was not designed for that much power, neither was the transmission, you had to gut the car to do it and replace pretty much all the internals. That's a long way around to say that the R-51 is designated to  be able to handle +P 9mm ammunition which has a SAAMI rating of a max of 38,500 psi. You might successfully mod it to .38 super which has a SAAMI rating of 36,500. But 9x23 has a SAAMI rating of 55,000 psi,t hat's way too high to safely use. I  have no experience with this pistol yet (just got it) but read soemwhere that using +p reguarly will shorten its life span, I have to imagine .38 super would do the same. Which is a shame, becuase I really like shooting .38 super.

When the pistol first came out, Remington said they were planning on offering a .40S&W version and there was rampant speculation about a .357 Sig version based on the .40S&W.

Of course, the .40 version wasn't even vaporware and may not have worked anyway, even had they tried it.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: Zorba on March 23, 2020, 09:00:45 PM
Scales? That's the first time I've ever heard THAT term!

It's generally used by old-timers and 1911 fans. 

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: President Donald J. Trump on March 15, 2020, 06:40:10 PM
It isn't an issue with truncated cone bullets.  The barrel was machined with a short throat that seems to fit most commercial bullets( I will be "plunk" testing any ammo now out of curiosity).

I've had problems with 3 different truncated cone bullets.  Two were hard cast, coated, reloads that I had to set so deep that they were dangerous.  The third was with Winchester WinClean 124gr. Truncated Cone.  None of them would plunk.  I was surprised that the Winchester wouldn't plunk. 

I have two barrels and neither one of them likes most of the bullets I've bought for reloading.  However, I've recently purchased several hundred uncoated hard cast 115gr Cone Nose bullets from GT Bullets.  The profile looks promising depending on how deep I have to seat them.



Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Quote from: Zenshot on March 15, 2020, 02:44:47 PM
I think Kirk had the same issue with cast truncated cone bullets a while back.  Maybe he will post a solution if he ever found one.
In other forums, it seems truncated cone 9mm loads often have this issue though.

The only solution I have found is to be careful about your loads.  Plunk everything, including commercial bullets.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk