New here. The R51 seriously annoyed me by being a disaster before I could buy the first version. I'm hoping Remington has redeemed itself with this new thing, though a few concerns are found in the posts I've already read. Will keep my questions to the proper forum, but will just mention here that General Patton carried the original model 51 in.380 ACP and liked it very much.
Couple of web pages that mention Patton owning a model 51:
http://www.guns.com/2011/06/17/the-known-and-lesser-known-carry-guns-of-george-s-patton/ (http://www.guns.com/2011/06/17/the-known-and-lesser-known-carry-guns-of-george-s-patton/)
http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Rem51/rem51.html (http://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Rem51/rem51.html)
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