Remington's new 1911
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Saw one in person a couple weeks back. Look like they are well made & nice finish to boot. Seem to be priced about right as well. Might think about getting one myself down the road when they become "more available". Although, I am not a huge fan of the firing pin block safety they felt they had to put in it.
My .02............
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Friend of mine has one, the fit and finish are quite nice thats all i can really say about them
Hi-Standard
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I've had mine for a couple of months now. I've had a few FTF's with it. Home rolled and factory ammo. It's a nice tight gun, this maybe why I'm getting some jamming. I polished the feed ramp but haven't tried it since. I'm hoping it will be a nice reliable gun when it loosens up a bit. Fit and finish are quite nice for the price.
Saw one in person a couple weeks back. Look like they are well made & nice finish to boot. Seem to be priced about right as well. Might think about getting one myself down the road when they become "more available". Although, I am not a huge fan of the firing pin block safety they felt they had to put in it.
My .02............
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Don't tell me the Swartz is with it
Don't tell me the Swartz is with it
Yes, according to this resource on the newer 1911's available:
http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1269683
The Remington R1 employes a Series 80 type firing pin block safety in it....
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Wolfstrack
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from two bad "internal pin safeties" of course I'll choose the one with less problems...
that would be the Swartz, because is made to be activated by grip safety (less parts involved) and not by trigger like the 80 series
that would be the Swartz, because is made to be activated by grip safety (less parts involved) and not by trigger like the 80 series
The Swartz is the only one of the 2 that can cause 'click' instead of bang however, if the safety is partially activated. The Series 80 (though still loathesome) will always fire on a trigger press, assuming no broken parts.
I have been running wolf lead and tmj through mine with no ftf, maybe one stove pipe. Very reliable and nice shooter. Didnt think i would like the sights but works good with my eyes now that i need reading glasses.
Besides the fact that the Series 80 setup has the fewest problems of any firing pin block, it's pretty easy to make the extra parts "fall out" if you don't want them. I would consider it the least bad of the lot.
I'm not too optimistic about Remington's ability to build a good 1911, given their quality control problems of the last few years.
I'm not too optimistic about Remington's ability to build a good 1911, given their quality control problems of the last few years.
I hear these R1's are made for them in the Philipines. There are a lot of good servicable 1911's coming out of there. I wouldn't worry too much.....
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Huh? I just watched the promo video and they say it is being manufactured in Ilion New York.I hear these R1's are made for them in the Philipines. There are a lot of good servicable 1911's coming out of there. I wouldn't worry too much.....
http://www.1911r1.com/pages/Support/Overview%20Video.aspx
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Still not enough!
Yeah, when they say "manufactured" there is it "assembled" there or are they actually producing the frames, slides & all the part necessary to complete a pistol there....
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