I bought a new Remington R1 1911 .45 ACP today! Thoughts and opinions on these?

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Well this morning after breakfast at Denny's (because it is a few short blocks from the local gun store, LOL!) I checked out and bought a NIB Remington R1 1911 .45 ACP. I handled the demo model and the actual new one I bought. I am totally impressed with the quality for the price, what do you all think about these guns?
Don't be bashful at all, it's a done deal and I'll be fine living with this pistol.

Btw, what the heck is this junk that I couldn't take possession today? In the past they (same store but some years ago) would call the yo-yo's and get a transfer and STATT done over the phone and a fax, I took my new handgun home in less than a 1/2 hr or so.

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Marcel B. said:
Well this morning after breakfast at Denny's (because it is a few short blocks from the local gun store, LOL!) I checked out and bought a NIB Remington R1 1911 .45 ACP. I handled the demo model and the actual new one I bought. I am totally impressed with the quality for the price, what do you all think about these guns?
Don't be bashful at all, it's a done deal and I'll be fine living with this pistol.

Btw, what the heck is this junk that I couldn't take possession today? In the past they (same store but some years ago) would call the yo-yo's and get a transfer and STATT done over the phone and a fax, I took my new handgun home in less than a 1/2 hr or so.

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Remington was the biggest M1911 manufacturer during WWII, so they would know how to make a good 1911 pistol.
 
I went for the blued one, really nice gun. Comes with two mags, sweet.

Funny though, my a**kissin' card is full for about the next 100 years! LOL! ;)

The thing that really made sense to my wife is that an investment in a quality firearm will never be money lost. She understands!

Probably the last time I'll get away with that for a reason though, but what a good one to use it for! ;)
 
Congrats. I have the enhanced stainless and it is a sweet shooter. my issue was poor machining on the internals with very sharp burrs. A file fixed it up and is good to go.
 
Marcel B. said:
The thing that really made sense to my wife is that an investment in a quality firearm will never be money lost. She understands!

Probably the last time I'll get away with that for a reason though, but what a good one to use it for! ;)
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If I was going to use this argument about investing in a "quality" firearm I would have made it worthwhile and picked up an STI or Kimber..... just saying.
 
Marcel B. said:
Well this morning after breakfast at Denny's (because it is a few short blocks from the local gun store, LOL!) I checked out and bought a NIB Remington R1 1911 .45 ACP. I handled the demo model and the actual new one I bought. I am totally impressed with the quality for the price, what do you all think about these guns?
Don't be bashful at all, it's a done deal and I'll be fine living with this pistol.

Btw, what the heck is this junk that I couldn't take possession today? In the past they (same store but some years ago) would call the yo-yo's and get a transfer and STATT done over the phone and a fax, I took my new handgun home in less than a 1/2 hr or so.

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The only problem I've had is the magazines. The follower is poorly designed. Buy some good mags and you'll be a happy man. I've had no issues with a Chip McCormick Shooting Star.
 
pkmtl said:
Remington was the biggest M1911 manufacturer during WWII, so they would know how to make a good 1911 pistol.
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History time! Remington Arms made a grand total of zero 1911s during WWII. The "Remington" M1911A1s were made by the Remington Rand company, which started off as a typewriter company in 1886. It was independent and separate from the Remington Arms company since it's birth!

Mr. Remington sold his typewriter business along with the rights to use the Remington name in 1886 to the Standard Typewriter Manufacturing Company. In 1902 it was renamed as the Remington Typewriter company, and in 1927 merged with the Rand Kardex Company to become Remington Rand. In 1955 when it was bought by Sperry, who in turn merged with Burroughs in 1986 to become UNISYS. Stepping back a few years, in 1979 Sperry sold a number of it's divisions and Victor Kiam bought the electric razor company which is why you can still buy Remington electric razors.

In reality Remington Arms made some 1911s in WWI but their production was shut down by the government because of part compatibility issues. The Remington Arms 1911s from WWI are very rare.

If Remington Arms is selling 1911s and claiming any kind of pedigree, they're exploiting bad history and a misconception that Remington Rand was at all related the Remington Arms company. They were, at best, distant cousins. Though it is a fairly big coincidence that the Remington name ended on firearms after 50+ years!
 
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If I was going to use this argument about investing in a "quality" firearm I would have made it worthwhile and picked up an STI or Kimber..... just saying.
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Money just isn't with me for that, but I hope and I'm sure the R1 will be a lot of fun.

I am not into dropping any coin on a PRC type of gun, JMO. ;)
 
The funny thing about .45acp shooters is that there's always a break in the action while they stop and pick up their brass. And if two or more of them are shooting they stop even longer while they sort through the head markings to make sure that they give back the other guy's brass and get their own back. I've often joked that we need casings with built in GPS tracking devices so they can find every last casing. It's a bittersweet joke though since I'm one of those same brass hounds when shooting .45acp... :D

For the sub 1K$ 1911's they don't come much nicer than the Remington. And if the series 80 firing pin block really bothers a guy it's not that hard to remove the block and arm to convert it back to Series 70 spec.

If it's the Enhanced model with the fiber front sight be sure to heat mushroom the ends of the fiber a little more. Mine jumped ship quite early on. Now my front blade spot is whatever colour the target is... :D

The chamber spec on the Remingtons is also tight. If you load lead bullets and your loader is set up with a combination seating and crimping die check carefully for the crimp plowing lead ahead of the case mouth. If you get this it WILL jam in the chamber and hold the gun from going into battery. The combination seat and crimp is fine for jacketed bullets but for lead it's almost a "must" to have separate seating and crimping dies.
 
Just the regular sights, which seem very usable to me. I like that they have the 3 dot setup rather than the old G.I. type, but I would be ok with those as well.

Funny as well, I already told my wife that I'll be picking up every single brass case that my gun flings and any other .45 ACP I might spot as well (yeah I know, good luck with that, LOL!)!

The transfer is completed and my STATT is good to go for tomorrow, so I'll be at the gun store when they open the doors, LOL!

WOOT! :cheers:
 
I have a Remmy R1 that I have enhanced with a few mods. The gun seems to be incredibly smooth and shoots quite well. Hard to beat for the money.
 
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