Anyone buy a Remington R51 yesterday?

[muggia59]

Sure hope they take care of you. I believe their gun has potential.....if Remington does their part. Shame on them if they don't.

[Hurryin Hoosier]

Wasn't 02-01-14 the release date?

Not yesterday. Not today. And not tomorrow.

[SMaster]

I checked one of these out yesterday at Gander Mountain. I've been planning on buying one as soon as they were available based on the hype.
 
After handling it yesterday; Slide was stiff, ratchety and inconsistent. It didn't feel like it went into battery with the same force each time. (That was with no ammo) The hand safety was weird and noisy but manageable. Trigger was terrible (But I shoot a CZSP01 and Witness Limited pistols mostly.) Also, the trigger looked very cheap. I also had trouble with the slide stop. It had to be held very firmly for the magazine to drop free on it own weight. The buttons were very firm. Not a deal breaker but I like 'em easy.
 
Waiting for a positive review but I'll probably pass on this one.
 
 
 

[WC]

Handled several at the Remington booth at the NRA show this weekend.

Gritty, inconsistent, terrible trigger. Slide felt ratchety and gritty. Could not reliably engage the grip safety (or maintain it depressed in a two-hand grip).

If those are their demo models, no thanks.

[1SOW]

Found this:

More info from the NRA meetings posted by Electriclyde on the Remington Owners Forum:

I stopped by the Remington booth today at the NRA convention in Indy. Had an interesting conversation with a young man who is a product manager for Remington.
They are awaiting manufacture of new, slightly different breechblocks, which will also have some sort of coating on them for aiding in reduced wear and better retention of lubrication. He also said that those guns with a loose rear sight issue will have the slides replaced. He claims that the dovetails on the slides were improperly cut. He could not/would not commit to a timeline for the completion of the new parts. He also said that the warranty on the gun would start over when they were repaired.
They did have about 10 R51's on display, some with Crimson Trace Lasers on them. I racked the slide on several of the guns, and found some to be difficult, and some to be VERY easy!?!?!?

Some guys on another forum,  are dismantling and trying to figure out all the problems with the pistol.  They did find the chamber is extremely tight and many bullets used in common SD ammo wouldn't clear the leade/rifling.  No,  not similar to the CZ.  They found the chamber rough,  slightly oval and looked cut in three "steps".  One reemed a chamber to SAAMI specs and had better feed with no out of battery issues. 

[Bodene]

1SOW have you heard anything from Remington since you've sent your pistol in?

[eastman]

I am really hoping that Remington will get this figured out.

I had the chance to fire 20 rounds through one at a local store's open house & manufacturer shoot back in March. I like the way it felt and functioned, but the production models aren't meeting the same standards.

[SMaster]

The sales guy at Gander Mountain went and got a different one from the one in the case. It felt as bad as the first one I checked out a couple weeks ago. He called them, "junk." I won't go that far but it's off my want list.
 
 

[s0nspark]

I talked with a sales rep at the local Bass Pro yesterday... he told me one of the guys that works there part time also works at Para as a gunsmith and that they are working with Remington on trigger improvements... I have yet to get hands on with an R51 but the guy at BPS compared the trigger to that of a BB gun o_O

Once Remington gets these initial troubles worked out I will be very interested in picking one up.

[1SOW]

I finally got a response from Remington.
"Sorry ....etc., etc..   We expect to return your pistol within three weeks."

If it comes back with the slide dovetails cut properly, trigger fixed and it'll shoot "reliably",   I'll be more optimistic about it.
Some other work including a little smoothing/polishing might improve the feel and reliability.
I fully intend to shoot the heck out of it at the first opportunity---if my hand and trigger finger isn't punished so badly I can't do it. .
I still want this pistol to run.  Everything I've seen and read that's wrong with it could be fixed. 
Fingers crossed.
 

[Bishop112]

Good luck! Its a neat pistol will be looking forward to hearing how it shoots once you get it back.

[cntrydawwwg]

Glad they got back too you. I'm still amazed that the R51 made it through Q.C.

[gbabs2]

Does anyone think that a gun with this much bad press can ever recover, even if they finally fix it?

[muggia59]

I just hope they get it right. Seems like a good gun if they do their part. If they get the bugs out I would like one myself.

[jwc007]

Does anyone think that a gun with this much bad press can ever recover, even if they finally fix it?

Not with me at this point.  I've already sought out different carry options.


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