. After nearly a century, Remington returns to its rightful place as the manufacturer of one of America’s most revered handguns; the 1911.* From the moment you wrap your hand around it’s double diamond grips and lay your finger on the polished aluminium of the telltale short trigger, you’ll know first-hand why the 1911 has such a devoted following. And modern enhancements make the best even better. The 1911 R1 features a flared and lowered ejection port; beveled magazine well; loaded chamber indicator; high profile dovetailed single-dot front and two-dot rear sights; a crisp 3.5 - 5 pound trigger pull; and a match grade stainless steel barrel and barrel bushing. It also has the Series 80-style firing pin block safety.
The Remington 1911 R1 is hand-crafted and shipped from Ilion, New York-- the birthplace of Remington Arms-complete with a custom carry case, two seven-round magazines and a barrel bushing wrench. So you can be assured of all the pride, precision and out-of-the-box performance you’ve come to expect from the Remington branded products.
For more information on this once-in-a-lifetime sidearm, visit the all new 1911 R1 website- www.1911r1.com.
The rebirth begins in June 2010. So talk to your select dealer today, and reserve your place in owning a piece of firearm history. The Remington 1911 R1.
It’s too bad Remington stopped making the 1911 in the first place. Some of the finest 1911’s I have seen were made by Remington 60 years ago. They put most of the non custom stuff currently made to shame.
I was disappointed to see this, too. I suppose I’ll end up buying a basic SA 1911 to celebrate the centennial. I don’t shoot or carry 1911’s, so it would be a ‘just for the heck of it’ purchase.
Your right. I just called a friend who’s gun I was talking about and he said it is a Remington UMC slide on a Colt frame. I thought Remington UMC made a 1911A1 but they didn’t.
Don’t worry about it. That is a common misconception- One that I am sure we’ll see bandied about a lot more in magazines and blogs now that these new Remingtons are being produced.
It is too bad they didn’t take a page from the history books and do a more pleasing job on the new Remington 1911R1’s slide- the roll marks on them look terrible IMHO. Maybe you can talk your buddy out of his UMC slide?
Which means very little in practical use.
Two of the three Colt 1911s I have had done over by Robert Miller are Series 80 and the triggers feel the same as the one with the Series 70 repro frame. The pull weights are almost identical at 4.5#.
