Eh, my former Wilson Supergrade was the same way. You will note former, though.
I carried a Remington-Rand when I was a gunner. I wish I had it!
Hmmmm,Something dosen’t sound right…The article says it Remington branded, and in the same breath, so to speak, they also say it U.S. made…What percentage of U.S. made parts would need to be in it to be considered U.S. made? 50-60%? If so, then the major componets of the pistol,Frame, Slide, Barrel, which are also the most labor-intensive, could be made elsewhere…and the rest, the internals,hammer, sear disconnector, etc, probably MIM,and the mags, could be made here… I could very well be wrong, but my gut feeling is this is what’s going on here…
Springfield pretty much follows that business model and have a large number of satisfied customers. I don’t see the problem.
Precursor to a duplicate post. Please remove.
Agreed.
I realize full well that “how it shoots” is infinitely more important than “how it looks,” but purely from a design perspective, I continue to be amazed by how often companies mar their products with garish, amateurish rollmarks and model inscriptions.
A classic pistol like the 1911 looks best with simple, elegant old school rollmarks; doubly-so if the intent is to put it into production on the 100th anniversary of the 1911, no? Colt learned this lesson the hard way over the past quarter-century with the 1991 series, but apparently, no one at Remington was paying much attention.
I’m sure the R1 will be a great range tool, though I suppose we were expecting too much if the idea of a legacy manufacturer returning to the market left us with base-gun visions for heirloom-grade projects. It’s not the nomenclature; it’s the execution.
Something more conservative (i.e. actual size) that invoked memories of the past would have been a vast improvement …
REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY
MODEL 1911-R1
AC
I never said there was one…I have a older Mil-Spec myself, As they come out of the box, they’re OK shooters,But, they’re nowhere near ready for more serious use, such as CCW, without more work being done to them. I figure the R1 will fall into the same catagory.I would be quite interested to see just how well this thing is fit up…For $700 or so, I would’nt expect much…
I never said there was one
Then I guess I misinterpreted your suggestion that “something dosen’t sound right” as villainous, an understandable mistake as the plain text of the internet deprives us of sometimes valuable tonal context.
Moving on:
I agree that at a price point of $700 it’s unrealistic to expect much more than Springfield Mil-Spec quality (which, as you point out, is decent enough as such things go). I can’t remember the last time I saw Remington make what I felt was a clear effort to produce ANYTHING that wasn’t an also-ran in it’s respective market and I see no reason to expect the R1 to be a deviation.
As for whether or not a given 1911 is gtg for “serious use”, I’m not an expert in that field and recognized early on that the level of familiarity, maintenance, and cost necessary to have a 1911 worthy of such duty (if such a thing can truly be produced) was prohibitive for me. This being the case, I’ll yield to your declarations on what does and does not qualify.
Agreed. Unfortunately some makers think the slabside on a 1911 is a billboard. :rolleyes:
just what the world needs another second rate 1911. :o
Little soon to pass judgement in my book.
The other side of the slide has Remington spelled out. Looks like ass.
OMG!!!
ROFLMAO!!!
Not sure what they were thinking with the rollmarks but perhaps the gun will run.
looks like old school typewriter font :eek:
got an original slide I think 2
I can’t even find these! I’ve been trying to put one on my Operator for a little while now.
That’s what I noticed. The front sight looked like it was on backwards to me with a beveled edge toward the shooter. I like square flat serrated front sights.
Funny this post came up today! I just handled an original Remington 1911 this afternoon. It was in really good shape and really smooth for how old it was!
It doesn’t look as bad in some better pictures.
http://www.shootingillustrated.com/forum/blog/guysagi/index.php?showentry=1246
hmmm. tac life says it’s made from “real steel right here in the US”.
this has me intrigued. a forged slide/frame 1911 made by an american company in the US for only $600? sounds almost too good to be true. there has to be a string attached somewhere…of course i never run right out and purchase something new (learned that lesson the hard way).
i’ll wait till the initial product testers, i mean consumers, buy them, and report how they perform.
definitely has my interest at this point, especially considering the affordable price point.