Torian
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I was so looking forward to the hype when the 1st gen R51 came out, and it failed to meet expectations for numerous reasons (lots of QA/QC failures which are well known).
Yesterday I stopped in at our local Academy Sports, and they had an R51 there on display (2nd gen). When I asked to see it, the employee was surprised, stating not a single individual had wanted to look a the weapon since it was put in the display case.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/ar...e-report-second-chance-for-the-remington-r51/
The feel and profile of the weapon was good. Appears to be a great design for 9mm single stack CCW. I even convinced them to let me dry-fire (they put snap caps) the weapon. Maybe being in uniform helped on this one as everyone said no initially.
The trigger pull wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. There was play in all directions. I would describe it as a sloppy Browning HP trigger pull, with slightly less resistance once you hit the back end of the pull. I really wanted to love this gun, but I'm struggling to consider even buying it at this point.
Need some convincing. Who here actually owns the new gen R51 and has some honest and helpful feedback? $399 is not a lot of money. It's less than I spent on my G43.
Yesterday I stopped in at our local Academy Sports, and they had an R51 there on display (2nd gen). When I asked to see it, the employee was surprised, stating not a single individual had wanted to look a the weapon since it was put in the display case.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/ar...e-report-second-chance-for-the-remington-r51/
The feel and profile of the weapon was good. Appears to be a great design for 9mm single stack CCW. I even convinced them to let me dry-fire (they put snap caps) the weapon. Maybe being in uniform helped on this one as everyone said no initially.
The trigger pull wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. There was play in all directions. I would describe it as a sloppy Browning HP trigger pull, with slightly less resistance once you hit the back end of the pull. I really wanted to love this gun, but I'm struggling to consider even buying it at this point.
Need some convincing. Who here actually owns the new gen R51 and has some honest and helpful feedback? $399 is not a lot of money. It's less than I spent on my G43.