beeenbag
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well I took a leap of faith and jumped on the rebates from Remington after christmas.
I wound up getting the R51 for $337 after fees and have sent my rebate in which will bring the total to $237.
To the important parts...
I decided to try the R51 right out of the box, normally I like to clean and apply my own lube first, but chose to give this thing a few rounds before hand. I noticed the mags were really stiff and I had a rough time loading the last couple rounds.
First two or 3 mags I'd have a failure to go into battery on the 2nd shot. This would happen every so often the remainder of 100 rounds, always on the second shot of a full mag. This was not a "nose dive" just a real laggy feeling slide movement during the recoil process. I'm going to chalk this up to new mag springs being extra stout.
So, I finished up, not feeling too great about my purchase and loaded the mags, leaving them loaded over night. I also disassembled the gun (that's a treat) cleaned it and re lubed with some frog lube.
Shooting today, I have had zero malfunctions 200 rounds in, including 50 rounds of xtp's. All fmj was 115g range ammo.
If the reliability proves to continue as the last 200 rounds have went, this could be a real treasure. The R51 seems to be a natural shooter for me, easily placing the rounds where I want them to go. Recoil is light (subjective statement) compared to other sub compact 9's I own and the trigger is fairly impressive for what it is.
I'm going to order 150 rounds of 124g +p gold dots to run through it and verify reliability with those, as well as another 2-300 range rounds before I deem it suitable for carry. I did carry it around the house in a cheaper iwb holster, seems to carry quite well to boot.
I'll kee ya updated with further outings.
I wound up getting the R51 for $337 after fees and have sent my rebate in which will bring the total to $237.
To the important parts...
I decided to try the R51 right out of the box, normally I like to clean and apply my own lube first, but chose to give this thing a few rounds before hand. I noticed the mags were really stiff and I had a rough time loading the last couple rounds.
First two or 3 mags I'd have a failure to go into battery on the 2nd shot. This would happen every so often the remainder of 100 rounds, always on the second shot of a full mag. This was not a "nose dive" just a real laggy feeling slide movement during the recoil process. I'm going to chalk this up to new mag springs being extra stout.
So, I finished up, not feeling too great about my purchase and loaded the mags, leaving them loaded over night. I also disassembled the gun (that's a treat) cleaned it and re lubed with some frog lube.
Shooting today, I have had zero malfunctions 200 rounds in, including 50 rounds of xtp's. All fmj was 115g range ammo.
If the reliability proves to continue as the last 200 rounds have went, this could be a real treasure. The R51 seems to be a natural shooter for me, easily placing the rounds where I want them to go. Recoil is light (subjective statement) compared to other sub compact 9's I own and the trigger is fairly impressive for what it is.
I'm going to order 150 rounds of 124g +p gold dots to run through it and verify reliability with those, as well as another 2-300 range rounds before I deem it suitable for carry. I did carry it around the house in a cheaper iwb holster, seems to carry quite well to boot.
I'll kee ya updated with further outings.