glove
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Do not here much about the Remington RM380 here. Anyone have one? What is the Good or the Bad about the pistol? Are they as good as all the info on the internet?
I've heard it's one for the few new Remington pistols that is a pretty dang good little gun.
Remington bought the Rohrbaugh company and their excellent R380 (MSRP $1,150) design, improved the durability of the recoil springs, changed from a heel to a thumb magazine release, and have succeeded in manufacturing the RM380 without botching things up in production.
The Rohrbaughs set out to make the smallest semi-auto in 9mm that could possibly be made, and I think they did do that with the R9. The R380 was just the R9 re-chambered for .380 ACP.
Some of the other pocket 380s out there were built from the ground up as a 380 and optimized for 380 Auto, but the R380 wasn't, it just happened to work as a 380 pocket auto, size-wise, because the R9 worked as a 9mm pocket auto.
Add me to the list of happy RM380 owners. My only regret is that I didn't buy two when they were a black Friday deal. IIRC they were only $129 after the Remington rebate.
First bad Internet post I've ever seen on the RM380. I'm not saying you're wrong, just the first bad word I've heard.This is almost unbelievable to me. I have never seen anyone talk good about these pistols.Local shop/range has been selling them since they came out and has nothing but trouble. I go almost every Tuesday and Thursday night and once a week someone is there sending a RM380 back for repair. I have seen two different people buy them new and go out on the range and have them not work. The RM380 and R51 that I have seen have worked less than Ravens,Jennings and Hi Points.
First negative post on the RM380 and of course it's from someone who has never shot one let alone owned one.First bad Internet post I've ever seen on the RM380. I'm not saying you're wrong, just the first bed I've heard.
R51, yea, that gun's problems are legion. Not the RM380 though.
First negative post on the RM380 and of course it's from someone who has never shot one let alone owned one.
So at least once a week someone is sending in an RM380 for repairs? Your lgs must sell a whole lot of them to get that many returns.