DrDeFab said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ddT6X_1m20
Skip to 2:00 - the trigger clearly pivots.
I think the trigger pivot pin is partially obscured on the left side, but there is a visible pin about where I would expect it on the right.
Yes, the trigger pivots in some way, but probably not in the way we are accustomed to triggers pivoting.
The writer who
first reported on the R51 and tested it at Gunsite stated "The trigger is really very good and has the same feel as a 1911. In fact the trigger moves straight back like a 1911."
So how do we square a clear and unequivocal statement by the Firearm Blog's senior writer and review manager who actually shot the R51 with the equally clear visual evidence that the trigger pivots in some fashion?
A CAD drawing from one of
Remington's videos (at 1:45) does not show the trigger attached to either pin above the trigger. The trigger (in blue) sits under the slide lock lever pin (in green) and the face of the trigger surrounds some type of lever that is mounted on the smaller pin (in purple).
Remington's video (at 1:11) also shows something highly unusual; the top of the trigger moves down and forward as the pistol is fired, which suggests a pivot point that is not above the trigger as we are familiar with.
Finally, another CAD drawing in
Remington's video (at 1:13) shows the trigger bow meeting the trigger where there happens to be a roll pin that could connect the trigger to the bow
and allow the trigger face to pivot up and down.
It will be most interesting to find out how it really works.