MachIVshooter
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A couple of weeks ago, I was looking pretty hard at the RP9 with the rebate Remington was offering, which would have brought the price down to <$200 on that model, but I already have more 9mm pistols than you can shake a stick at, and most distributors & online retailers won't ship >18 round mags here, even to SOTs, so I never pulled the trigger on that one. But when I was looking at them, the RP45 popped up, and though I thought them ugly, the $300 price tag was appealing, and 15 round capacity in a .45 was a clencher. It came in a week ago and initial impressions were very postitive, but I held off on writing about it until I had a chance to actually fire it, which I did yesterday.
This is a stock photo, as I see no reason to clutter THR's servers with a picture I can grab online:
The pistol comes in cardboard box with foam cutouts. Blow molded cases are nice, but honestly, how many of us ever use them anyway? I'd rather they cut cost on packaging to meet a price point. It ships with two magazines, which seem to be of very good quality. The 15th round is a tight squeeze, especially seating the mag in the gun with slide closed, but the capacity is legitimate.
The pistol comes with the small backstrap installed, medium and large in the box. I expect most people will prefer the small, which I left installed on mine, as even though I have larger hands, I find the small pretty comfortable, and it's definitely going to be more agreeable to most others I hand the weapon to. The grip feels like a polymer version of the CZ 75. It is 5-1/2" in circumference at the widest point, 3/8" smaller than the 92FS and nearly an inch less than the 3rd gen G21, and better contoured in my opinion, as well as that of others who I've handed it to. The slide release is ambi, and the mag catch can be reversed for southpaws. Quite frankly, Remington nailed it in the ergonomics department with these. Looks? Jury is still out. I thought they were hideous at first, but it's definitely growing on me. Never gonna win a beauty contest, but there are uglier poly pistols.
The trigger feels very much like all of the striker fired pistols. Mine breaks right at 5 lbs, and it's a little squishy, but has good definition at the break. The striker has a pronounced "sproing" sound & feel when dry firing, but you don't notice that at all when shooting live ammunition. Sights are very usable 3 dot, and the gun seems to be zeroed at 50 feet. There's plenty of slide to purchase for operation, and the beveled snout is kinda nice for holstering. The slide has a radiused taper from base to top, which makes the gun look thin, though it's 1.375" at the outsides of the slide release levers, which are slightly proud of the otherwise 1.26" width.
Take down is easy, just like the M&P series with a lever. Internal fit & finish is excellent. The gun weighs 25.9 ounces empty, and 40.1 with 15 rounds of 230 gr. ammo in the mag.
I didn't do any prep aside from wiping away excess oil, and the gun ran flawlessly from the first round. It's a very pleasant shooter, and though I didn't print groups, I had no trouble hitting 5" swingers at 25 yards. I'll do an accuracy run down another day, but I expect it to be on par with all the other service type striker pistols. One thing that was a nice surprise is ejection; this critter puts them all in a pile about 2 feet across, 4 feet to your 4-O'clock. My girl and my buddy's wife both tried it, and liked it a lot. Now, my lady is pretty tough, and despite being new to shooting, is perfectly comfortable with my 6 pound .308 and the 03-A3 Springfield, but my buddy's wife is recoil shy and weight-sensitive, and she told him he'd better buy her one of these.
In summary, I was very impressed with the gun. I bought because the $300 price tag on a 15 round American made .45 is just too tempting, but it's getting less and less ugly as the days pass, quickly becoming a favorite. I think Remington really hit a home run with this pistol
This is a stock photo, as I see no reason to clutter THR's servers with a picture I can grab online:
The pistol comes in cardboard box with foam cutouts. Blow molded cases are nice, but honestly, how many of us ever use them anyway? I'd rather they cut cost on packaging to meet a price point. It ships with two magazines, which seem to be of very good quality. The 15th round is a tight squeeze, especially seating the mag in the gun with slide closed, but the capacity is legitimate.
The pistol comes with the small backstrap installed, medium and large in the box. I expect most people will prefer the small, which I left installed on mine, as even though I have larger hands, I find the small pretty comfortable, and it's definitely going to be more agreeable to most others I hand the weapon to. The grip feels like a polymer version of the CZ 75. It is 5-1/2" in circumference at the widest point, 3/8" smaller than the 92FS and nearly an inch less than the 3rd gen G21, and better contoured in my opinion, as well as that of others who I've handed it to. The slide release is ambi, and the mag catch can be reversed for southpaws. Quite frankly, Remington nailed it in the ergonomics department with these. Looks? Jury is still out. I thought they were hideous at first, but it's definitely growing on me. Never gonna win a beauty contest, but there are uglier poly pistols.
The trigger feels very much like all of the striker fired pistols. Mine breaks right at 5 lbs, and it's a little squishy, but has good definition at the break. The striker has a pronounced "sproing" sound & feel when dry firing, but you don't notice that at all when shooting live ammunition. Sights are very usable 3 dot, and the gun seems to be zeroed at 50 feet. There's plenty of slide to purchase for operation, and the beveled snout is kinda nice for holstering. The slide has a radiused taper from base to top, which makes the gun look thin, though it's 1.375" at the outsides of the slide release levers, which are slightly proud of the otherwise 1.26" width.
Take down is easy, just like the M&P series with a lever. Internal fit & finish is excellent. The gun weighs 25.9 ounces empty, and 40.1 with 15 rounds of 230 gr. ammo in the mag.
I didn't do any prep aside from wiping away excess oil, and the gun ran flawlessly from the first round. It's a very pleasant shooter, and though I didn't print groups, I had no trouble hitting 5" swingers at 25 yards. I'll do an accuracy run down another day, but I expect it to be on par with all the other service type striker pistols. One thing that was a nice surprise is ejection; this critter puts them all in a pile about 2 feet across, 4 feet to your 4-O'clock. My girl and my buddy's wife both tried it, and liked it a lot. Now, my lady is pretty tough, and despite being new to shooting, is perfectly comfortable with my 6 pound .308 and the 03-A3 Springfield, but my buddy's wife is recoil shy and weight-sensitive, and she told him he'd better buy her one of these.
In summary, I was very impressed with the gun. I bought because the $300 price tag on a 15 round American made .45 is just too tempting, but it's getting less and less ugly as the days pass, quickly becoming a favorite. I think Remington really hit a home run with this pistol
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