R51 2d Gen anyone?

[graycrait]

Anyone betting their life or their family members' lives on the 2d Gen R51.

I bet Remington wishes they never went down the R51 road.  Even the 2d Gens seem to have issues, at least with magazines.  When I first held a 1st Gen I said to myself "I like the feel of this pistol."  I am glad I never purchased one.  But something about that full length backstrap grip safety made sense to me, more so even than the HK P7 front grip "safety" I used to have.

[nightrunner]

Not the R51 but I saw yesterday that CDNN has the RM380 and RP9 on sale for $169.99. I’m thinking Remington should have just stuck with long guns...

[MP5_Rizzo]

8 minutes ago, nightrunner said:

Not the R51 but I saw yesterday that CDNN has the RM380 and RP9 on sale for $169.99. I’m thinking Remington should have just stuck with long guns...

Or maybe just the pistol line in the way of XP 100's.

[MacGyver]

Man, you’ve been pining after one of these (or maybe what it should be) for what, three years?

I think you need to just go ahead and get one and get it out of your system.  

It might be a dog - but if anyone can spend the time to be able to trust it - it’s probably you.  I’ve not spent a lot of time on the platform - but how many Kel-Tec’s Have you run over the years? It can’t be worse out of the box.  

[graycrait]

I contacted a professional gunsmith friend of mine about the R51 who I had not talked to about the R51 before.  Some years ago he and I were always monkeying around with something, then he gets out of the Army goes to the gunsmith school and moves far away and actually makes a living as a gunsmith.  I think I have my final answer:

They're terrible.

I was the only warranty center for them for about a year

They're the worst pistol I think I've ever screwed with, but they are mechanically fascinating.