I’ve made a few blog posts about Remington’s R 51 pistol. I can’t give it all away here on my blog because I’ve just submitted a feature article on the handgun to Shooting Illustrated magazine. And, well, they would like you to buy that magazine as well you should. It might be the best magazine out there for anyone interested in reading good information on personal protection and you can get some valuable guidance from my friend Jim Wilson who writes a regular column in that magazine.
But, some Empty Cases’ readers have asked for a video of the R 51 on the range and coving field stripping. Admittedly, my previous video of Bat speed field stripping the pistol was not educational. It was however fun and he was proud of his accomplishment. You won’t get a great deal from this video either as it should be obvious that I don’t do TV for a living and much of my videos are self recorded or recorded by one of my kids. If I have time during testing – and remember – I’ll shoot some video because I realize some of use are just too lazy to read and sometimes video is better at getting a point across.
Still, this should give you an idea of how the R 51 works in hand and how it comes apart and goes back together. I’m smitten with this pistol as it is one of the easiest to operate and, as far as 9mm +P capable pistols of this size or smaller, it is soft shooting and has minimal muzzle flip.
In defiance of one blogger who said he would rather detail strip a 1911 than take an R 51 apart, I think this video shows he was smoking crack or maybe just don’t like Remington products. (I’m betting on the latter.)
