{"id":15681,"date":"2019-09-07T20:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T20:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=15681"},"modified":"2019-09-07T20:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T20:31:31","slug":"remington-r1-ultralight-executive-1911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/remington-r1-ultralight-executive-1911\/","title":{"rendered":"Remington R1 UltraLight Executive 1911"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I own several custom 1911 handguns that were purchased for personal protection. I like this new R1 UltraLight Executive from Remington very well-even more than my Nighthawk Commander. It has all the features most anyone would desire for concealed carry, and can be had for about a third of the price. After a month of carrying it, I am addicted to it. I&#8217;d suggest you give it a look if you&#8217;re interested in a 1911 for concealed carry.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1249\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLVY1f-3_aI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=4&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I own several custom 1911 handguns that were purchased for personal protection. I like this new R1 UltraLight Executive from Remington very well-even more than my Nighthawk Commander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2821,2820,2500],"tags":[742,447,316,250,2564,44,2899,689],"class_list":["post-15681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense","category-empty-cases-exclusive","category-latest","category-shooting","tag-742","tag-45-acp","tag-45-auto","tag-concealed-carry","tag-edc","tag-personal-protection","tag-r1","tag-remington"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/THUMB-R1.jpg?fit=1000%2C561&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-44V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7123,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/a-racey-remington-r1-for-a-lady\/","url_meta":{"origin":15681,"position":0},"title":"A Racey Remington R1 for a Lady","author":"gunwriter","date":"June 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"After three trips to Gunsite, Drema said she wanted a 1911 in .45. I didn't argue, just showed her all the 1911s in .45 that I had. According to her, something was wrong with all of them but she did kinda like the Remington R1 Enhanced. The girl has taste;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DEFENSE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DEFENSE","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/defense\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dove-R1-2-1024x881.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dove-R1-2-1024x881.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dove-R1-2-1024x881.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7962,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/nighthawk-custom-1911s\/","url_meta":{"origin":15681,"position":1},"title":"Nighthawk Custom 1911s","author":"gunwriter","date":"January 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you need a custom 1911? The short answer is, no. Needs and wants are two separate things. No one needs a custom 1911 but a lot of folks need a 1911 that works. 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Today the pistol my son Bat will use to take his 250 Defensive Pistol Class at Gunsite Academy this July arrived. It\u2019s on loan from Nighthawk Custom Firearms. 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