Remington R1

**5shank** · 05-29-19, 06:17

There are some amazing deals on Remington 1911s along with a nice rebate. What's the story on them with quality and how do they shoot? Would not mind having a Commander size 1911 to play with.
Thanks

**TexHill** · 05-29-19, 06:57

Remington QC is horrible. I'm talking you'd be better off buying a Hi-Point horrible.

**bamashooter** · 05-29-19, 11:28

Purchased a new stainless R1 in early 2014 when they were having the 75.00 rebate. Here's my initial "mini" range report from back then:

"Had it 2 weeks or so. Over the crud enough now and a pretty day (72*). Tomorrow a high of 41. Fired 168 rounds of basic 230gr FMJ Zero Ammunition. Flawless function and operation. Ejected casings traveled 4-10 feet from about 3:30 to about 6:00. I used the 2 Remington 7 round mags and 4 Wilson Combat 7 round mags. GI type / no extended beaver tail and no blood. Went very well. 68 rounds at about 10 meters and the remainder at about 15 meters. 10 meters gave about 2" groups and 15 meters gave about 3" groups. Targets were basic Dollar General el cheapo paper plates w/ sharpied grids applied. A little breeze had the plates moving / flapping at times. Had them stuck to a round bale w/ a piece of hot wire. Can probably do better when not sucking snot and a little shake. Very impressed with the R1. Fixin' to just field strip and clean. Something I learned the other day. Within 1 year I can send it back and Remington will clean it real good and and do a little tune up for free. Thought that was pretty cool. Waiting for a 100.00 rebate from my Para 1911 and this one has a 75.00 rebate."

I sold it and the Para a couple of years later. I have / had several 1911s and this one ran as well as the others. No complaints.

Old pic.

**halfmoonclip** · 06-21-19, 13:42

The ones I've handled looked good; Remington's rep of late made me steer a buddy away from them. I'm giving this thread a poke to look at more responses.
Moon

**BigSam** · 06-21-19, 21:22

Originally Posted by TexHill

Remington QC is horrible. I'm talking you'd be better off buying a Hi-Point horrible.

I'd have to agree with this. I didn't buy a Remington but I have a Para that had a broken right side safety.
It was bought before Remington bought Para. It came back to me not being fixed but with paperwork stating that everything worked as expected. So back it went. It came back with a working safety but on the 1st range trip the front sight broke off. So back it went. It came back with the underside of the slide galled up and with a very dim front sight. So, back it went. Finally got it back in working order. That was last year. Recently the right side safety dropped out during a match and so, back it went.
I love the gun but Remington warranty repair and QC sucks.

**TexHill** · 06-21-19, 22:04

Originally Posted by BigSam

I'd have to agree with this. I didn't buy a Remington but I have a Para that had a broken right side safety.
It was bought before Remington bought Para. It came back to me not being fixed but with paperwork stating that everything worked as expected. So back it went. It came back with a working safety but on the 1st range trip the front sight broke off. So back it went. It came back with the underside of the slide galled up and with a very dim front sight. So, back it went. Finally got it back in working order. That was last year. Recently the right side safety dropped out during a match and so, back it went.
I love the gun but Remington warranty repair and QC sucks.

You're lucky they looked at it again after the first time that you sent it in. Our store offered limited gunsmithing so people would bring stuff into us. Some of the time the gun would still be under warranty so we would send it back to the manufacturer on behalf of our customer.

We had a guy bring in what looked like a brand new 870 for repairs. I don't remember exactly what the problem was, but I do remember that the gun was completely inoperable. I called Remington and gave them the serial number expecting them to tell me that they were issuing a call tag, but instead I was told that the shotgun had been manufactured 18 months previously and unless a bill of sale, dated within the past 12 months, from the original retailer could be produced then they would not warranty the gun. The owner had purchased it from Gander Mountain a couple of months prior to being brought to me, during their going out of business sale. The gun was old stock, and he hadn't kept his receipt because he didn't see the point since the store was closing. Needless to say, he wasn't very happy.

**Pappabear** · 07-04-19, 15:29

Thing about these types guns , IMHO, you can get lucky and get one that runs like a top for thousands of rounds. Its just the probability of a good vs bad outcome is just too high on average. When you can buy a Range Officer for under a grand and get a decent budget gun. Thats where I would start my low end.

PB

**halfmoonclip** · 07-04-19, 17:42

The sad thing is, the 1911 design is old enough, and was originally meant to be produced on pretty basic machinery. The Filipinos and the Brazilians make decent 1911s, not to mention the Chinese. It shouldn't be that tough for an old-name gunmaker to do the same. Go figure.
Moon