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1. The only Remingtons I own are two old SXS shotguns that are fine old guns. (M1889 hammer and M1894 hammerless) Of course they are nearing 120 years old back when Remington still new how to make guns….
   I hope they get their act together again.

2. The closing of any American firearms manufacturer is cause for concern. With all the ‘money’ that the globalists have (or could print) I am surprised that they have not bought all American firearms and ammo manufacturers. Then they could just shut down imports.

3. I bought a 1911 R1 (full size) about four years ago and love it. It is a bit big for concealed carry in a hip holster, but does nicely in a shoulder holster. I’ve had a M700 in 30.06 and a M870 in 12 ga for more than thirty-five years with no failures or even complaints. Bagged many a deer and elk with the M700, and a few pheasant with the M870. I too, hope Remington survives the latest round of anti-gun fervor.

4. You mention ” We had the Remington REM380, and it had a lot of problems.” but a search of the site doesn’t show any previous info on this. Could you tell us what the problems were? I have a Rohrbaugh R9s (9mm) that has performed flawlessly and the RM380 should be easier on the user, and I was thinking of getting one.

   1. I bought a REM 380 about a year ago. I have only run about 200 rounds through it but it has been flawless. Trigger not the best but it is getting better as I shoot it more.

5. You mentioned problems with early Remington Bushmaster AR-15 rifles. I have a neighbor who purchased an early one and when he went to shoot it the first time he learned that a standard 30 round AR magazine would not fit into the magazine well–the magazine well was to small for the mag to fit into it without jamming it into place. It was a real piece of ___t engineering. He sold the rifle the next day. I have not purchased a Remington product since then.

6. I have never been a Remington fan although I do have an old model 870 which I like, and I also have a Para Ord 45 which after a 200 rd. break in period I love, it is very reliable and accurate not sure about the Para’s after Remington bought them, but I sure would hate to see Remington go under. Thanks for your article. Trekker Out

7. Everything libtards touch turns to road Apple’s, so no I’m not spending my hard earned money on anything Remington makes. Have a 870 Louisiana Purchase 12ga. shotgun and every time I pull it out I hear the same thing. I didn’t know Remington made high grade shotguns with beautiful wood and fine machining. And I have to say 40 years ago you were proud to own a 870 Remington, not so much now. Have you picked up a 870 Express or a 700 rifle recently? And Bushmaster forget it just buy a Windham Weapons and be happy.

8. My new 870 3 1/2 “ 12 bore. It’s a dud. It would not extract after firing. Brand new. Sent it back to be fixed. Came back and still wouldn’t extract 3 1/2 “. Works with 3” only.

   I own a lot of Remingtons and I’m not buying any more .

9. I have shot a Model 700 in .308Win to bring down many deer and have used a Model 870 pump shotgun for many winged prey. They are both marvelous at what they do.

10. I had a para p14-45, never shot it, then one day I sold it for whatever reason ( don’t remember the reason now ), liked everything about it, but. Had a Remington Rand G.I. years ago, bought it $200 and it looked like it had just came out of the junk pile and shot like it. Stripped it down, cleaned it, reparkized it, new barrel. First five rds out of it were barely on a 4 ft sq target, 250 rds later, I was shooting 3 and 4 rd groups.All of this was shot from 25 yds bench rest. what the heck I was happy.

11. I am reading a bit of Remington detractors here. Well I own 4 big Green guns and have very good experiences with all. A 542 .22 Target bull barrel rifle, very accurate and no problems. A 673 Guide rifle in .350 Remington magnum, no longer made. A tack driver, great trigger, smooth bolt throw. And for you Bushmaster haters my M4A3 patrol rifle shoots 2 inch groups- with Silver Bear Russian steel case .223. With my handloads I can shoot MOA, if as Pat Cascio is fond of saying, I do my part. Now to my R51. I admit that this pistol required about 100 or so rounds to break in and function correctly. It also likes only hotter 9mm, not really so much the UMC or PMC type ball ammo. But that’s OK because that’s what I use in it when I carry it. I’ll admit that the guns Looks are what I really like, just thought it was very cool. Also bucks the polymer frame trend with a very nice alloy frame and finish.

    I wouldn’t draw conclusions about whole models of weapons from just a small sampling of your buddies bad gun or your heard the neighbors couldn’t get one to group or whatever. But hey that’s me.

12. Guessing more 700 actions custom built than any other ?

13. You may have changed the outcome of the test by replacing the recoil spring. It might have been a more valid test to use the factory recoil spring. I have a Para P-13 made in Canada- wonderful 1911 -AFTER I REPLACED THE RECOIL SPRING WITH A HEAVY RECOIL SPRING. Prior to replacing it I had stovepipes about once a box or two, with the heavy recoil spring it works like a charm.

14. I think Remington’s biggest problem is not having pro-gun people run the company, and not having all plants in pro-gun states. According to the internet, it still owns 2 plants in NY, didn’t even move a plant to AL until 2014. You look on line and there is story after story of them ‘caving’ to the anti-gunners. That does not build a customer base. I am sure there are a few gun lovers in anti-gun states, but I left Illinois a long time ago over guns and never looked back, I would suspect that they would find a lot more pro-gun people in pro-gun states to run their company and work in their company. I have owned a lot of Remington guns over the years, the 870 pump wingmaster, I must have shot 10,000+ times duck hunting in the 1970s and 80s, way better than the ‘Walmart special Mossberg 500″. The Remington 700, that was ‘the’ sniper rifle for the military in Vietnam, I have my 270 and 35 Whelen and those are great guns, of course they are all 30+ years old. Bushmaster, I have the XM15-E25 CAR, pre 1994, and its shoots great too. I have not bought a Remington in a long time. I wonder if the quality is no longer there, Such a shame. It was a great company.

15. Has anyone bought a Remington 870 Express recently? I’m thinking of replacing my Mossberg 500 and am curious about the quality of the latest 870’s. Thanks for reading.

16. Very nice write up. I purchased at a pawn shop, several years ago now, a Para Ordnance (PO) Expert Carry in .45 ACP and it is now my primary EDC. Being a big man with big hands most handguns designed for conceal carry have small hand grips and the handguns that are full size with grips that fit my bear paws tend to ride high or jab me in areas I do not want to be jabbed in. But after having discovered the Expert Carry, it turned out to be just the right choice for me. It has an aluminum black anodized frame with a stainless steel black nitride finish slide, a three inch stainless steel match grade barrel, an oversized flared ejection port, a beavertail grip safety, a skeletonized match grade trigger, slim grips and a two dot rear sight paired with a fiber optic front sight (a “some” day project will be to swap those with tritium) . As for how it shoots, I have to say, I shoot this as well and is as accurate as the full size Kimber Custom II that I own (my skills not withstanding). I have not once had any issues with any type of malfunction in regards to types of ammunition or magazines. Although I tend to stick to from multiple manufactures and Wilson Combat or Chip McCormick magazines. So far the only thing that I found difficult and different and this was when I first bought it, was the take down. Despite being almost new from the pawn shop and not having any manual to speak of I defaulted to the internet for said instructions. If you are confused by this and are not familiar with PO’s or this model, there is no barrel bushing like on standard 1911’s. Breaking them down is slightly different, to state the obvious. So to separate the slide from the frame, hold back on the slide similar to how you would on a Glock and then pop the slide lock lever out and voila! the slide separates from the frame. The rest of the breakdown is pretty much the same as any other 1911. Assembly is just the reverse.
    A few of my friends and acquaintances that I have discussed concealed carry with have asked me why I don’t carry something with a larger capacity and my response is usually, “Someday I might.” but for now I like carrying this one and I believe the .45 is plenty sufficient to stop a BG (Bad Guy). In fact after reading a rather long compilation of a forum post by a gentleman who is a (could be retired now) Medical Examiner from Atlanta talk about the various things he has seen come across his exam table changed my mind about carrying anything other than .45. Here is a link. It is worth a read and can be found at the following link. http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum/defensive-ammunition-ballistics/94530-terminal-ballistics-viewed-morgue.html

17. Just to set the record straight. My name is Rick Uselton and my afiliation
    With Remington Arms was to design and spearheaded the R1 M1911 Hand gun project in 2009 & 2010. This was the 1st hand gun that had been built in 93 years at Remington. The tolerance for parts and slide fit to frame was set at the time of design was around 2 to 4 thousands on most all parts. At that time Remington for a production line gun had the best 1911 hand gun for sell on the market. At that time my company was Uselton Arms inc. and I only built custom 1911 hand guns. I personally know the caliper size in all parts and the difference in custom 1911’s and production 1911’s . Later in 2010 Remington changed the parts specifications and changed most of the R1 parts and started building the 1911 to a much looser tolerance . I want go any further with this but Remington still has a really nice M1911. Now my company only builds 1911’s for our company which is Ultimate Arms LLC.
    Thanks to all and now you know the reality about the R1 Remington.

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