Remington Scrubs All Traces of R51 from Websites

[Stephen]

Here's a fun game. Open TTAG in one browser tab, and Google Image Search in another. Do a reverse image search on the images TTAG is using for their posts, and see where they stole each one from.

[GardoneVT]

Here's a fun game. Open TTAG in one browser tab, and Google Image Search in another. Do a reverse image search on the images TTAG is using for their posts, and see where they stole each one from.

That blog is like Facebook for gun Cleetii.

[hufnagel]

back on topic:
So who thinks that if Remington really DOES pull the plug on the R51, that the remainders that are out in circulation will go up in value? Or will Remington pull a Caracal.

[Tamara]

back on topic:
So who thinks that if Remington really DOES pull the plug on the R51, that the remainders that are out in circulation will go up in value? Or will Remington pull a Caracal.

There are plenty of ill-starred short-lifespan pistols with no real collector value (S&W SW9M or Vector CP1) but then again, Colt AA2000s are bringing collector money these days. It's hard to predict.

[Seven_Sicks_Two]

LOL, no they didn't. The R51 has its own page Looks like Nick saw a piece by "gunssavelives.com" that was apparently ripped from indianagunowners.com or some other forum and ran with it without, you know, doing at least a little Google work.

EDIT: Which is not to say that the R51 launch hasn't been a PR disaster for Cerber... Freedo... Remington Group. The gun is likely destined to be a future collectible

In the article, he mentions that basically the only mention of the R51 is on the page you linked. If you click "Products" and then "Handguns" the only items listed are 1911s. I'm not defending TTAG here, but they do have a point about it not being easy to find on the Remington website. It sure seems as though TPTB at Remington are hoping we all forget about the R51. If that isn't the goal, they should probably fire the guy in charge of the website.

[Tamara]

In the article, he mentions that basically the only mention of the R51 is on the page you linked. If you click "Products" and then "Handguns" the only items listed are 1911s.

Was the R51 listed there before?

If that isn't the goal, they should probably fire the guy in charge of the website.

That could be said about a statistical majority of firearms manufacturers.

[_JD_]

Was the R51 listed there before?



That could be said about a statistical majority of firearms manufacturers.

I dont recall it ever being there before but I don't exactly stalk the Remington website.

Sent via Tapatalk and still using real words.

[Squall]

TTAG drama aside, I was disappointed the R51 was such a lemon. It looked like a pretty neat little gun, even with the unnecessarily complicated action. Not perfect, certainly. A single stack as large as a G19 wasn't the smartest move, IMHO, but for the price point I might have been persuaded to pick one up for the novelty. Also thought the no snag sights were a idea worth exploring.

[GardoneVT]

TTAG drama aside, I was disappointed the R51 was such a lemon. It looked like a pretty neat little gun, even with the unnecessarily complicated action. Not perfect, certainly. A single stack as large as a G19 wasn't the smartest move, IMHO, but for the price point I might have been persuaded to pick one up for the novelty. Also thought the no snag sights were a idea worth exploring.

I wish I could say the same. Yet, if Freedom Group can't make two functional guns for $1000+ retail apiece in the form of a Para USA Black Ops 1911, I deduced they'd be totally unable to accomplish the same feat at $400.Its clear that conclusion wasn't in error, even if my Para purchases were.

[greyghost]

http://www.americanrifleman.org/blog...-pistol-update

Looks like a major recall by Remington, that's almost as bad as the Caracal debacle.