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Big Green is going “Glock”: Remington is finally introducing its long-in-development polymer handgun. The new handgun is a tilting-barrel striker-fired affair, but it possesses some unique features that hint at a wider family of Remington striker-fired pistols. The pistol will come in two varieties, the first to be launched will be the RP9 followed by the RP45.

Looks like it could be an interesting competitor in the polymer striker-fired market.

An initial impression is here: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016 ... 5-pistols/

It looks like a Rugger American.

Beiruty wrote:It looks like a Rugger American.

I was just about to say the same thing.

So is this supposed to make us forget about not one but two failed releases of the R51? I'm sure some unknowing folks will buy one, but anyone with half a brain would be wise to steer clear. It could very well be a decent handgun, but Remington has lost me and many others as a result of their drive to squeeze any and all profit out of the market, many times to the detriment of the consumer.

I'll stick with my XD 45

That makes the Glock look pretty good.

SigM4 wrote:So is this supposed to make us forget about not one but two failed releases of the R51? I'm sure some unknowing folks will buy one, but anyone with half a brain would be wise to steer clear. It could very well be a decent handgun, but Remington has lost me and many others as a result of their drive to squeeze any and all profit out of the market, many times to the detriment of the consumer.

I left them in 1984 and never looked back. I do like those 1600 round buckets and have a more than a few cases socked away for hard times...

WildBill wrote:

Beiruty wrote:It looks like a Rugger American.

I was just about to say the same thing.

Looks like a Ruger American and a Hi Point had a baby.

have you seen that bandana tied to grip?

As someone on another board quipped, they ought to have called it the "Remington Crapshoot". Just wondering if the first batch will have the rear sight installed backwards in honor of the R51.

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One-Hand Operation (Ledge rear sight) so I could start right out carrying it without waiting until Advantage Tactical Sights http://www.advantagetactical.com/ makes the fast sight picture one-handed operation sights for it
Currently I have an XD 15+1 .45 in Stainless ... weighs more

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XD has "drift adjustable" front sight too ... that's a reason I do not like XD, the dovetail is too tight. needs adjusting and my hammer is too light, sight tool too expensive, no gunshops/smiths has the right sight tool for XD around here where I live and it shoots 2" low and 2" to the right fastened to a bench rest so I haven't carried it until I drive 300 miles to get it adjusted right as I don't want to mentally adjust 2'' and 2'' under stress.
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For now I'll still carry my two Glock 26s, but That's one I very well might get after the "new" wears off and any potential recalls/redesigns occur

LOL....I was thinking it DOES look like a Ruger.

More competition is always good, but Remington is jumping into a very competitive arena. If I am in the market for a striker-fired weapon, I have a number of great options with extensive track records to choose from. If I can choose from Glock, M&P, FN, HK, XD, and others who have great service records, what is Remington going to do to get a guy like me to give them a look? I feel like Remington is becoming a "me too" company.

karder wrote:More competition is always good, but Remington is jumping into a very competitive arena. If I am in the market for a striker-fired weapon, I have a number of great options with extensive track records to choose from. If I can choose from Glock, M&P, FN, HK, XD, and others who have great service records, what is Remington going to do to get a guy like me to give them a look? I feel like Remington is becoming a "me too" company.

I haven't revisited my own thread in too long! The others are right......it does look a lot like the Ruger American, except for the machining at the front of the slide. I think that it's not just a "me too" thing with this particular pistol. Remington joined the modern 1911 market after most of the other producers had been in it for a while. They joined the single-stack 9mm pocket pistol market with the R-51 long after other manufacturers had been in it. They joined the AR15 market a fair amount after others. And now they're in the polymer striker-fired pistol market long after others have been in it. There's a lot of ways you can take that.

You could take it as simple caution. You could say that imitation is sincerest form of flattery. You could say that they know a good thing when they see it. You could say that Remington hasn't had an original idea since it came out with the Model 700. Or maybe it's a little of all three. I don't know or care that much. S&W got a lot of flack for "imitating" Glock when they came out with the Sigma, and again with the M&P. Springfield got the same kind of flack when they came out with the XD, and later the XDM. (And Sprinfield's last "original" rifle design was a pre/early-Vietnam War era battle rifle.)

None of that stuff matters to me. What I care about is, does the new gun compete well against the other proven models? For all I know, the RP series pistols are junk.......or they are brilliant. If they're any good, the price is certainly right. I'm already committed to the Glock lineup for practical reasons, but I'd enjoy the opportunity to shoot a RP-9 or RP-45. It has a couple of features that I like to see in a pistol — one is a pronounced beavertail, and the other is a nice low bore axis, both of which ought to help to control recoil and followthrough. OTH, I have no idea of how accurate they might be. But it would be fun to find out.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

karder wrote:More competition is always good, but Remington is jumping into a very competitive arena. If I am in the market for a striker-fired weapon, I have a number of great options with extensive track records to choose from. If I can choose from Glock, M&P, FN, HK, XD, and others who have great service records, what is Remington going to do to get a guy like me to give them a look? I feel like Remington is becoming a "me too" company.

I haven't revisited my own thread in too long! The others are right......it does look a lot like the Ruger American, except for the machining at the front of the slide. I think that it's not just a "me too" thing with this particular pistol. Remington joined the modern 1911 market after most of the other producers had been in it for a while. They joined the single-stack 9mm pocket pistol market with the R-51 long after other manufacturers had been in it. They joined the AR15 market a fair amount after others. And now they're in the polymer striker-fired pistol market long after others have been in it. There's a lot of ways you can take that.

You could take it as simple caution. You could say that imitation is sincerest form of flattery. You could say that they know a good thing when they see it. You could say that Remington hasn't had an original idea since it came out with the Model 700. Or maybe it's a little of all three. I don't know or care that much. S&W got a lot of flack for "imitating" Glock when they came out with the Sigma, and again with the M&P. Springfield got the same kind of flack when they came out with the XD, and later the XDM. (And Sprinfield's last "original" rifle design was a pre/early-Vietnam War era battle rifle.)

None of that stuff matters to me. What I care about is, does the new gun compete well against the other proven models? For all I know, the RP series pistols are junk.......or they are brilliant. If they're any good, the price is certainly right. I'm already committed to the Glock lineup for practical reasons, but I'd enjoy the opportunity to shoot a RP-9 or RP-45. It has a couple of features that I like to see in a pistol — one is a pronounced beavertail, and the other is a nice low bore axis, both of which ought to help to control recoil and followthrough. OTH, I have no idea of how accurate they might be. But it would be fun to find out.

Ruger has done a lot of the same things, and have also taken flak, they were late to the polymer striker fired party, the 1911, as well as the AR party. I don't know anything about the new Remington, nor the Ruger American for that matter, personally, but from a lot of the reviews I have read about the Ruger American, they made some improvements that the majority of the reviewers liked, as well as kept the price in a very reasonable range. Maybe Remington has done the same thing, maybe they are just hoping to jump on the band wagon, and hope the name carries the day. I'll wait until there is more info, before rendering an opinion.