Remington’s presser calls their company “America’s most trusted gunmaker.” We can certainly trust Remington to make hay while the 1911 sun shines. This they do with the Remington R1 Carry, a 1911 “perfectly configured for practical competition or personal protection.” In other words, it’s a de-horned full-size R1, which makes the pistol “easier to carry and holster without the worry of the edges catching or grabbing.” Roger that. The R1 Carry sports a “satin-black oxide finish; beavertail grip safety with 25 LPI checkered memory bump; ambidextrous safety; front strap and mainspring housing checkered at 25 LPI; Novak® Sights with Tritium front sight; and cocobola grip panels.” Remington ships the gun in a custom carry case with one seven-round and one eight-round magazine. MSRP $1,299.
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I’ve owned a bunch of 1911s. My go-to gun when competing is my R1 Enhanced. Most accurate gun I’ve owned.
My SR1911 Ruger with a two-piece FLGR is getting there. Just waiting on green fiber optic front sight from the Ruger Store to see if it can match my R1 Enhanced in accuracy.
What’s the main difference between the R1 Carry and the R1 Enhanced? I don’t see too many updates that truly justify a $400 price tag jump between the two. But, who knows, I COULD be wrong. Outside of sights and the dehorned frame, what else is there that’s different? I can only assume the innards will be 99% similar to the other. But, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong – it’s actually why I’m here!
Seems a bit highly priced for a 1911, but I took a Remington 1911 R1 for a spin. Spent some quality time with it. The trigger’s not quite as good as a Sig Sauer 1911, no, but it’s still pretty good. It should probably be just a bit south of $700, price-wise. But the R1’s are pretty tight and do shoot well.
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I have the R1 Stainless and it is a terrific pistol. I’ve owned Ruger SR1911’s both 4.25 & 5″ versions, H&K, Springfield, Sig’s and currently a Kimber Pro Carry II. The Remington is as accurate as any of these. My Remington is beautifully built and the trigger is exceptional. Maybe I’m lucky and got an outstanding example,
but I’ve been impressed enough to sell the Kimber and order the plane Commander version of the Remington.
First let me say that my safe has 4 other 1911s in it—-one from STI (a Trojan with the best trigger I have ever pulled), a Kimber Pro Raptor (bought from an in-law with a gambling problem so he would not snuff it), a Dan Wesson that I keep meaning to sell and a Colt GI issue that my grandfather gave me in 1976 that kept him alive in WWII. I also have S&W PC .357, Sig 229, Beretta PX-4 in 9mm (great pistol), Glock 30, Tanfoglio 10mm ( like any Italian beauty it performs perfectly as long as you are careful what you feed it) , an SCCY 9mm and Ruger Super Alaskan in 454 that I call the Beastmaster. I bought the R1 Commaner Carry about a week ago and have put 200 rounds through it and I will tell you that is is one of the best firearms I have ever shot—not flashy in any way but slide to frame fir and overall build quality is superb. For a 4″ gun it will produce 2 inch groups at 10 yards (as long as am serfectly pober) and has outstanding recoil suppression for double taps. I bout this gun at Academy Sports for $869.00 and got a $75.00 rebate from Remington —-best value for the quality ever—–this is an American Classic.
I purchased the R1 Commander Carry at Academy sports just before Thanksgiving of 2015 for $519.88. Their original price on the gun was $1149. I watched them mark the price down for about 9 months and they had it marked at $719.99 in early November. I walked in one Saturday morning & they had marked it down to $519 and Remington had doubled the rebate to $150 through November 30th. They had two and I bought both of them. I shoot one & keep the other one unfired & will give them to my sons some day. Superb fit & finish, great shooting 1911 & probably the best firearm purchase I ever made.
I have been shooting 1911’s for 50+years. Carry daily for 43. I carry a Glock, 1 or 3 9’s I own, “strictly for the capacity”, I don’t want to have to reload, especially if wounded. I have had 3 occasions when this was necessary. I included that only to help in your decision making, I prefer a 1911, but not for daily carry, 7 ot 8 rounds go by fast, especially when 2 or more perps are running and shooting. Figure half are outright misses, “Fact”. so Yes the 1911 is a great gun for HD with an extended mag, and a ligh with night sights or a laser, and the R! shoots as well as any of them do. I shot one after not having a 1911 in my hands for several years, and at 50 feet, I had a 3 inch group, offhand firing about 1 shot per second.
Unless you are a pro, it won’t matter once you reach a certain level of firearm ability, they all shoot better than the person doing the shooting.
Latham can pick up a 50 dollar rusty Jennings and shoot it like Jessie James. Most of us can’t, and the misconception that more money equals better performance is why gun companies are in business. It used to be a man had 1, maybe 2 Handguns for everything, his entire life. Now guys buy a new gun every month because they buy into the Marketing nonsense.
Chances are you don’t need a new gun, just a little more practice, till you can hit the bulls eye from 25 yards 10 times in 10-20 seconds. That’s what it will take to stay alive in a gunfight, otherwise invest in Body Armor, your money will be better spent.
Don’t take this wrong, anyone should buy as many guns as they want, as long as they aren’t doing it because they think the new one is going to make them shoot better.
Different guns have different uses, hunting, 3 gun etc, but one 1911 iss pretty much like another unless it’s problematic, or is really different like a Wilson or Custom made gun compared to a 400 dollar clunker. But Kimbers, Springers and Colts are all pretty much the same.