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Post by Junior on Dec 4, 2015 21:45:13 GMT -7
I have more then had it with this stupid R1. Everytime I think I start to get close, something else breaks. Now the stupid firing pin stop (its a series 80 style) is messed up, and the fring pin will go past it, and then not return because it gets blocked from the other side, and this locks up the whole gun. Gonna sell it, cut my losses and start saving for the Ruger I wanted in the first place, and will probably never buy another new Remington again.
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 5, 2015 7:35:20 GMT -7
Hard lessons are not soon forgotten!
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Post by Junior on Dec 5, 2015 12:19:05 GMT -7
I ended up fixing it again. The firing pin stop plate was too loose and was falling down when the firing pin went past it (which also leads me to believe the firing pin may be a bit on the short side). Anyway, I installed a different plate and all is good now. I also put in a new plunger, and may swap the firing pin at some point. Nice having a local 1911 collected who I can get parts from.
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Post by Junior on Dec 6, 2015 20:42:45 GMT -7
Just got done giving the gun a total work over. I figured the only way I am going to stop having problems with this gun is to rebuild it as if it was a old army one. It sucks that i had to to that to a gun less then 3 months old, but it had to be done. So, I got brave and took the gun down all the way. HOLY COW it was terrible inside. When I pulled the MSH and grip safety off, shavings fell out. the trigger was so tight I broke a pencil trying to push it out. All the milling inside had metal pushed off the end and left in attached to the frame. Grip safety was way too loose, so I put heaver springs in the whole gun, and stoned every piece to a perfect match to the next piece that it touches. The barrel was not even close to fitting into the barrel bed, and once the link was fixed so that it did, the barrel was 1/8 of a inch back from the frame ramp. So i had to reramp it (that was a pain). There was not one piece I did not have to work on. Also tightened up the barrel bushing. Did't get a change to try it on paper, but I ran out to the range and put 100 rounds through it, with only 1 FTF which I blame on my reloads since I don't have a crimp die. Gonna try to put a couple more hundred though it next weekend, but so far it is way smoother. Hopefully it will work out this time. If it screws up again, I'm gonna replace all internals with wilson.
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Post by cz93x62 on Dec 9, 2015 16:02:17 GMT -7
Years ago, I had a crummy 1911A1 clone, made by Auto-Ordnance. Like you, I had to re-fit and replace parts all through the thing.......and I never got it running to the point of "trusting" it. A friend was retiring, and got accepted into the gunsmithing program at Lassen Community College, so I gave it to him as a project piece. The receiver and slide bodies are OEM, but thoroughly re-done.......internals are almost entirely replaced. When he finished, it was and is a nice carry gun--but it had to be ENTIRELY rebuilt and reworked--to include metallurgy upgrades. You definitely get what you pay for.
The several Ruger 1911A1s and Commanders I've seen and fired seem to be "all that and a bag of chips". One thing for certain--Ruger warrantees are darn-sure bullet-proof.
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Post by Junior on Dec 9, 2015 16:44:25 GMT -7
I had been saving for the Ruger but got this one to save money. I had thought Remington would be decent but I was wrong.
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Post by missionary on Dec 23, 2015 18:09:16 GMT -7
Greetings
Having read this I sure will not be looking at one when we get north again. Have had a Remington Rand for years and was thinking maybe the R1 would be fun to have... Thank you for this warning.
Mike in Peru
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Post by Junior on Dec 23, 2015 19:01:16 GMT -7
I had the first trouble free day at the range over the weekend, and I fired over 200 rounds with no problems. On the same hand, I did have a lot of problems with it out of the box.
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Post by Junior on Dec 24, 2015 13:37:14 GMT -7
On a side note Mike, the Remington Rand was not manufactured by Remington arms, but rather by the sewing machine company.
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Post by missionary on Dec 24, 2015 18:16:07 GMT -7
Greetings
On the Remington Rand went back to Wiki pedia to reread some history. Remington Arms manufactured the first typewriter back in the 1880's. That outfit Remington Typewriter continued on as a subsidy till about 1927 when it merged with another typewriter outfit and became known as Remington Rand making near 1.5 million 1911A1's during WW2.
The sewing machine company was Singer who made only 500 units few of which were deployed if any were.
Mike in Peru
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Post by Junior on Dec 24, 2015 21:48:41 GMT -7
Ah. I did not know that they were involved with Remington arms. I did know about the singers, and they fetch quite a pretty penny when they can be found. I have seen one in person.
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