Remington .380 Pistol

The new .380 pistol offering from Remington, has the issues been corrected ?

Issues? Please enlighten me.

I may be wrong, but I don't think there were any major issues with the .380. It was the 9mm that was an absolute disaster.

Pisgah said:

I may be wrong, but I don't think there were any major issues with the .380. It was the 9mm that was an absolute disaster.

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Pisgah,
You are correct. The R51 Gen I was totally messed up.
They were all recalled.
The gen II is much better. I have not heard much about the
Remington RM380. There are some good reviews on Google.
QweekStraw

I sure like my RM380...

Remington 380

Purchased one about 9 months ago.
No problems. Couple hundred rounds of target, and self defense ammo through it, no malfunctions.

QweekStraw said:

Pisgah,
You are correct. The R51 Gen I was totally messed up.
They were all recalled.
The gen II is much better. I have not heard much about the
Remington RM380. There are some good reviews on Google.
QweekStraw

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You are corect. The R51 needed fixes after introduction.

The 380 got and still gets great reviews in all aspects of performance.

Between my better half and myself, we have two. Each was rung out with 200+ rounds of hardball and several magazines of HPs before being cleared for carry. I carried the first for well over a year, running a box or two through it about monthly until she confiscated it about a year ago. Still running strong. I picked up another to replace it a few months ago. I am aware of no issues. As to performance here is a shot of the 2nd hundred rounds through the more recent addition at 7 yards. It is capable of better. I was nursing a serious blister on my trigger finger at that point. Probably should have done multiple sessions.

Buford57 said:

Between my better half and myself, we have two. Each was rung out with 200+ rounds of hardball and several magazines of HPs before being cleared for carry. I carried the first for well over a year, running a box or two through it about monthly until she confiscated it about a year ago. Still running strong. I picked up another to replace it a few months ago. I am aware of no issues. As to performance here is a shot of the 2nd hundred rounds through the more recent addition at 7 yards. It is capable of better. I was nursing a serious blister on my trigger finger at that point. Probably should have done multiple sessions.

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Good post. It is influencing me.

Recently I posted what turned into a long thread about my reason for adopting 22LR as edc due to arthritis in my hands and the recoil of my 9mm.

I read about the RM380 and noticed that the recoils was described as practically none. That was due to the locked breach design and the added weight from the aluminum lower rather than polymer.

So I rented on at my range and tried it out with 40 rounds of fmj. I was amazed at how light the recoil was. 40 rounds from my 9mm would get my arthritis stirred up. With the RM380 no problem at all. I have extended my research into the gun over the past few days. I can't find any complaints about the gun. It is priced exceptionally well. It is made in the USA, and I like that. It has a long but smooth trigger pull and is DAO so the likely hood of an accidental discharge is highly reduced. Good for pocket carry which is my goal. Pretty sure I will own one with a day or too,

I almost bought one about a month ago. I couldn't see eye-to-eye with the seller on price. He originally quoted a price which I thought was reasonable, then he quickly backed out and wanted $50 more. I walked away. I have a friend who has one, and I have fired about 100 rounds through it, it worked fine. Disassembly is a little difficult.

It is amazingly similar to the original Remington Model 51. I have several of those. Probably the best of the early 20th century U. S. pocket pistols.

Lotsa good info in this thread - I have been on the lookout for either a 3rd Gen Pico or the RM380 discussed here. None of the small-medium stores around here carry either of them. I hadn't thought about renting one to try it out and sure enough (I called) a range about 20 mins up the road has one to rent. One question though - and I don't think this has been mentioned above - how is the slide racking effort? I sold my otherwise-pretty-nice Kahr CW380 because it took gorilla arms to rack the dang thing ...

DWalt said:

I almost bought one about a month ago. I couldn't see eye-to-eye with the seller on price. He originally quoted a price which I thought was reasonable, then he quickly backed out and wanted $50 more. I walked away. I have a friend who has one, and I have fired about 100 rounds through it, it worked fine. Disassembly is a little difficult.

It is amazingly similar to the original Remington Model 51. I have several of those. Probably the best of the early 20th century U. S. pocket pistols.

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In researching the gun I found the takedown be quite simple simple with one glitch. The gun was designed to be simple to takedown with the least amount of steps and without any kind of tool. The concept is sound, but it makes the execution a bit tricky. Here is the scoop.

Step one of the takedown is to align a hole in the slide with a hole in the lower. Once aligned the gun can be tipped onto it side and the takedown pin drops out. After that the slide, barrel and recoil spring and rod come right out in seconds. Hold the slide in place by placing trigger. Finger in the trigger guard and thumb on the front of the slide then push nad with the thumb until the holes line up. If your hand strength is good enough to not slip then you can save paper clips.

Another great feature of the gun is how easy it is to rack it. I have a left hand devoid of reasonable strength, and I can rack it easily.

The tricky thing is holding the slide in alignment when turning the gun to it side. If the alignment gets off a bit the pin will not drop out. Solution is a tool we all have, a paper clip. Align the holes and do not tip the gun to its side. Just take bent paper clip and insert it on the opposite side into the access hole. That will push the pin right out with no problem. The designed method works but is tricky. The paper clip trick is trouble free.

It is amazing what patience will lead to when looking for solutions on YouTube.

He k I just talked myself into buying the gun. Headed over to my LGS right now to pick one up.

GeoJelly said:

Lotsa good info in this thread - I have been on the lookout for either a 3rd Gen Pico or the RM380 discussed here. None of the small-medium stores around here carry either of them. I hadn't thought about renting one to try it out and sure enough (I called) a range about 20 mins up the road has one to rent. One question though - and I don't think this has been mentioned above - how is the slide racking effort? I sold my otherwise-pretty-nice Kahr CW380 because it took gorilla arms to rack the dang thing ...

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It is a breeze to rack. The advanced arthritis in the thumb joints of my left hand has made my grip weak. I could not rack the CW380 and just barely rack the Glock 42. I can rack the RM 380 without a problem in spite of the left hand weakness.

Arthritis was my wife's motivation also. She has no problem with the Remington.

GeoJelly said:

Lotsa good info in this thread - I have been on the lookout for either a 3rd Gen Pico or the RM380 discussed here. None of the small-medium stores around here carry either of them. I hadn't thought about renting one to try it out and sure enough (I called) a range about 20 mins up the road has one to rent. One question though - and I don't think this has been mentioned above - how is the slide racking effort? I sold my otherwise-pretty-nice Kahr CW380 because it took gorilla arms to rack the dang thing ...

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I bought my most recent one at a Rural King farm supply store.

Read a few reviews and the above comments seem to validate those reviews. I like the fact of the metal frame and size of the pistol. Don't know if they will be available in my state though.

As I wrote in Post #12 above, I talked myself into buying a RM380. I bought it this evening and have been getting familiar with it for the past few hours. I liked it before I bought it and I like even more after buying it.

I had not realized it until I broke it down to clean and oil it, but the rails on which the slide rides are the full length of the lower. That is unlike compact and pocket polymer pistols which have a couple of short rails in the front and rear of the slide embedded into the polymer lower. That is a plus because the wear and tear on the rails is reduced,and the tolerances are better maintained over time. I wondered how the rails of my 22 Compact would hold up over time since they were so much smaller than the length of slide traveling over them. Not a giant concern and the 22 compact is an excellent gun so I will be keeping it.

The trigger on the 380 is long but exceptionally smooth. It takes a bit of dry fire practice to get the feel of it, but I have no problem with it. After a few minutes of dry fire I could easily feel the break point. The reset is long, but I can deal with that because if I have to shoot the gun in self defense the almost absence of recoil will not make the reset space a problem.

The sightsnm are fixed and machined into them the slide. You are are not going to adjust them and they are not going to move accidentally. I bought a 380 bore sight lasermwith the gun. i chambered it and checked it against the sight picture at 20 feet. Dead on!

Nothing protrudes on the gun to make it snag on a pocket holster. I bought an Uncle Mikes size 3 pocket holster for it, and it fits comfortably in my front or back pocket. I bought a winner.

I feel a bit guilty praising a Remington 380 on a S&W forum, but after reading about all the pronlems people have had with the Bodyguard I knew it was not for me. I have found my new EDC.

I feel a bit guilty praising a Remington 380 on a S&W forum, but after reading about all the problems people have had with the Bodyguard I knew it was not for me.

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Same here - but, sorry to say, S&W did not do a good job with the Bodyguard .380. I had one for over a year and just could not hit anything because of the awful trigger. Hopefully, they fix the 2.0 if it ever comes to fruition!

I bought an RM380 from Bud's a couple of months ago for $218. The $50 cash rebate brings that down to $168.
While a bit larger than my LCP, it's a really nicely made gun. Haven't shot it yet though. Can't hardly beat that price.