Remington's new 1911 on the cover of Shooting Times

[oldkat69]

Here is a picture. 

[fightingquaker13]

One problem with the Garand is that you can't hunt with it in a lot of states as it holds 8 rouds. Without some kind of plug, you've got a spendy 30.06 that you can't multi task with. Buy an M1-A1 or an AR-10 with a five round mag and you're good to go for all jobs. I doubt I'm alone in saying that this would be an issue (thogh not nesessarily a deal breaker) for me. Still if I'm going to drop close to a grand on a gun, I want versatility.
FQ13 

[Walter45Auto]

....God, how many guns can people carry?...

My personal most at once is FIVE.  Oh, wait.........

[Walter45Auto]

One problem with the Garand is that you can't hunt with it in a lot of states as it holds 8 rouds. Without some kind of plug, you've got a spendy 30.06 that you can't multi task with. Buy an M1-A1 or an AR-10 with a five round mag and you're good to go for all jobs. I doubt I'm alone in saying that this would be an issue (thogh not nesessarily a deal breaker) for me. Still if I'm going to drop close to a grand on a gun, I want versatility.
FQ13  

Actually they do make 5 round and 2 round en-bloc clips for the M1 Garand.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=311304

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=759224

[Solus]

While this post might be thread drift...at least it is drifting it back towards the original topic...

My second pistol was a Colt Mark IV Series 70 Government Model.  My first was a Ruger Blackhawk .357.

Maybe my perceptions of the "goodness" of the 1911 trigger design is inaccurate, but it just seems to me that all triggers should work the same way.  Straight back, no rotation, no changing angles...just the same pull direction.

I know it would not be the cheapest to make, but it sure seems like the best design to me.

Why don't any non-1911 pistols use this design? 

Is it that the difference is negligible?  I've felt superb trigger pulls of both 1911 and pivoting design.

Thanks

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[billt]

I've said it before and I'll say it again,"Will someone PLEASE come up with something new"?  Remington has all the money in the world to pay an R@D team to be the next John Moses Browning and change the world.   FQ13

Actually, it's quite the opposite. Remington was all but bankrupt when Cerberus Capital Management bought them, and in the process rescued them from what was to be guaranteed financial ruin. The fact is without Cerberus, it is doubtful Remington Arms would even exist today. Their financial track record was dismal at best, bankrupt-able in fact. Poor management, along with several multi million dollar lawsuits they lost due to their Walker Fire Control System would have put plywood over the windows long ago. Bill T.

[capbyrd]

I don't know if it was entirely "new". I think they were made from older parts, and some newly manufactured ones. They are selling the M-1A's like crazy. I don't know why they don't come out with a completely new Garand. It would sell like hotcakes! These are the kind of guns we need and want. Not cheap plastic pocket pistols and revolvers. God, how many guns can people carry?  Bill T.

Bill, you and I are on the same page here.  I just took delivery of a CMP Service grade Garand. 



I also have a Springer 1911 loaded.  I plan on selling the loaded and stepping back down to a Milspec or GI.  Also in my sights are an M1 Carbine, M1A/M14, and an M1903.  I prefer the classics and would like to see more people making them.  And I want to see reproductions and not modernized versions with plastic everywhere. 

As for the Remington, its nice and all but is very reminiscent of a Springer Mil-Spec that is priced 100 dollars less. 

[ericire12]

[Timothy]

Who uses a bushing wrench anymore?

Not bad looking, looks as though they took some time to clean all the really sharp edges that can remain on a GI 1911 of affordable pricing.

[billt]

Who uses a bushing wrench anymore?

Kimber supplies you with one as well with all of their new 1911's. Better to have than not have. It's nice they're made out of polymer and not steel. They can't turn a burr, or damage the finish. Very nice gun ericire! Bill T.