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Originally posted by Bawanna
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Finally got around to a photo session with the new Remington's. My son got me the R1 for Christmas and he got himself the R1 enhanced.
I already hung some zebra wood on mine but I'll do something else for it one of these days.
The stock grips aren't bad but a bit smooth. I could easily recut the checkering but I tend to like to leave original stuff original. I'll leave them in the box for posterity. The enhanced has some nice G10 or Micarta, nice agressive texture and pretty well done.
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Enhanced came with 2 8 round mags with a plastic base plate and plastic follower, the R1 came with 2 7 rounders with no base plate and a metal follower. Mine will most likely never see anything but Wilson's anyhow.
I was kind of wishing for the stainless version but the blue is actually growing on me rapidly. I like it alot. The trigger on my R1 is better to me than the enhanced although I suspect it will improve with use. The enhanced has a long trigger and the R1 has a short. I'm used to a long so getting accustomed to the short. Again, not bad, just different. I just cleaned and oiled them both so one of these days we're ready for a range visit.
They both have a little firing pin plunger lever that seems a bit hokey but I haven't sorted that out yet. Don't seem like a big deal just different.
I already hung some zebra wood on mine but I'll do something else for it one of these days.
The stock grips aren't bad but a bit smooth. I could easily recut the checkering but I tend to like to leave original stuff original. I'll leave them in the box for posterity. The enhanced has some nice G10 or Micarta, nice agressive texture and pretty well done.
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Enhanced came with 2 8 round mags with a plastic base plate and plastic follower, the R1 came with 2 7 rounders with no base plate and a metal follower. Mine will most likely never see anything but Wilson's anyhow.
I was kind of wishing for the stainless version but the blue is actually growing on me rapidly. I like it alot. The trigger on my R1 is better to me than the enhanced although I suspect it will improve with use. The enhanced has a long trigger and the R1 has a short. I'm used to a long so getting accustomed to the short. Again, not bad, just different. I just cleaned and oiled them both so one of these days we're ready for a range visit.
They both have a little firing pin plunger lever that seems a bit hokey but I haven't sorted that out yet. Don't seem like a big deal just different.
I think your grips look excellent on it. The Remington Series 80 stuff is interchangeable with Colt Series 80 parts, but I can't tell much difference between the two. I look forward to reading your range report.
I finally got around to parkerizing a Colt 1991 that I found at a local pawn shop. I like how it came out enough that I did my OACP as welll. I have a 1991 compact top end for the OACP so I did that too. The 1991 Colts can be found at very reasonable prices and are well worth the money.
Regards,
Greg
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