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February 24, 2014, 07:00 AM | #126 | |
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One of the first things I do when a buy a new gun is to disassemble, clean, and lube it. I also want to know how it works. The R51 will be no different, and honestly it looks pretty easy to manage compared to, say, a 1911. |
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So far nothing has lessened my interest in the R51. After following this discussion, I might be even more interested than ever.
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If the lug on the slide lock is assembled incorrectly above the return spring, there would be nothing to prevent the slide lock from moving upward. In that case, the slide lock might bounce upward during recoil, locking the slide open on a sporadic and inconsistent basis. Of course, this explanation assumes that an incorrectly assembled slide lock would not be positioned so high that it would always lock the slide open. |
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February 24, 2014, 10:37 AM | #130 |
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A simple function check after reassembly would make the problem apparent, however. I still don't see how a problem could arise spontaneously after firing some number of rounds.
Watch the video by Mann, it is obvious how one can tell if they got it right. |
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Sparks, That is sure right, just watch Richard Mann's posts & video on ramworks.net & you will never watch Nick Leghorn on TTAG again. Leghorn sure screwed it up.
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The potential would inherently exist with incorrect assembly, but would only occur haphazardly. Without the return spring to hold it down, the slide lock could potentially move up at any time, but it would only be by chance that recoil would actually move the slide lock up to lock the slide back on any given firing cycle. |
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February 24, 2014, 01:47 PM | #134 |
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The R51 has the same issue for me as the Kahr polymer pistols...that darn little exposed spring. It appears, from what I'm seeing, that the two pistols use a small spring to hold the slide stop down and if incorrectly assembled can cause function issues. I know in the Kahr it DOES cause issues with assembly, and the spring can be bent or become "untuned" rather easily and cause permanent function issues even if correctly assembled until the spring is replaced.
If I had to go by prior experience with Kahrs I have owned, this feature is the negative point in the R51. |
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Either way, nothing changes the fact that this guy was full of it. He deliberately mishandled the pistol in order to get slide bite, and the video makes that painfully obvious. He's a liar, plain and simple. I've shot enough similar low-bore-axis designs to know how one of these guns should fit in your hand, and he very deliberately screwed it up.
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Why? Because he wanted something to complain about. There's simply no way that pistol could give you slide bite if you shoot it properly.
As for the reassembly issue, it's a unique problem: most assembly issues will show up immediately in a function test. However, this reassembly issue can result in parts shifting after reassembly, so that while it passes all initial function tests it will fail at an undetermined point later. |
February 24, 2014, 06:45 PM | #139 |
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I just watched the video. It looks like a guy with big hands shooting a smallish gun, not mishandling.
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February 24, 2014, 08:02 PM | #142 |
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Ahh, now I understand what you are talking about. Have you had one in your hands? You seem to know a lot about it. Or is it all conjecture?
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Can't you just lift the slide catch with your thumb while pulling the slide back to check for tension? Yes, if the slide release was an internal design (like older Euro guns) this issue wouldn't raise its head unless during recoil recovery or if you racked the gun upside down.
If there's anything to complain about, it's that you have to wrap your hand around the slide while its under (low, but still significant) spring tension to slide the pin out; there's no manual safety hook to hold the slide for you during the maneuver like on a 1911 or Hi Power. That's a manual of arms 'deficiency' I can call legit; the gun not working because your function check sucks is not . At least there's no way Jet Li will rip the slide off your gun when you draw down on him (he'll just feed you the gun, instead ). Which raises another point; I'd like to see just how much A) muzzle force, and B) distance is required to push the gun out of battery and disable it. Just like most recoil designs, muzzle contact can knock them out of battery and keep them from firing, but I'm curious how the combination of large slide face, light return spring, fixed barrel, and hesitation lock combine to affect reliability in such an unfortunate scenario. Taking up much of the slide's 'running start' with a .1" or so initial slide travel would probably not disable the trigger, but it would remove the source of momentum needed to cycle the gun (I guess that's better than it not firing at all, though ) TCB
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February 25, 2014, 09:27 AM | #145 | |
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Watching him shoot that gun got me wondering whether he should have been using a one-handed grip rather than trying to shoot it two-handed. When I practice with my LC9, I mostly practice shooting it one handed. It's a small gun and trying to use a two handed grip doesn't seem to make much sense. If I ever had to actually use my LC9, the distance would be short, and I doubt I'd have time to use a two handed grip anyway. Perhaps these smaller guns are meant to be shot one handed. |
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Well, the author gives the various summary ratings for his categories as
4 4 1 1 4 1 Which averages 2.5, yet his overall rating is 2.0..... Now, even if he has to round up or down, he should have rounded up to 3, given that the last category of customization (lack of holsters, etc.), is of course going to be non-existent before something is released. In fact, that's such a bogus idea, that the category should be eliminated completely at this point.... His own remaining ratings of 4, 4, 1, 1, 4 - those average 2.8 out of 5. Or 3 out of 5, to round up. That's just math, before getting into criticisms of the base ratings.... How can the reliability be 4, not 5, if it "runs perfectly every time"? Yeah, I get that he's docking it 1 star for the possibility of putting it together wrong, but that's a double whammy, because it already took a hit of one star for that maintenance issue. So either make this one a 5, or round up the other to two (at least). Then, you've got the other perhaps unduly-low rating of "Ergonomic Firing" - yeah it jumps in the hand, says him, but also says him: "The R51′s low bore axis and lighter slide did indeed reduce felt recoil and allowed me to get on target quickly". Now if that's the case, how can it possible get a 1 out of 5 on "ergonomic firing" - it's got to be at least a 2 or 3. Let's call it 2.5. So if we eliminate the bogus sixth category of "customizations" which are always non-existent on a new gun, raise the reliability to 5, and raise the ergonomic firing to 2.5, we get a fairer average of 3.3 out of 5, not 2.0. (4 + 4 + 1 + 2.5 + 5) / 5 = 3.3. That's a fairer rating to be derived from his own statements about the gun and eliminating the bogus category. I think he may have an agenda for a competitor. |
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February 25, 2014, 01:57 PM | #148 |
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Ugly gun. And i own a glock. Lol
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February 25, 2014, 04:48 PM | #149 |
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Just goes to show the truth of the old saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
I think it looks really cool, and even pretty |
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