I was feeling pretty good about the $499 price tag on my recently purchased R1 1911 untill I got an email flyer this morning announcing that Remington is offering a $100 rebate on the R1 for the next six weeks starting today....
A day late and a dollar short......I'm telling ya...that's my life's story...

Anyway.....for anyone interested in a solid mil-spec 1911, Grab-A-Gun has the R1 on sale for $499 ($399 after rebate)+ $7 shipping.
That's a lot of gun for four hundred bucks.

PS.....if you buy one please don't rub it in....

Thank You !!!

call Remington they may still give you the rebate

FieldGrade: I have been THERE and done that on rebates and etc!
I hope you can finagle a "re-do" on that rebate.
For $399.00 that pistol is a great buy.
Thanks for the heads up.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

LOL, like me buying 1K t-posts from Atwoods Farm and Ranch then driving by a week later to see em a dollar off.

Seems only fair.

Damn. A thousand bucks down the drain.

I probably bought em for about that price because of the bulk purchase, but, still would have liked to have had a little bargaining wiggle room.

I called Remington.....no way Jose.....:(

I didn't expect they would but it was worth a shot.

That sucks.

Buy one at $399, then average, $450 each! It sucks when this happens.

Is the R1 a decent pistol?

Yes.....I read at least a hundred reviews and couldn't find one single complaint.
And that wasn't just gun writers touting their sponsors wares.
Here's a link to a thread I started before I bought mine with some good info and links posted by members here.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...012529/re-remington-r1-1911#Post12012529

Rebate does not appear on the Remington website. Do I have to sigh up for their updates/newsletter?

I'm not sure. Here's the link that Grabagun sent me.

http://grabagun.com/rebates

Thanks. Went back to the Remington site and the details do appear if you click on Rebates and Promotions, "download complete details"

Starts today apparently.

I coulda swore I said that in my OP......

Sure looks like it. I had to look hard enough to find the rebate on the Remington site that the start date surprised me. Sorry you missed that deal.

Wait...are you saying that I should actually read a post before responding to it...??

You're talking gibberish, man! Gibberish!

Awright, awright. I READ the post. It just was slow percolating into my under-coffeed brain.

I should have written May 15 start, July 30 end date.

Great deal and I keep going back for a 2nd look, especially since I have never owned a 1911. However, unlike the reviews that you read I did not have any trouble reading negative reviews .

Well....FWIW......Mine runs perfectly and no problems with the magazines with ball or hp ammo.
That's just a sample of one though sooooo.

Get the last laugh.

Return the $499 one, and then buy a $399 one.

F'k em.

Return a gun for no good reason......clearly you've never bought a gun on-line.

It's not a faulty gun and it dam sure isn't the vendors fault...just poor timing.

Besides....Grabagun gave me excellent friendly service at a great price....why would I want to see them get stuck with a used gun they have to try and resell?