Gun Review: Remington RM380

By Dan Zimmerman

The gun for this review was provided by the Kentucky Gun Company.

In 2014, Remington Outdoor purchased Rohrbaugh Firearms. Considering Remington’s stewardship of other assimilated brands, devotees of Rohrbaugh’s fabulously expensive, finely-crafted pocket pistols were apprehensive. Remington soon realized their worst fears, consigning the Long Island gun brand to the dust heap of history, but not before going full Borg. Remington previewed a new carry gun at the 2015 NRA meeting: the RM380. It was basically the Rohrbaugh R9 – Shooting Illustrated’s “Handgun of the Year” for 2005 – made new. Good idea? Bad idea? Read on . . .

Remington ships the all-metal RM380 with two six-round magazines, one flush and one with a pinky extension.

There’s no mistaking the RM380’s DNA. The photo above shows the RM380 spooning with a Rohrbaugh R9. Other than a little bling, they’re identical. Well, almost. As you’d expect, in their quest to convert an almost $1200 niche market pocket pistol into a competitively priced, mass-marketable self-defense gun, Remmy’s altered a few things, mostly for the better.

Remington replaced Rohrbaugh’s Eurotrash-style heel-mounted magazine release with a good ol’ …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns