A common theme in most if not all the reviews of the Remington I found was about how hard it was to take down and field strip the gun. Maybe I'm just lucky or Remington has been making subtle changes over time but with this one I have found it actually does just what they claim, allow a tool less take down. I simply hold the frame left side down, slowly, very slowly pull the slide back until I see the end of the retaining pin, a slight shake and the pin does fall out. But I'll admit that initially I was thoroughly frustrated. Now that I seem to have learned how to hold my tongue it has become a piece of cake. The Beretta Pico is as easy to take down and the Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard 380 very close and I will admit both are slightly easier to reassemble.


All four handguns have been reliable although each did have one or two issues during the first 50 rounds. Since then there have been no failures to load, fire or eject with any of the ammo I’ve tried. The general practice routine with all my small handguns, snubbies and the little 380s includes one hand strong and weak side, two hand, point shooting working from waist height up to eye level and from at my body to arms extended as well as moving forwards and backwards and side to side. In those drills all four have been adequate but the trigger on the LCP with its double reset has led to several instances of my pulling the trigger after hearing or feeling that first reset only to have nothing happen. The fact that the Pico and the RM380 have the ambidextrous magazine releases as standard has helped when practicing the weak hand drills. The BG380 and LCP can be managed but it requires different muscle memory and a slight hesitation during the mental transition.



