The hack referenced Glock in his article, or did you miss that? It is always funny to see your panties get in a bunch whenever the Glock is not referenced as the "Hand of God". You appear to have issues that come to light every-time a firearm is discussed, and when reference to Glock or comparison you have a hissy fit.
You were ready to dump on the Remington out of the gate, but God forbid bringing the flaws of the new 42 to light.
What is it you think I care about with the 42? If it sucks, it sucks. Why should that bother me and why should that matter in reference to the Remington R51?
Actually, Solus mentioned manufacturers in what is nothing more than a valid attempt to say that perhaps the person mentioning unfavorable reviews might be an employee of a competitor. That was a valid statement. Then you took that, as you often do, as some kind of cue to go off on your one man crusade.
I'm really not sure what you have in your bonnet about Glock. It's so bad you have to bring them up in every thread. I don't really care that much about the company. And I still fail to see what reviewing the Glock 42 has to do with the Remingtion R51. Are you implying that if that 42 sucks then the R51 is perfection incarnate? Somehow that doesn't make sense to me.
If a gun has flaws, it has flaws. I don't care what the brand name is on the slide (or frame or any other location). I'm not a rollmark snob like some people ... (hint hint). "out of the gate" as you put it, the R51 has issues. It started at SHOT when they didn't allow any of the media to test fire it. It was mentioned many times in several reviews that there were issues with it locking properly when handled on the show floor. Then the first detailed review available mentioned a few more flaws. I like it when the reviews find flaws. That means the maker (remington, not Glock in case you forgot) has feedback and can address them. The biggest to me is that it possible to reassemble the gun in a manner that it will pass a simple function check and yet be assembled incorrectly. That's a major issue that could probably be manifest by an inexperienced shooter. This is an entry level positioned gun, I suspect that many inexperienced and first time buyers will choose this gun. That's something Remington needs to deal with. But no, the Glock 42 sucks so that means R51 is perfection right wolf?
Get it through your head, I don't care about the 42. I've played with one, I'm not impressed. It would have been better in 9mm, but then it has to compete with the Shield which by all accounts has one of the best triggers on the market. And again, I really fail to see what ANY of that has to do with the R51?