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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R9 (all variations) => Topic started by: WLC on April 09, 2009, 11:58:22 PM

Title: special forces
Post by: WLC on April 09, 2009, 11:58:22 PM

Ordered Feb 6 and arrived to my dealer march 31. I picked it up on april third which was my 51 birthday. The black on black on black is very cool. So far its digested all loads without problems of any kind. I saw the pictures posted on this forum after the shot show and called rohrbaugh and placed an order via my local dealer(they had never heard of a Rhrbaugh). On a little fishing trip at present but will post pictures soon. As a side note does anyone else have one on order. When mine came in so quick I thought they sent me the shot show gun but the serial numbers were not the same. I think it showed great restraint on my part to wait until my birthday to pick my black pup up. Thanks for a great forum and I will post pics etc in the next few days

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: CaptBW on April 10, 2009, 12:11:53 AM

Happy, happy.

Welcome aboard.

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: yankee2500 on April 10, 2009, 12:26:11 AM

Welcome to the forum and congrats on a great B-day gift, I did the same thing in Feb. on my 60th, but got the R9s.

John

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: kjtrains on April 10, 2009, 11:30:40 AM

Welcome to the Forum WLC.  That's a great birthday present!!
Sounds like you're already enjoying this fine work of art!   ::)  ::)

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: theirishguard on April 10, 2009, 12:37:36 PM

WLC, welcome to the forum and happy birthday, congrats also on your SF.  Tom

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: Richard S on April 10, 2009, 07:05:11 PM

WLC:

Welcome to the Forum, Happy Birthday, congratulations on selecting the R9, and good fishing!

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: DanR9SF on April 10, 2009, 07:31:22 PM

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As a side note does anyone else have one on order. When mine came in so quick I thought they sent me the shot show gun but the serial numbers were not the same.

Yes, I ordered one from Tom early March and it arrived today.  I'll be picking it up tomorrow morning (24 hours of restraint max).  Enjoy your new SF.  I'm hoping it fits my hand (XXXL), if not it'll unfortunately be up for sale.      

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: theirishguard on April 10, 2009, 08:51:53 PM

Dan, oh no tell me it's not soooo. I think you will love it. good shooting.  Thanks very much for your business.  Tom

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: jwc on April 16, 2009, 11:13:08 AM

I went out 2 days ago to find an R9S and stumbled on the SF...  I couldn't resist.  It is a wonderful little gun!

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: Richard S on April 16, 2009, 11:34:07 AM

jwc:

Welcome to the Forum, and congratulations on selecting the R9. Please keep us informed.

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: theirishguard on April 16, 2009, 12:05:36 PM

jwc, welcome to the forum, congrats on getting a SF.  Tom

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: kjtrains on April 16, 2009, 10:13:56 PM

Welcome, jwc!  Congratualations on getting the Special Forces.   :)   :)

Ken

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: theirishguard on April 17, 2009, 11:42:38 AM

Dan, How do you like your new Special Forces model?  Tom

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: jwc on April 17, 2009, 01:39:23 PM

Wow!  What a kind and welcoming group!  Thanks to all for the greetings!

Any one have an iea of where I could get a grip extension?  I have seen on the forum somewhere that IMC (I think) offers one but they have been out of stock for quite some time. Any other suggestions?

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: DanR9SF on April 17, 2009, 04:04:02 PM

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Dan, How do you like your new Special Forces model?  Tom

Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet - but I will, soon.

I took it apart - no chips or specks of anything.  It was well-oiled from the factory.  Took me a bit to figure out how to get it back together, and getting that pin back through the hole... well, I still have the little blood blisters where the pup bite me.

I'm hoping to go shooting in the next week but I'm very busy right now trying to get a safe delivered, and do some painting, and carpet, and fixing the lawn mower, that sort of stuff eats up too much time...

The SF looks good, seems well-made, has a very smooth trigger, and a very strong recoil spring!  

I hope it's reliable.  I plan to shoot only Gold Dot and Silver Tips.  If it shoots those two 100% reliable then I've found my new pocket gun.  Still waiting on the Mitch Rosen Pocket Softie holster.  I have one for my 340PD and it's really nice.

Dan

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: WLC on April 18, 2009, 08:47:11 AM

Thanks to all who welcomed me to the board. I have had time to put several loads thru the pup and the federal hydroshock in 124 grains runs great. All types of practice ammo have worked without incident. The remington golden saber load was the most accurate of all loads tested but out of 40 rounds it had three FTE and one FTF. Hydro shocks worked 100% in 40 rounds. Have not tried any Speer gold dots or winchester silvertips but hope too soon. I see that several of you have gotten your special forces in and they look great. After I put a couple hundred more rounds through it I will try the golden saber rem load again and hope it feeds better but the hydroshocks work just fine. Thanks again for such a fine board.

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: kjtrains on April 18, 2009, 10:15:09 AM

WLC.  Thanks for the report!   :)   :)

Title: Re: special forces
Post by: theirishguard on April 18, 2009, 01:07:11 PM

WLC, thanks for the good info.  Tom