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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R9 (all variations) => Topic started by: kinoz on May 18, 2009, 12:13:03 PM
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Went to a pistol class yesterday where we shot indoors at a target at 15 ft. Of course I was the only one with a Rohrbaugh R9s. In the beginning, the instructor called me the guy with the foreign gun. When I told him New York, he said "that's foreign."
Anyway, we shot a total of 81 rounds into a paper plate. I only had 2 rounds that were outside a 3" radius, with 10 of them being fired one-handed and 10 being one-handed weakside.
They ran out of superlatives. They couldn't believe a "little" gun could be that accurate, and one guy said my groupings were like I was shooting a 6" 45.
Even though they repeatedly said the R9 could only be a second carry for them, they became believers in the R9's performance at the end of the day.
By the way, I was using American Eagle 115 and only had one failure to eject (it was the fourth to the last shot weakside and I was told I limped it).
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Cool beans! Sounds like there will be a few people looking for themselves a nice little R9 soon.
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way to go, great shooting and the pup did good also. Tom
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Went to a pistol class yesterday where we shot indoors at a target at 15 ft. Of course I was the only one with a Rohrbaugh R9s. In the beginning, the instructor called me the guy with the foreign gun. When I told him New York, he said "that's foreign."
Anyway, we shot a total of 81 rounds into a paper plate. I only had 2 rounds that were outside a 3" radius, with 10 of them being fired one-handed and 10 being one-handed weakside.
They ran out of superlatives. They couldn't believe a "little" gun could be that accurate, and one guy said my groupings were like I was shooting a 6" 45.
Even though they repeatedly said the R9 could only be a second carry for them, they became believers in the R9's performance at the end of the day.
By the way, I was using American Eagle 115 and only had one failure to eject (it was the fourth to the last shot weakside and I was told I limped it).
Welcome, Kinoz! You did really good! Were the American Eagles FMJ?
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Welcome, and thanks for the report.
Rick
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kinoz:
Welcome to the campfire! With a first post such as that (not to mention the shooting), you have definitely earned a seat up front. 8)
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kjtrains:
Yes, they were American Eagle FMJ, although it wouldn't matter. This baby eats everything. My favorite round is the Hornady Critical Defense, which I will use for the colder months but currently have Silvertips loaded.
I've shot 244 rounds with no hiccups whatsoever since I got it from Tom. I refuse to call it "pup" because it's several classes above that. It's at least a "your majesty."
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That's good to hear on the American Eagles and Hornadys. I have on hand Silvertips, Gold Dots in 115 gr and 124 gr, and Hornady Critical Defense; have a backorder in for Golden Sabres 147 gr. The Silvertips have worked without a blip, so thought I wouldl stick with what works. Good to hear of the success other brands. :) :)
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I'm glad yours likes the Hornady rounds. Mine hates them, per my posting under Range Reports I had 5 failures to fire in 20 rounds. I also I had what I believe were primer fragments from them which prevented me from working the slide at one point.
I have a letter I'm drafting to the factory, looking to get their feedback.
I wish they did email, or at least took part occasionally in the forum. Maybe it's a legal thing for them.
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The factory was too overwhelmed with e-mail, and frankly--Karl isn't the most computer-savvy guy. ;) He doesn't have much use for e-mail.
They are available, of course, by phone during business hours. You can call up there and sometimes get Karl or Eric on the phone. I best Gaston doesn't answer the phone... ;D
Factory reps do read the forum, but do not participate for legal reasons.