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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R9 (all variations) => Topic started by: pelahale on January 11, 2011, 03:10:08 PM

Title: recommended articles?
Post by: pelahale on January 11, 2011, 03:10:08 PM

hi,
I'm a new member, but have been reading this forum for a couple of months.  Is there a good article you guys would recommend to familiarize someone new to Rohrbaughs?  

Also, I've tried the search function here to try to figure out why the early Rohrbaughs are considered more valuable - I don't know why still.   Is it just a matter of rarity or are these made with more love and attention, or what?

Hope to continue monitoring this forum and learning.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: kjtrains on January 11, 2011, 03:27:14 PM

pelahale.  Welcome to the Forum.  The Forum here is the best I could recommend.  A lot of us here bought an R9 sight unseen and trusted what they read here.  Worked for me.

A few of us want an early, early R9 just due to rarity and really like the Blue Carbon Fiber grips that came on the early ones.  Love and attention go into every Rohrbaugh made.

Hope you get one.  You'll be proud.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: pelahale on January 11, 2011, 03:29:59 PM

Thanks for the welcome and the quick response/opinion.  I'm on the verge of pulling the trigger on one of the newer r9s in stealth black.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: kjtrains on January 11, 2011, 03:32:30 PM

Go ahead and pull that trigger on the new Stealth.  Great choice.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: DDGator on January 11, 2011, 04:20:06 PM

This is from a while back...

http://www.rohrbaughforum.com/ccm_r9.pdf

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: pelahale on January 11, 2011, 07:44:56 PM

Thanks for the link to that article - outstanding.  
BTW - I pulled the trigger.  I paid more than I wanted, but 2 months of moping was getting long enough for me.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: tracker on January 11, 2011, 07:54:22 PM

You did the right thing by buying a new Stealth; Congratulations and welcome to a group of enthusiasts.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: yankee2500 on January 11, 2011, 07:58:15 PM

pelahale,
   Welcome to the group. Enjoy your stay.


John

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: kjtrains on January 11, 2011, 07:59:41 PM

Quote

Thanks for the link to that article - outstanding.  
BTW - I pulled the trigger.  I paid more than I wanted, but 2 months of moping was getting long enough for me.

pelahale.  Congrats on the Stealth.  You'll like it, for sure!  Enjoy!

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: yankee2500 on January 11, 2011, 10:32:37 PM

pelahale,
    I didn't realize you were a neighbor, I'm about an hour and a half from you, I'm between Asheboro and Denton.

John

Title: http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/thr/r9s-tests-02/
Post by: skorpyd on January 12, 2011, 09:58:52 AM

I'm a newbie also and here are a couple I have found if you haven't seen them yet.

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/R9.htm

http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/thr/r9s-tests-02/index.htm

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: DDGator on January 12, 2011, 10:54:41 AM

P95Carry is a long time member of this board, and still hosts the R-9 FAQ, which is accessible by clicking the link in the rotating "News" banner at the top of the front page of the forum.

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: pelahale on January 12, 2011, 06:13:53 PM

THanks all for all your postings and information - this forum has been a tremendous resource for pre-purchase research.   Thanks for those article links.  I definitely read those 4-9 FAQs by P95Carry.  I can't get enough articles about this gun.

yankee2500 - you must live in the part of NC where you can shoot guns at targets out your backyard - I wished I was so lucky.  I live in the triangle where I have to go to a range or driving about an hour to some family's land.  

I'm moving fast - I've already ordered a holster from Kevin M I found here, and I've spoken with and ordered 4 springs & 2 more mags from Rohrbaugh.  Should I stock up on more springs before they go up on the price?

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: yankee2500 on January 12, 2011, 08:23:14 PM

I do live where I can shoot in the back yard, I'm on ten acres of hardwoods a mile off the main road, and have a range set up on the property. ;D
  Do you shoot at Personal Defense & Handgun on Tryon Rd ?
I wouldn't worry too much about the price of the springs, I would think even if they were to increase the price it wouldn't be much.

John

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: pelahale on January 13, 2011, 07:52:18 PM

I've shot at PDHSC and the WakeCo Firearms center and only once as a guest at Durham Co Wildlife Club.  I don't know where's the best place to shoot?

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: yankee2500 on January 13, 2011, 10:31:43 PM

In the area you live in I was only familiar with Personal Defense on Tryon, but I have never shot there. A little way down from Personal Defense on 3319 Anvil Pl is Lawmens Safety Supply, I purchased my Kahr PM40 there, pretty good prices on guns.

John

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: ccoorreeyy on January 28, 2011, 09:39:29 PM

I have not seen this one untill just now.

http://www.genitron.com/handgundb/DB-Handgun-Detail.asp?ID=3459

Title: Re: recommended articles?
Post by: Richard S on January 31, 2011, 11:13:53 AM

I like the summary remarks in Genitron's review of the R9:

"Due to their high quality many refer to Rohrbauch pistols as the Rolex or Rolls Royce of small defensive pistols."

I am one of those "many," although I personally might have used Ferrari, Lamborghini or Bugatti as the vehicle analogy.   8)