Greetings from Florida. After much thought and research (as much as was available) I purchased the R9S. I was skeptical because having tired other small 9’s and 40’s (terrible experience with Kahr, company was good to work with and ended up sending me a full refund check for a PM40 that was sent back twice, but guns were unreliable in my experience) I decided to try one more time. Bottom line, glad I did! I have a sinful (yes I’m an addict) number of handguns to choose from and over the past two years rotated between a G27, PF9, and a P3AT depending on what I wore that day, kind of like a woman picking out a purse. I wanted a gun to replace all three (not literally, not selling any of them, oh, and they all function very well even the PF9 that is good for ~150 rounds before needing cleaned/lubed no matter the ammo) and become my “always on me” weapon of choice. Anyway, you get the idea. Now the important stuff. I took it out for an Independence Day spin (what better way to celebrate our independence) and pretty much abused it. It performed flawlessly right out of the box. I fired five different types of ammo, put 400+ rounds through it without cleaning, lubing, changing the spring, and only had one fail to fire on CCi Blazer that did fire on the second pull of the trigger ( I attribute that to the ammo, not the gun). I shot Win 115gr Silvertips, Remington 124gr Golden Saber, some 15 year old Win 115gr JHP white box, CCi Blazer aluminum 115gr FMJ, and some Georgia Arms bulk 115gr FMJ. The gun was very accurate, and instinctively shot well from the hip or one handed point and shoot. I did not find the recoil repulsive at all. Oh, earlier I said right out of the box, but I did disassemble the gun and lube in the recommended areas with “Shooters Choice” grease before firing the first round. After the ~400 rounds, I disassembled and the rails still looked well lubed so I will continue to use this grease. I cleaned the weapon, changed out the spring (was some noticeable tension difference between old and new spring, wish I had a gauge to measure difference). I put the gun back together, reloaded it, and will carry it without hesitation from this point forward. I saved the used spring and will reinstall it next time I target shoot and see at what point it malfunctions. I read where some say to carry this gun lots and shoot little. I disagree, shoot away, the gun can take it and springs are cheap. Not sure if this rambling helps any of the experienced R9 members on here, but when I was making a decision, I would have liked to have read something like this. I will repost any updates I get. Thanks to all for your postings, really did help me make a decision. Anyone try Win PDX1 or Hornady Critical Defense yet? I will next time out and let you know how it goes. At this point I’m not afraid to try anything, seems to like it all. I loaded it back up with Win 115gr Silvertips because I know they will work, but IMO there is better 9mm ammo to choose from once I know it will perform as well in this gun as the other ammo has. Thanks again everyone! Love the little fellow, my new best friend.
