After reading many posts here on the Rohrbaugh forum, and after talking to Karl Rohrbaugh, I now understand what the Rohrbaughs mean when they say, “carry a lot and shoot a little.” I was treating my Rohrbaugh like I was treating my Glocks and Kahr pistols. Most of you know what I’m talking about, “minimum of 200 rounds fired before it can be considered reliable.” Fire a few hundred practice rounds a month for the fun of it. I now realize that’s not the way to treat or think of a Rohrbaugh, they are not designed to fire thousands of rounds. My Glocks have thousands of rounds fired through them and my Kahr pistols almost as many. All with no failures, but they are not as light, concealable or as “finely crafted as the Rohrbaugh pistols. I think a good analogy is; the Glocks are like tough Pickup trucks. Big and tough, they will get the job done and take many miles of rough handling. The Kahr PM9s are like Mini Vans. Again they will get the job done, not quite as big or tough as the Glocks (trucks), but still do a good job after lots of use. Then we have the finely crafted, small, light, nimble Rohrbaugh. It reminds me of a small exotic sports car. Fun to drive and fulfils its purpose in life, and not to be driven hard everyday. When you need it, it will do its job if you keep it well maintained and don’t wear it out with unnecessary use. So after getting my repaired pup back I will be shooting it a lot less for fun, and carrying it more for protection, when it is not practical to carry the “trucks or minivans.”
Something else I like is what Karl Rohrbaugh told me, “I have my name on the gun…I consider Rohrbaugh owners to be part of my family.” I believe him.
Good Luck to all of may fellow Rohrbaugh owning brothers and sisters.
EdMan
