I have stayed out of this for a while, to let other speak. I feel like I should address a few points.
This forum was founded by me and only me. (I have since had a lot of help from you guys -- no doubt about that -- and all appreciated). I didn't even have an R-9 yet, but I ordered one. I then contacted Eric and told him I would like to start a Rohrbaugh Forum. They thought it was a great idea, but made it clear that it could not (for legal reasons) have any connection to the company. I don't have permission to use their logo, and they have no control over the content. Rohrbaugh has never given me a dime toward this effort for the same reasons. This is an open internet forum -- an unofficial forum -- with no connection to Rohrbaugh Firearms.
There is no mandate on my part to censor "bad" information. Even when there are questionable posts, I tend to close them rather than delete them so there is no cry of censorship. I have deleted a post or maybe two in the history of this forum -- and that had to do with personal attacks rather than R-9 info. I believe that the credibility of this forum requires the open sharing of information.
That being said, I do try to maintain some fairness and objectivity. I won't let people trash Rohrbaugh unfairly -- nor will I let people trash other people unfairly.
I think this forum has done a slight disservice to the R-Brothers by making them seem too accessible and raising expectations too much. Internet forums draw the extremes -- people complaining about a broken gun and people whose socks have been blown off by good service. The two opposing camps are thrown together and the guys on the short end of the stick feel even worse!
If I send a gun to S&W or Glock or Springfield I would expect a 6-8 week turn around time. Sorry -- but it's true. When sending a gun to a small shop you might even expect more. To expect an assessment of a gun in a week or less seems unrealistic to me for any company.
The problems on the 'net are magnified to the nth degree. All Glocks kaboom in .40 cal or have Phase III malfunctions in G19s, all S&W revolvers have inadvertent lock engagements, all Kahrs have magazine catch failures, all Kimbers have MIM parts failures, etc. People don't get on a website to report their gun just fired another 100 trouble free rounds. Most of those people don't even find the forums in the first place.
Face it folks -- we are early adopters. Rohrbaugh may have shipped 1,000 guns. How many Glock 19s have been made, and they still had a frame recall? The most important thing is that the factory is committed to fixing any issues and making them right. I have yet to hear anything otherwise.
I am not censoring anyone, I am just asking everyone to be reasonable and give this a chance to work itself out. Last year people were panicked about a pin failure that ultimatley affected a couple of guns and was fixed. These things happen. It will all work out.
Anyone who reads this forum and decides not to buy an R-9 probably shouldn't buy one. I am not sure that you would buy any pocket gun if you read all the forums.
