After many months of lurking as an envious guest, I can finally claim a Rohrbaugh as my own.
Picked it up last week and took it for a spin yesterday.
First impressions:
- I'm impressed with the quality of the trigger. Definitely on par with the custom work I've had done to all of my Sig Sauer's by Grayguns. Very smooth, no stacking, clean break...very nice.
- The finish leaves a lot to be desired. The original owner had the gun for only a short time, yet there is a fair amount of holster wear...certainly more than I would expect for such a little amount of use--even if it was holstered and un-holstered repeatedly.
- Many members here suggested 115gr. Gold Dots. I loaded up with some for my first shooting session and...Aye Carumba! There is NO way that my 5'2" 100lb. wife is gonna be able to handle those! I switched to 147gr. Hornady FTP's and they were a bit easier to handle. I think she could handle the recoil in a life-or-death situation, but I have my doubts. (I envision the thing leaving an imprint in her forehead after the first trigger pull.)
- Accuracy was wAY better than I expected. Even with the snappy gold dots, I was able to hold a fairly tight group at 20 feet. It's no plinker or range gun, but I feel very comfortable carrying this gun for self defense.
I initially bought the gun in the hope that it would be a suitable purse-gun for my wife. She isn't a "shooter," but has mentioned the desire for a small gun for those times when...well, you know. I'd like her to try the .380 version, despite my belief that it's an anemic caliber, it's better than carrying nothing at all.
Even though this one won't work out for my wife, I still think it'll fit the bill for those times when I need to venture out for a short time (taking the garbage out to the curb, for example). I live in a big city and in a safe building, but the neighborhood is dodgy...to say the least. I'm in a wheelchair and this will be easy to slip into a chest pocket. As it is, I sometimes go unarmed on those occasions--getting fully rigged up is just too inconvenient for those short excursions to the curb or to the 7-11 up the street.
That's about all I can think of at the moment. Here's a pic that I took after the first magazine...to commemorate the moment, ha ha!
