Special Collector Gun: Karl Rohrbaugh’s R9 (serial number R9)

[DDGator]

R9 Pistol, Serial Number: R9

This may be the most collectable R9 yet…

This is Karl Rohrbaugh's personal R9 pistol. Typical of Karl, this firearm was just put together with spare parts that were lying around the shop at the time.  Not pretty, but it always works and, after all, it is the master’s personal R9, which he carried for years.


 
 
 

Price: $2,900.00

This pistol is being sold by Karl Rohrbaugh, with some help from the forum simply to help arrange the private party transaction.  Serious buyers can contact me by e-mail at admin@rohrbaughforum.com with any questions, or for instructions on completing the purchase.

[BlueC2]

PM & email sent.

[DDGator]

Sale pending on this one! 

[BlueC2]

Just had a great chat with both Karl & Eric! Honored to to be able to add this to my collection.

-Ryan

[Richard S]

Ryan:

You have my sincere congratulations! That is a real prize you have there.

[BlueC2]

Ryan:

You have my sincere congratulations! That is a real prize you have there.

Thank you Richard! I plan on giving it a very good home.

[DDGator]

Truly, I think this is the most "collectable" piece that has come out yet...   I hear that there may be at least one more gun coming from the same source.

[Z]

Ryan

Congratulations on this fine buy. They have an excellent new home for sure!

[DDGator]

Actually there are a couple more firearms coming -- not Rohrbaugh firearms per se, but guns with Rohrbaugh connections.   

[BlueC2]

Ryan

Congratulations on this fine buy. They have an excellent new home for sure!

Thanks Adam. I was thinking of you when I saw that silver Farmie in the other listing....I know you have a soft spot for them!

-Ryan

[DDGator]

Actually there are a couple more firearms coming -- not Rohrbaugh firearms per se, but guns with Rohrbaugh connections.   

I was wrong about that...another collectable Rohrbaugh R9 has been listed in the Classifieds...

[ArchGuy]

Congratulations! That's quite an amazing piece. It has a very good home for sure!

[BlueC2]

Was excited to pick up Karl's gun yesterday. No doubt this is the holy grail of my collection. Karl and Eric even sent a signed certificate stating that this was one of the first guns built in Farmingdale and was built and carried by Karl.  Very happy with the transaction and to be able to have this in my collection. 




I let the other pups out of the kennel for a quick picture. In the collection we have:

Left in holster: My EDC an R9s Elite with CF grips, black grip screws and black mag.

Top Left: #321, was supposed to be #148 but original owner got a custom number. Only silver frame pre-R ever sold to public.

Top Right: Karl's R9 SN "R9" I was curious if this was pre or post R prefix and based on the thickness of the slide when compared to my other pre and post R guns it appears to be a pre R prefix and I think the R in R9 is just a custom number to commemorate the R9 model.

Bottom Left: R9 #118

Bottom Right: R9s #117

I would love to know more about the history of #117 and #118 if anyone out there knows.

[dddonkey]

That is an awesome collection, I would love to see it in person. Congrats and hope you continue with more significant purchases. That is a very nice collection you have.

[Z]

Ryan

Sweet!
You can certainly be proud of that collection.
I love the Silver Frame Farmingdale!

Thanks for sharing with all of us.