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Offline C0untZer0

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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #45 on: December 19, 2013, 10:35:03 PM »
I will be always be your friend.  :)
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #46 on: January 23, 2014, 01:25:21 PM »
 Just thought I'd make a last update to this thread. Put an additional 100 rounds of 124 grain Gold Dots through over the last couple weeks with a single failure to feed. That one was toward the end of a range session & probably due to limp wristing. Gotta say this pistol is now problem free & I'm one happy camper. Thanks to all for the advice.
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Offline Z

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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2014, 04:42:31 PM »
Keep your PUP clean and shoot the ammo that it likes and it will treat you good.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2014, 06:05:42 PM »
Again, this is some more good information to know, and keep in my memory bank.

So..... Gold Dots appear to be one of the better choices for the R9 ?
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Offline Richard S

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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #49 on: January 23, 2014, 06:44:37 PM »
This thread seems to have more lives than a cat -- perhaps because of the provocative subject line.

Z has said it well just above.  In any event, keep the R9 clean and well lubricated , feed it premium ammunitiion (none of that Russian s*** out there), change the outer recoil springs every 200 rounds or so (they're cheaper than a cup of "designer coffee"), maintain a tight grip when shooting it (this is the smallest and lightest pistol every chambered for the 9mm Parabellum cartridge and needs a firm platform for the recoil properly to feed the piece), and it will serve you well and for a lifetime.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2014, 07:28:37 PM »
Yes ... for a pocket pistol of this status,  I would prefer all my ammo to feed like it was intended.  I was never one to buy low cost ammo anyway, so I expect my firearm to function at it's best.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2014, 07:54:49 PM »
I have always used 115 grain Gold Dots and have not experienced any malfunctions.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #52 on: January 24, 2014, 08:40:34 AM »
Quote from: feedramp on January 23, 2014, 07:28:37 PM
Yes ... for a pocket pistol of this status,  I would prefer all my ammo to feed like it was intended.  I was never one to buy low cost ammo anyway, so I expect my firearm to function at it's best.

Feedramp, I would agree for a low quality pistol that most everything should feed (but it won't), but small close-toleranced high quality pistols have specific design requirements that make issues like OAL, JHP vs round nose, primer sensitivity, etc. important to the success of a short, rapid, violent slide action...very little room for error and therefore significant sensitivity to quality and design of ammo, even within the same maker and the same type of ammo from different lots.  Hence, even for the Gold Dot 124 that my R9 favors, I fire 13 rounds from every new box...if function is flawless, I load the other 7 for carry...a hint I learned from Larry Seecamp on his forum.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #53 on: January 24, 2014, 09:39:14 AM »
All this R9 ammo talk is making me anxious ....  :o

My local dealer has a Stealth and Platinum in stock, so I plan to stop by today for an inspection.

But, I also have looked into a "Special Forces" model.  Current price is at $1900.00, but I'm pretty sure someone will pay more.

Are the "SF" models really worth that much more $$$ ?

There were reports stating only 24 of them were made.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #54 on: January 24, 2014, 11:08:42 AM »
One shouldn't load inferior ammunition in a Rohrbaugh R9, just as one shouldn't put inferior fuel in a Ferrari or feed inferior grain to a champion racehorse.

With regard to  the latter item, in a former life I maintained a small Thoroughbred horse farm and racing stable up in Maryland.  There was a story making the rounds of the track barns that the great horse, Secretariat, would not be allowed into a paddock to graze until an "expendable" horse known to be entirely healthy had been held there for a week or so and observed for any ill effects.   8)
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #55 on: January 24, 2014, 11:43:34 AM »
Quote from: feedramp on January 24, 2014, 09:39:14 AM
All this R9 ammo talk is making me anxious ....  :o

My local dealer has a Stealth and Platinum in stock, so I plan to stop by today for an inspection.

But, I also have looked into a "Special Forces" model.  Current price is at $1900.00, but I'm pretty sure someone will pay more.

Are the "SF" models really worth that much more $$$ ?

There were reports stating only 24 of them were made.

They are worth what one is willing to pay in my opinion.  They are making them again I believe.  Call Maria and see what the MSRP and delivery are.

Good luck

As far as ammo for R9's, I have had two R9's, my current one feeds everything I have put in the magazine (which has all been premium SD type ammo).  The first one would not feed anything so it's pot luck in my opinion.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #56 on: January 24, 2014, 04:01:59 PM »
Stopped in to my LGS today.

He stated he had 8 Rohrbaughs come in on the last shipment.

Today he had 1 survivor, which was the Platinum.  Some lucky individual had purchased the Stealth model a few days earlier ....   :-[

So,  I fondled the Platinum for a while, and have to agree, that it's one marvelous little pistol.  Perfect edges all around. 

Listed at $1795.00

Hmm ....
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #57 on: January 24, 2014, 06:10:44 PM »


What do you mean by Platinum?  Is that the Tribute model?  Platinum is a Boberg model.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #58 on: January 24, 2014, 06:57:30 PM »
Quote from: MRC on January 24, 2014, 06:10:44 PM


What do you mean by Platinum?  Is that the Tribute model?  Platinum is a Boberg model.

I was wondering the same thing.
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Re: Failure to Feed
« Reply #59 on: January 24, 2014, 08:59:35 PM »
Yes, you are correct.  My bad...  :o

I was thinking of another pistol line.
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