Do you still carry this gun?

[ECR]

Hey chameleon,

Are you the fellow I met at South Shore Sportsman a number of years back when we were in business?

Mike was the owner of that store.

Just curious. . . . . .

Regards,

Eric R.

[chameleon]

Hey chameleon,

Are you the fellow I met at South Shore Sportsman a number of years back when we were in business?

Mike was the owner of that store.

Just curious. . . . . .

Regards,

Eric R.

Hello Eric,
It was many years ago around this time we met at SHOT, I gave you a ride back to Rio.

[ECR]

Oh wow, yes. I remember that. Good to have you here!

ECR

[chameleon]

Well, I’m still carrying my R9, it is in my pocket at this moment.
I was carrying the Sig 365, a great pistol, but striker fired. I still have a foundness for the R9.

[chameleon]

I have been carrying my R9 for the past few weeks every day.
I ordered more 115gr Silvertips and have a range session planned.
Not many tiny 9mm pistols out there with DA and exposed hammer.

[ECR]

"Not many tiny 9mm pistols out there with DA and exposed hammer."

Exactly.  That can be a significant feature should you come across hard primers using a striker-fired pistol when the chips are down.

[Phlip]

I carry my Rohrbaugh though there are others that take its place depending on the circumstances. Sometimes something smaller and lighter and sometimes something larger and sometimes something that I’m not as concerned about getting wet.

[chameleon]

"Not many tiny 9mm pistols out there with DA and exposed hammer."

Exactly.  That can be a significant feature should you come across hard primers using a striker-fired pistol when the chips are down.

That is jus one plus.
 Striker fired pistol is cocked 7/8 and ready to fire, no turning back. Exposed hammer gives you a visual and an actual feel what position it is in, and when in my pocket, I want it at rest.

[C0untZer0]

I carry 2 guns daily:

1) The R9 in my front right pocket.

2) The RM380 in my rear left pocket.

[Douglas]

Updating.

I picked up a Sig P365 last year. I had been able to shoot one several times, owned by a friend. It was amazing. The sights are excellent. Recoil is mild. It shoots like a service pistol. It's freakishly small, if one didn't know the R9.

It has ten-round flush magazines, and a slide stop. It's got Glock level reliability.

It's all I carry now. I don't tend to pocket carry it, because, owing to a location change that creates wardrobe changes, I prefer not to lose the pocket space.

Still glad to have this place.

[backupr9]

I still use my R9 for EDC.  It is simply the most comfortable quality carry pistol IWB/0WB/pocket. It is small, smooth, hammer fired, powerful, and predictable if maintained and fed the ammo it prefers.  Accuracy should not ever be an issue with a “Get Off Of Me” gun as these are point and shoot at ranges of 2 inches to 5 yards (extreme distance 7-10 yards with practice).  I shoot 20 rounds at the range 3 to 4 times in a year making my recoil spring good for 3 to 4 years (I am 82 so may not need another), but I have multiple spare springs.

I also sometimes carry a Seecamp due to clothing constraints here in Florida, good for 3 to 12 feet.  Amelia Island is isolated and very safe; when I travel to JAX I carry my P365 in 12 + 1 configuration with a spare 15 round mag and a BUG.  I do wish I had the eyes, strength, balance and reflexes I had 12 years ago but upright and above ground is still a pretty good day for me!

[MikeInTexas]

I am glad this thread got bumped.  I've changed my mind about one topic in this thread......the G43 mag catch thing.

I now firmly believe it's a snake oil pitch.  I've finished the 'ghost gun' 43, shot it, had it destroyed in an accident, re-built it as a 43X.  That Shield mag catch is a way to lock you into purchasing their overpriced (Shield) magazines in the future.  Yes, I got taken as well.  Learned my lesson.  Realized that the number of mag changes you would have to do far exceeds something I will ever perform on a carry gun.  Maybe a competition gun after years and years of hard use, but not a carry gun.

Got pointed out how many folks, me included, run poly mags in their ARs and such with a metal mag catch with zero issues.  No company insists you buy a (non-existent) polymer mag catch to run PMags, LOL.

In the future I will not change out the factory mag catch.  However I will continue to use into the Shield magazine with it's extension (20 total) and be comfortable with it.  I will also probably purchase the equivalent magazines from PSA for any future G43X I get and not worry about the magazine catch and save money in the process.


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[tracker]

Mike,

I have a Glock 43 and purchased a Shield magazine for it that has not been used. Are you saying that it is safe to use the Shield with an unaltered magazine catch?

[MikeInTexas]

Yes, unless you plan on thousands of mag changes and don't want to drop $7 on a factory replacement when it fails after a few hundred thousand rounds.

JMHO................I could be wrong.

[tracker]

Thank you; that is what I thought also.