Morte:
Welcome to the "campfire"!
Like you, I ordered my R9 sight-unseen. My order was based on a report I read about the prototype which had been unveiled at the 2002 Shot Show. I've been carrying No. 132 now for the past three years and four months. (Time flies!) It has shown no vices in all that time. And, if I do say so, it is aging gracefully - much more so, I fear, than its owner is doing:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/RichardS/rohrbaughr9no.jpg)