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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh Range Reports => Topic started by: JHawk on August 29, 2008, 11:27:44 AM
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My R9s now has 225 rounds downrange after three sessions at the range. It was ready day one had I taken the time to thoroughly investigate all the threads on this great forum. The culprit was ammo and user not the pup. I obviously found out what most of you knew - feed it good ammo. My thought process up front was that I would feed it what I feed my high end 1911's which is proven brand name HP and whatever I had on hand for ball ammunition. I was both half wrong and half right - hows that for logic! Once I eliminated Remington ball from the diet all has gone well. Here is what I found works well for my R9.
- Full Metal Jacket - Federal American Eagle 115 gr
- HP - Speer GD 115gr & 124 gr - Winchester Silver Tips 115gr
- Federal Personal Defense 147 gr
I also ran through the Federal Personal Defense 105 gr expanding FMJ which had a 100% success rate.
At this time I will stick with the 115 gr Speer and Winchester Silver tips as I found target acquisition after a shot to be a bit quicker. I am also going to religiously change out the recoil spring at 100 rounds. Just picked up a six pack of springs.
I will now relegate the pup to my side and take it on every range trip but only allow it to belch a mag or two of HP.
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wow, way to go Jhawk. Now it's you and the pup together. Sounds like good choices of ammo. Tom
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JHawk:
Great report! Thanks for posting it.
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I am thinking that if the spring goes 200 rounds it might go a bit further when at the range. I am going to see how far it will go when I reach the 200 mark. I am very curious about this and want to see for myself. I have a replacement spring and will probably order a half dozen more just to have on hand. At my age I'll probably never use that many but you never know. :)
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henry,
I am sure the spring will go long after 200 and the gun will still function fine. I believe the primary purpose of the 200 round recomended change is to keep wear and tear to a minimum. We don't want the slide to pound the frame any more than necessary. MOO
Mike
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henry,
I am sure the spring will go long after 200 and the gun will still function fine. I believe the primary purpose of the 200 round recomended change is to keep wear and tear to a minimum. We don't want the slide to pound the frame any more than necessary. MOO
Mike
Hmmm I see said the blind man. Ok So that is not a good thing to do. Thanks for the info. I was thinking along other lines here.