I own, and have constantly carried a PM9 since 3/17/03. It is with me 24/7. It has Trijicon tritium night sights, for which I had to send it back to the factory. Before I sent it for the night sights, the PM9 shot right on with the standard factory sights. When I got it back from the factory it shot to the left with the Trijicons and you could see that the rear sight wasn't square in the rear dovetail, so I used a universal sight pusher from Brownells to move the rear sight to the right. It has been fine ever since. The gun has always consistently put all of its rounds into the head of a B27 or TQ19 target at 15 yards. I also sent the PM9 to Teddy Jacobson to do his action job on just after I got it, since when it came out of the box it didn't feed the Corbon 115 gr. +P JHPs that I prefer 100%, but it fed everything else I tried in it. I get a chronagraphed average of 1249 fps from the Corbon 115 gr. JHPs out of the PM9.
When I went to the NRA convention in Pittsburgh I spent about a half an hour talking to Eric Rohrbaugh while I played with one of his R9s guns. I was carrying my Kahr at the time and also had a pleasant conversation at the convention with Justin Moon. After playing with the Rohrbaugh, I couldn't get it out of my mind. It felt so good in my hand and had such a smooth trigger pull, I got hooked. When my friend Ron Graham said how much he liked his it pushed me over the edge. I made my living selling wholesale in the gun business 28 years ago, have been carrying a gun for a living for the past 27 years and have been shooting since I was 5. I was so impressed with the R9s and with Eric, that although $979 is a lot of money to me, two weeks after the convention I got on the waiting list for an R9s with the grey frame and three magazines. I also ordered several of Ron Graham's fancier holster for it to complement a special gun.
To get back to the subject of this thread, the PM9, even with its top of the line performance, for me, is still just a work tool, like a Glock, of which I have five. The Rohrbaugh, on the other hand, is superbly made, semi-custom, built to the highest standards, examining one is believng, and something that even James Bond would love. I had to have one and I am sure that when I take delivery it will be my 24/7 gun. By the way, I have also played the S&W game, have 5 of their revolvers including a titanium Centenial, think that they make the best revolvers in the world, have been to their law enforcement armorers school in Springfield twice, and still think that the Rohrbaugh is better than anything I ever saw in Springfield. The Madi-Gra club in Springfield is something special though and the lobster deal at the Huki-Lau in Chicopee on Thursday nights can't be beat.
Best,
Frank Burke