The Rohrbaugh Forum has the honor of announcing a true "one of a kind" Rohrbaugh Firearms collectable for auction. This will be a rare opportunity for the most serious Rohrbaugh collectors.
This is a “one off” Rohrbaugh R-9S construced from a variety of special parts.
The frame is serial number R4416, mated to a slide from the now discontinued “Special Forces” model. The frame, magazine and ejector are all black coated with the famous Wilson “Armor Tuff” finish.
The barrel, plunger and trigger are NP3 coated. The hammer, extractor and grip screws are high-polished by hand, like the Robar, or discontinued Stealth Elite Premium models.
The grips are very special too – they are the original R-9 Hogue grip prototypes produced by Neil and Pat Hogue.
This gun will be paired with another piece of Rohrbaugh history –a wood and glass presentation case that has been used at Rohrbaugh’s SHOT Show booth for the past three years.
The gun will be shipped with a letter of authenticity explaining the gun’s signficance that is signed by Karl and Eric.Photos are available here:
http://rohrbaughr9auction.shutterfly.com/(Due to internet restrictions where I am now, I could not imbed the pictures in this post, but I will fix that later.)
The proceeds from this sale are expected to go to a charity – but those details are still being worked out. The exact rules and format for the auction are yet to be fully determined. Unfortunately, donating funds like this to a charity, and using their name in a public auction, is a much harder process than you would likely believe. Rohrbaugh hopes to get the details worked out next week, but wanted to satisfy some of the pent up curiosity by allowing me to post these details.
Feel free to comment here on this thread. Thanks for everyone's patience.