Think someone from Rohrbaugh need to address this.

[slashsplat]

The reason I bought my R9 is from the sound advice and recommendations I rec'd from folks here on this forum...  I bought one even before I had actually seen one in person.

Me too.  Only looked at pix and read posts.  Come to think of it, I didn't quite realize how daring that was.

[Richard S]

BTW...seems defensive carry forum has gone belly up, however, here is a very honest test and report on the R9 spring issue.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=312390&highlight=R9

Duke:

Thanks for that link. Even though I wince a little at the thought of putting a Rohrbaugh R9 through a torture test such as that which the "Playboy" conducted, the results confirm what I have long suspected about the quality of the pistol's design.

I haven't seen the "Playboy" around this campfire for the past few months. Tell him we've been saving his seat for him.  

[imthduke]

Roger that.

He is a happy R9 owner, but I agree, I'm goin let him test his not mine.

[eddie_c-clamp]

I'm pretty certain he's done with his testing....If I recall correctly he got 600 rds out of a single spring before it started to show any wear.....check it out on the Seecamp forum

[Executivedefense]

I think we could hash this subject to death. Let's face it gentlemen, we all paid a grand for our gems, paying a lousy five bucks for a spring every 150 rounds is a very small price to pay for not seeing our guns turning into little pieces of Rohrbaugh. I can say that obviously nobody here is going to put that many rounds through the gun all in one session any way.

[theirishguard]

agreed    Tom