The Rohrbaugh Forum
Miscellaneous => Other Guns => Topic started by: FoundFather on February 10, 2022, 10:57:50 PM
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The Remington RM380, as most of you know, was Remington's version of the Rohrbaugh R380, which as probably everyone knows, was a rechambering of the Rhohrbaugh R9. This begs the question: is it possible to go the other direction, and "upconvert" a RM380 to 9mm? Is it safe? Has anyone done it? What parts would be needed?
Why bother, you might ask? The short answer is that there are a whole lot more RM380's around than there are R9's. The long answer is, well, long......
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The conversion would require:
- .380 Barrel
- .380 Slide with .380 Extractor
- .380 Ejector
- .380 Outer Recoil Spring
- .380 Magazine
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I think that he means 9mm on the above parts.
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It won't work.
Remington advised against 380 +P ammo in theri RM380. I know a guy who's RM380 had the frame crack with normal ammo.
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I think that he means 9mm on the above parts.
How did I miss that conversion!? LOL
Yes, I meant the other way around.
Good catch Tracker! Ha haa . . . . . . Ah, you guys knew what I meant anyway.
ecr
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It won't work.
Remington advised against 380 +P ammo in theri RM380. I know a guy who's RM380 had the frame crack with normal ammo.
Thanks. I guess they used a cheaper allow than Rohrbaugh did. Thanks to everyone who indulged me on this. Probably not the brightest idea to begin with.
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I believe the RM380 frame is poured into a mold. We used 7075-T651 aircraft-grade aluminum billets and C.N.C. cut the frames.
They were much stronger than the Remington version, but then again, our R9 was around $1,200 a copy and the RM380 was around $275. . . . . A huge difference!
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Thanks, Eric! I completely overlooked who was posting. Nothing like hearing from the guy whose names is on the gun!
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Thanks, Eric! I completely overlooked who was posting. Nothing like hearing from the guy whose name is on the gun!
Thank you!