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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R9 (all variations) => Topic started by: texex on December 09, 2017, 05:32:37 PM

Title: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 09, 2017, 05:32:37 PM
Hi all,  Been a member of the forum for a while but this is my first post.  I have a new unfired Rohrbaugh R9 I'm ready to part with and need some advise on where and for how much to sell it.  There are not may for sale out there so I don't know how to price it.  I bought a Rohrbaugh R9 in 2013 and fired about 200 rounds through it.  Then in early 2015 it jammed and I could not remove the slide.  I sent it to Williams (Remington's repair facility).  They could not repair it so they sent me a brand new R9.  It has been in my safe ever sense.  Because I only sent in the gun and not the extra magazine or case I have a total of 3 magazines and 2 cases if that matters.  I would appreciate any advise i can get from this knowledgable forum.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 10, 2017, 12:48:13 PM
This is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing here. Remington bought us in January of 2014. You mention that you had an issue with your R9 in 2015 and Remington replaced it with a new R9 at that time. I guess they assembled one out of the parts they got from us at that time. Interesting. That would certainly be on the collectible side due to such a thing. . . . . a Remington assembled Rohrbaugh R9 pistol! Cool.

If you could post a few photographs of the gun here so we can have a look at it, I may be able to add to the description should the parts look familiar to me. Pricing, or a suggestion on marketing it, would follow of course.

ECR
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: PhilZ on December 10, 2017, 01:58:57 PM
Could the replacement R9 have been a New/Old Stock R9 they still had in their retail shop?  After Rohrbaugh was sold to Remington, there were plenty of R9s still on the shelves in gun shops.

If they made a new one from parts, they would need a serial-numbered replacement frame. 
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 10, 2017, 04:28:09 PM
Some frames went to Remington Phil. 
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 04:49:51 PM
Could the replacement R9 have been a New/Old Stock R9 they still had in their retail shop?  After Rohrbaugh was sold to Remington, there were plenty of R9s still on the shelves in gun shops.

If they made a new one from parts, they would need a serial-numbered replacement frame.

Must be new/old stock because the serial number is quite a bit lower than my original I sent in.  I have the paperwork from Williams explaining the replacement that shows both guns serial numbers.  I called them after and they said the gun they sent me was one on three remaining R9s they had left.  The paperwork is date april of 2015 if that helps.  I'll post some photos of the gun and paperwork tonight. 

Thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 04:54:13 PM
This is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing here. Remington bought us in January of 2014. You mention that you had an issue with your R9 in 2015 and Remington replaced it with a new R9 at that time. I guess they assembled one out of the parts they got from us at that time. Interesting. That would certainly be on the collectible side due to such a thing. . . . . a Remington assembled Rohrbaugh R9 pistol! Cool.

If you could post a few photographs of the gun here so we can have a look at it, I may be able to add to the description should the parts look familiar to me. Pricing, or a suggestion on marketing it, would follow of course.

ECR

the issue with my R9 was in the Fall of 2014 (i think) and I called your offices for 3 months with no reply before I figured out (on this forum) that Rohrbaugh had been sold and I needed to go through Remington/Williams.  Williams made it sound like the gun they sent me was not part but a complete gun but I did not grill them for details.  It does have a different serial # than the one I sent in to the as the paperwork that came with the replacement gun shows. 

thanks for your info and guidance. 

Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 10, 2017, 06:40:27 PM
Does your replacement R9 have an "R" prefix in the serial number?
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 07:09:36 PM
Does your replacement R9 have an "R" prefix in the serial number?

Yes, R64XX which replaced my R65XX.  (don't know if I'm supposed to put full serial numbers in this forum).
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 07:42:55 PM
This is the first time I have ever heard of such a thing here. Remington bought us in January of 2014. You mention that you had an issue with your R9 in 2015 and Remington replaced it with a new R9 at that time. I guess they assembled one out of the parts they got from us at that time. Interesting. That would certainly be on the collectible side due to such a thing. . . . . a Remington assembled Rohrbaugh R9 pistol! Cool.

If you could post a few photographs of the gun here so we can have a look at it, I may be able to add to the description should the parts look familiar to me. Pricing, or a suggestion on marketing it, would follow of course.

ECR
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 07:50:26 PM
Here are two more photos.  The repair order from Williams Guns Sight says "gun has bad frame and barrel, given replacement gun",  It also shows Serial Number R65XX and New serial # R64XX.  The Repair order is dated 4/30/2015.  Let me know if you need more photos.
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 07:53:04 PM
Here is the left side of the gun, sorry these photos are not rotated correctly but they are showing up correctly when I attach them.

Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 08:01:49 PM
In addition to the gun I have 4 magazines, 8 springs, 2 cases and 2 manuals.  Let me know if you guys need further details.

Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: BlueC2 on December 10, 2017, 08:54:07 PM
Looks like the slide from what they called the “custom” edition. Very rare.
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: texex on December 10, 2017, 10:20:44 PM
Interesting you say that because I noticed the slide is much darker than the gun I shipped off to be repaired.

Thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: tattoo on December 11, 2017, 01:25:35 AM
Strange stuff the slide has the USA instead of the u.s.a. 
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 11, 2017, 06:36:06 AM
Looks like the slide from what they called the “custom” edition. Very rare.

That is correct. We had a few slides done that color and a few other colors as samples for future models. This was sold as a "Custom" R9 at a time somewhere around 2012, if memory serves me correctly guys. I liked it by the way. An "interesting" look and only a handful of those were made.

Eric R.
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 11, 2017, 07:45:58 AM
Strange stuff the slide has the USA instead of the u.s.a.

The engravings have special significance to us at the shop as code to the generation of slide. Changing the Deer Park, NY from script to block lettering with no dots in between the USA signified the change of material from 17-4ph T651SS to 416SS. Add in the dots between the U.S.A. signified moving the firing pin location .002" to the left to center it on the primer of the 9mm round.
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: PhilZ on December 11, 2017, 10:41:17 AM
My Custom is basically a Special Forces with a green slide.  It has a black frame, black VZ grips, black barrel, and all black hardware. 
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 11, 2017, 01:41:27 PM
I remember that gun Phil! Nice! Oh, BTW. . . . Still looking for that darned prototype sighted Coyote slide!  I'll find that son of a gun one day!  lol
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: PhilZ on December 11, 2017, 07:50:54 PM
I remember that gun Phil! Nice! Oh, BTW. . . . Still looking for that darned prototype sighted Coyote slide!  I'll find that son of a gun one day!  lol

Does Rem have it in a box of parts?
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: tattoo on December 11, 2017, 08:09:07 PM
I remember that gun Phil! Nice! Oh, BTW. . . . Still looking for that darned prototype sighted Coyote slide!  I'll find that son of a gun one day!  lol
that is the one you sent me. 👍🏻😳
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: kevinqjhps on December 12, 2017, 03:10:59 PM
Some frames went to Remington Phil.




Yes! They wanted to find out how PROFESSIONALS build a gun...........sorry. I'll go over here. ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 12, 2017, 03:13:53 PM
I remember that gun Phil! Nice! Oh, BTW. . . . Still looking for that darned prototype sighted Coyote slide!  I'll find that son of a gun one day!  lol
that is the one you sent me. 👍🏻😳

Wait a minute now. . . . You mean the tan slide was sent out to you Tat!? If so, do you remember when?

(crap - I must be losing it! - lol)
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 12, 2017, 03:14:22 PM
Some frames went to Remington Phil.




Yes! They wanted to find out how PROFESSIONALS build a gun...........sorry. I'll go over here. ::) ::) ::)

LOL
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: PhilZ on December 12, 2017, 03:21:38 PM
I remember that gun Phil! Nice! Oh, BTW. . . . Still looking for that darned prototype sighted Coyote slide!  I'll find that son of a gun one day!  lol
that is the one you sent me. 👍🏻😳

Wait a minute now. . . . You mean the tan slide was sent out to you Tat!? If so, do you remember when?

(crap - I must be losing it! - lol)

I'm still waiting.  Tat, do you have a pic with the frame you mounted it on?
Title: Re: Rohrbaugh for sale
Post by: ECR on December 12, 2017, 05:52:42 PM
This may be the reason I can't find the dog gone thing.