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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Gunsmithing or Modifications for your Rohrbaugh => Topic started by: C0untZer0 on October 21, 2011, 11:11:37 PM
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If I get an R9 I want to finish it in NP3+
I think Robar has to remove Rohrbaugh's finish on the aluminum frame to do that if I'm correct and I think they charge for that.
Is it possible to just get an unfinished R9 from Rohrbaugh?
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Not likely since they use factory distributors but ask them.
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I would also say Rohrbaugh will not sell a gun with an unfinished frame. I don't think any gunmaker would.
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It's an aluminum frame it's not like it's going to rust.
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Aluminum can certainly oxidize rapidly in the right conditions unless it is anodized.
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It is a minimal cost for Robar to remove the current finish on the R9 frame.
I believe it is factored into the cost they quote you!
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The aftermarket modifications that can be made for any handgun are limited primarily by the imagniation and wallet of the owner. A handgun manufacturer, however, must deliver to market a product meeting specifications approved by the applicable governing authorities.
Smith & Wesson and some other major manufacturers are able to afford the luxury of "custom shops," but I would think that factory customization for limited production pistols such as the Rohrbaugh line would be, at this time, a "bridge too far." It is easy to ask, "Why not?", but it is a bit more difficult to determine, "How and when?" -- especially when one is tasked with finding and arranging the financing for such elegance.
I respectfully suggest that we have in the Rohrbaugh line of handguns the finest pocket pistols yet designed and marketed. The Brothers Rohrbaugh have devoted their lives and fortunes for the past decade and more to bringing these masterpieces to market.
But to anwer more specifically the question originally posed, it is my understanding that all quality refinishers, in order to maintain their own reputations for quality work, would want to "prep" a gun before applying their particular magic to it. Personally, if I were running a refinishing operation, I would give a gun that was apparently "naked" the same treatment I would give one that was already anodized or plated. I would make certain that it was stripped down to its bare metal before I applied my own proprietary refinishing. The cost of doing so would be the same, I believe, whether the gun were anodized, plated, or simply "naked." After all, it would have been handled many times before reaching my shop and would probably have who knows what types of oil or lubrication on its surface. The "prep" costs, I would predict, would be essentially the same in all cases.
(All right, you engineers, chemists, and metallurgists out there, here is your chance to refute this lowly attorney.)
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Thanks Z
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Count:
You asked the time of day and I wrote an essay on building a watch. My apologies.
[Note to self: Stay off of the Forum when consuming single malt beverages of considerable age.]
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Thanks fo rreplying Richard.
I didn't really think about Robar needing to prep material no matter what and prepping a raw aluminium frame equates to taking off the finish of the aluminum anyway.
I also forgot that raw aluminum is not the same as anodized aluminum.
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I do a bit of hard anodizing removal in the aircraft industry I do it often in my own shop before welding or modifying anodized parts.
Not hard Just gets dipped in some aluma Bright for a while and presto no anodizing.
But it dose take some material with it so pin holes may slightly enlarge, Probably not enough to cause any problems though.
My 2 cents
Bryce
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Count:
You asked the time of day and I wrote an essay on building a watch. My apologies.
[Note to self: Stay off of the Forum when consuming single malt beverages of considerable age.]
Richard, Please don't edit yourself. I enjoy your writing. :)
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Thank you, Rick. You are too kind.
Attorneys tend to be garrulous. I often need to remind myself of Professor Strunk's admonition in his masterpiece work, Elements of Style:
"Omit needless words."
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Garrulous you are not. That is like accusing Vermeer of making too many strokes.