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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R380 => Topic started by: R9SCarry on February 14, 2009, 01:11:36 AM

Title: The new .380 is released
Post by: R9SCarry on February 14, 2009, 01:11:36 AM
Hi all - sorry so absent for so long - just pretty much dropped most of my forum time for months now.  Busy plus - what I call ''forum burnout".

Anyways - I spoke with Eric two days ago and he told me the first (K101) of the .380's was being shipped.

Another 99 from this first batch of 100 are ready and another 100 frames are in process of being done by S&W for finish.

Altho the R9 FAQ site  (http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/rohrbaugh/)is rather old and archival these days - made really in 2004 when the R9 was in early days - I have added a promo announcement for the .380.

Take a peek here (http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/rohrbaugh/)to see a coupla pics - click on the box framed in red you'll see.

Hope all my old friends are doing OK in these less than ideal times.
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: MurrayNevada on February 14, 2009, 04:07:13 AM
Hi Chris,

I took a couple of years hiatus myself and just recently dropped back in.  I was wondering where you were.  Glad to see you are alive and well and posting again.

Mike
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: Brenden on February 14, 2009, 05:13:08 AM
Chris,
Good to see you my friend!!!

I too have been pretty much AWOL since last fall,but due to that surgery I had..

Thanks for the info,don't be a stranger!!

Brenden
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: Richard S on February 14, 2009, 08:19:53 AM
Chris, Mike, and Brenden:

Welcome back, gentlemen! You have been missed. ("Thank Heaven, hoist the colors, and strike up Garry Owen. The cavalry has returned to the fort!"   ;)  )
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on February 14, 2009, 11:49:27 AM
Chris, good to hear from you my friend, you were missed. Brenden, are you doing better?
Mike, welcome back also.

great news on the R380, it's been awhile.  Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: R9SCarry on February 14, 2009, 01:11:45 PM
Mike, Brenden, Tom, Richard . wow ... great to se y'all  :)

I must try and slip by a bit more but have to say my forum time these days is very spotty.  That said -- a real pleasure to hook up with old friends again.

Stay safe.
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on February 17, 2009, 12:20:03 PM
My R380s are shipped, those of you who ordered one from me, please contact me. thanks, Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on February 18, 2009, 01:25:42 PM
OK folks, I have some R380s available for sale. Please PM me with interest.  Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: MountainMan on February 21, 2009, 02:31:29 PM
Chris,

Nice to hear from you  :)

I have been absent for awhile myself.  Lately still in deep depression having America elect the first communist president.

Brenden - hope the surgery went well  :) :)

Tom - hope you sell some of those R-380s.

The best to all of you.

Take care,
Dave
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on February 21, 2009, 02:42:35 PM
Dave, It's super to hear from you. I'm depressed as well about the direction our country is headed at the hands of the commies.  Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: R9SCarry on February 21, 2009, 03:58:43 PM
Dave!  Hello my friend ...... count me in too with the depression - it's overwhelming.

Great anyways to ''see'' you.  Hope your trees survived that awful sustained wind event just over a week ago - worst I can remember.
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: Richard S on February 21, 2009, 10:43:34 PM
Dave:

Welcome back!

I, too, am still reeling from the election results -- hoping for the best but unable to divest myself of a persistent sense of foreboding.
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: MountainMan on February 22, 2009, 10:39:49 AM
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Dave!  Hello my friend ...... count me in too with the depression - it's overwhelming.

Great anyways to ''see'' you.  Hope your trees survived that awful sustained wind event just over a week ago - worst I can remember.

Thanks for the hello guys  :)

Chris - the wind in the western part of the the state where the MountainMan lives was bad - but not near as bad as the hurrican force winds last September.   I lost about 10 trees - some over 100 years.  That is around the house - didn't walk the entire property to see if more are down.

The bad thing is that last summer I needed to take down around 10 trees that had died.  Gave the wood to a friend who heats his house that way - hauled out about 12 dump truck loads.

MountainMan doing some Paul Bunyan work in his woods

(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/melissa1948/P1020434.jpg)
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on February 22, 2009, 11:40:25 AM
Dave, good looking picture of a hard working mountain Man. Where is your beaver hat???  Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: R9SCarry on February 22, 2009, 12:23:30 PM
That's some big a' chunks there Dave - I'll bet the Bobcat earned it's keep doing that.

In front of our house we have a huge fir tree - must be 10' circumference at least at base and more than 60' high - I shuddered each time peak guts blew lest it fell - which would have taken out power and phone lines!!
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: DTM_39 on February 24, 2009, 07:13:36 PM
Hello All,  This was like reading an old thread,  Glad you folks are doing well.  On the bright side we only have 3 years 10 months and 4 days till he's gone.  Hopefully he won't do to much damage in the meantime.  Stay well  Dan
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: R9SCarry on February 24, 2009, 07:35:34 PM
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Hopefully he won't do too much damage in the meantime.

Hey Dan  :) - good to ''see'' you.  Wish I could share your optimism re the above quote!!!!  :(
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: DTM_39 on February 25, 2009, 06:31:43 PM
Chris, Just being sarcastic, For the sake of our country I wish him success, But he scares me to death.  Dan
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: jarcher on March 05, 2009, 03:34:50 AM
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Hopefully he won't do to much damage in the meantime.  Stay well  Dan

Well, let's see, the market has fallen over 3,000 points since election day and nearly 1,000 points since he became president.

Do you think the market has confidence in his 3.6 trillion dollar budget?

Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on March 06, 2009, 11:39:38 AM
I wish obummer much failure, the quicker we get him out of there the better the country will be. >:(   Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on March 15, 2009, 01:51:47 PM



For anyone out there wanting a Rohrbaugh 380, I still have some in stock. Please PM me with interest.  

Dan, you have most likely shot more R9s and K380s than most of us, could you share wih us the difference in recoil?

Thanks, Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: DDGator on March 15, 2009, 08:25:56 PM
I don't find the R-9 particulary objectionable in recoil, but the the .380 is a pussycat.  I don't think anyone would find that gun unpleasant to shoot.

I shot the original prototype at the factory several years ago.

Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: henryk on March 15, 2009, 08:33:32 PM
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I don't find the R-9 particulary objectionable in recoil, but the the .380 is a pussycat.  I don't think anyone would find that gun unpleasant to shoot.

I shot the original prototype at the factory several years ago.



I concur.  As I have stated elsewhere on this forum, the .380 rocks.   lol
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on March 16, 2009, 01:09:03 PM
Daune and Henry, thanks for your info.  Tom
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: DTM_39 on March 16, 2009, 05:49:29 PM
Tom,  Sorry for the tardy response.  Was up in the hills skiing and chasing coyotes around.  As Duane stated the R-9 is stout but very manageable.  The 380 is very soft, you can shoot it all day long.  I find that my groups are about half the size as my groups with the R-9. ( 5 shot rapid fire )  Dan
Title: Re: The new .380 is released
Post by: theirishguard on March 16, 2009, 06:31:45 PM
Dan, thanks for the feed back.  Tom