Anyone's R9 been flawless?

[75scout]

Have any of the R9 owners had a 100% flawless one?  With all of the pocket pistols I read about I hear of some that are never reliable, some become 100% after X number of rounds, and some are flawless from day 1.  So whats your story?  Has yours always been 100%?  Or did it become reliable after some number of rounds?

[Michigunner]

Mine was perfect at 62 rounds.  Then I carried for five months without cleaning, and it had one failure in each of three magazines.

Bill

[eblackhawk]

So far, 250 rounds through the pup with federals, gold dots and Winchester White Box and not so much as a burp, let alone hiccup!
                                                 Eric

[bigyimmy]

No problems here.  I think the silent majority have not had any problems.  Then again I remember reading that the average number of rounds put through all firearms was a whopping total of seven.  I would think that most firearms are never fired and then you have some that have several thousands of rounds through them.

[mtarnold5]

Hello, Not flawless.......but very close!  120 rds. thus far..........1 failure. I think it may have been my fault though.



Take care, Mike Arnold

[75scout]

It's good to hear such good results.  After my experience with a Kahr PM40 I am a little leery about purchasing another pocket pistol.  Especially after reading reviews about reliability issues.

[Seven]

Not entirely flawless...at 85 rounds have had some failure-to-feed with WWB, but never had problems with 115 gr Gold Dots, which is my carry ammo.  I think if your pup is a little particular about what it'll eat, GDs or Silver Tips are the way to go.

7

[CaptBW]

Flawless!

WWB fmj and Gold Dot 115 go through my R9 like X-Lax through a goose.

[Ubik380]

Again, Winchester white box, and Gold Dots as well as Silvertips feed flawlessly. I changed my recoil spring at about 200 and have shot as much since with no misfeeds or other failures after the first fifty rounds. However I _can_ make it fail using Horniday TAP ammo.

[flyandscuba]

Mine has been flawless since day one.

[DTM_39]

My R9 has been perfect approx 200 rounds. WWB and Gold Dot 115s. Goes bang every time I pull the trigger. Have let many people shoot the gun including my then 15 year old daughter, perfect throughout. I am very happy with the gun. Dan

[R9SCarry]

From the testing I did with my #1 pup - I cannot say flawless - simply because I tried all sorts of ammo and did have a few issues - plus of course to be fair, some testing was also really in the break-in period.  Some info on that is accessible thru my FAQ.

However, I discount those minor hiccups entirely and once settled into my (still) regular 124 GD carry option, it functioned fine.  That one is now a queen in safe but #2 has been near perfect - and I broke that in mostly with FMJ's and then moved it on to my GD's - with really no problems.

I did get to recognize, well for me anyways - a significant part of shooting that gun is in getting the grip right.

[MountainMan]

My number one has been fine.

My number two is still NIB.

[tracker]

My number two has been fine;
Number one is still in the box.

[bluegun]

my r9 (which i recently sold to a friend) was flawless for the 200 rounds i put through it (mixed off the shelf fodder - nothing weird).  my buddy has put another 50 or so through it and reported nothing bad so far.  HIS problem is going to be not overfiring it . . . he'd go to the range with it every day if he could.   got to remind him to check his spring pretty quick.  

i am of course thinking of replacing my r9 with a new stealth model . . .  it's hard to think of that 1000 dollar bill floating through the mail when my used kel-tec p3-at only cost me $225, and so far (knock on wood) has been without flaw for the 150 rounds i've pumped through it.

regards to all on the forum.  i keep coming back to see what's going on.

michael hildebrand
juneau, alaska