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Hi from the FL Panhandle
« on: August 21, 2010, 12:17:02 AM »
I have been lurking here for a while, and finally decided to come out of the shadows.  ;D

I own the fourth Robar R9 ever made, and love it!

Thanks for this excellent forum.
Dr John Meade
Director of Tactical Medicine
Suarez International

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2010, 12:20:38 AM »
Yo bama,

A protracted welcome aboard; have you ever fired it?  
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010, 12:25:49 AM »
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Yo bama,

A protracted welcome aboard; have you ever fired it?  
Oh yes, it is a carry gun, not a safe queen. In fact, I used it as a BUG for a class a few months ago. It performed very well under pressure.
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Suarez International

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2010, 12:30:10 AM »

Terrific; it looks like you work for a great organization. Could you tell us a bit about it?

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010, 12:48:42 AM »
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Terrific; it looks like you work for a great organization. Could you tell us a bit about it?
Suarez International is a training company focused on what actually happens in a fight, and not on what happens in the controlled environment of the range. I have been tasked recently with creating a series of classes on trauma first aid, as well as integrating medical info into various other classes (survival, fitness, knife self-defense, and shooting).
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2010, 07:46:24 AM »
Where are you at in the Florida Panhandle neighbor?    ;D

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2010, 08:12:25 AM »
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I have been lurking here for a while, and finally decided to come out of the shadows.  ;D

I own the fourth Robar R9 ever made, and love it!

Thanks for this excellent forum.

bama.  Welcome to the Forum.  No need to lurk any more.  Great on getting that fourth Robar ever made.  Come on back and post often.  Enjoy.
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.  Abraham Lincoln

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2010, 09:49:39 AM »
Bama, my congratulations on that early Robar edition. Welcome to the campfire, pull up a log, and join in the conversation.  

And, JHS, if I have not previously welcomed you to the Forum, I do so now.
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2010, 09:52:11 AM »
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Where are you at in the Florida Panhandle neighbor?    ;D
Pensacola area. You?
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2010, 10:13:05 AM »
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Pensacola area. You?
A little East of Panama City.

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2010, 10:14:05 AM »
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And, JHS, if I have not previously welcomed you to the Forum, I do so now.
Thank you Sir.    :)

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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2010, 11:52:19 AM »
bama, welcome to the forum/family. great fortune on your robar. Tom
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2010, 01:21:55 PM »
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bama, welcome to the forum/family. great fortune on your robar. Tom
Interesting story on that, really. A friend of mine begged Karl Rohrbaugh personally to make it for him. After getting it, my friend realized his big mitts simply made using that gun a futile effort! He sold it to me, after running only a couple mags through it. I actually called Maria once to order some spare springs, and she confirmed the rarity of the little grey pup. Of course, now they are offering the Robar edition as a stock item, so mine may soon be less rare. So it goes.   ;)
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2010, 01:25:46 PM »
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* * * Of course, now they are offering the Robar edition as a stock item, so mine may soon be less rare. So it goes.   ;)

Bama:

The fourth Robar R9 will always be rare -- rather like R9 No. 132.  ;D
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Re: Hi from the FL Panhandle
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2010, 01:54:34 PM »
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Interesting story on that, really. A friend of mine begged Karl Rohrbaugh personally to make it for him. After getting it, my friend realized his big mitts simply made using that gun a futile effort! He sold it to me, after running only a couple mags through it. I actually called Maria once to order some spare springs, and she confirmed the rarity of the little grey pup. Of course, now they are offering the Robar edition as a stock item, so mine may soon be less rare. So it goes.   ;)

Great story, bama.  I agree, the 4th Robar made will always be valuable and of course, rare, for sure.  Keep and enjoy!    
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.  Abraham Lincoln