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Offline MRC

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Is this the new R9?
« on: December 30, 2014, 08:05:51 PM »
Scroll down to the RM380.

Looks very similar, conventional mag release and slide lock though.  Personally,  I welcome both.


http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/12/daniel-zimmerman/remington-itroing-three-new-pistols-including-r51/
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2014, 08:53:11 PM »
Wow, looks like it in my book.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2014, 09:55:55 PM »

And projected to be 1 oz. lighter than the R9; I wonder where the ounce went.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2014, 10:02:11 PM »
JoshA has it! Hey...what happened to JoshA?
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2014, 10:35:30 PM »

I was wondering the same thing; he has been MIA for awhile.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2014, 02:02:30 AM »
Quote from: cargaritaville on December 30, 2014, 10:02:11 PM
JoshA has it! Hey...what happened to JoshA?

JoshA has more than the extra ounce. Disney world has put a few pounds on me, but for every ounce I put on I also gain a gray hair. This place is stressful.

What a long strange trip it's been.

Sure looks like the R9 Eh?
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2014, 01:10:29 PM »
Quote from: tracker on December 30, 2014, 09:55:55 PM

And projected to be 1 oz. lighter than the R9; I wonder where the ounce went.

When chambering for the 380 it would be easy to take an ounce out of the slide.

I have always thought that adding an ounce or more to the R9 slide would have increased it's reliability.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2014, 03:05:47 PM »
 Conversely, if that were true I don't think that dropping an ounce will help the balance or reliability. I like it just as it came from New York.
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Offline Richard S

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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2014, 08:41:36 PM »
I also like the "New York" design.  The prototype of the R9 had a slide stop, as can be seen from the accompanying photograph from SHOT 2002.  However, as I understand it, Karl and Eric decided to eliminate the slide stop from production models as an unnecessary complication for such a small pistol.


I remember my reaction when I first saw that photograph.  It was something of an epiphany, and I immediately fired off a letter asking to be placed in line for one of the first R9s.  I took delivery of R9 No. 132 on May 14, 2004, and it has been my EDC for the past decade.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2015, 09:17:39 AM »
Be it in your pocket, at the range, or in the safe, I do not think there is a pistol made that could not use a little re-engineering once in a while to aid the function or form.

From totally inadequate grip screws/grip panel mounting system to horribly designed grip panels that beg to be replaced to the poorest barrel quality in the business, there can be improvements.

But, from a Conglomerate that has managed to screw up their core business in the last couple of years, (ie. the model 700 and 870's) I do not expect great things.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2015, 09:56:37 PM »
I'll concede the point on changing out the grip panels:


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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2015, 10:13:09 PM »

Yeah, that is it.  Rumor had it that they were going to do .380 ACP first. 

Interesting confirmation to my speculation that they were dropping the Rohrbaugh name altogether.

Hopefully they will have a prototype at SHOT and I will get photos... maybe even get to shoot one at the Media Range Day?



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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2015, 10:50:51 PM »

The R9 and the R380 weighed the same at 13.5 oz. and they were both perfectly weighted and balanced, imo.
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2015, 03:25:01 AM »
I'm afraid they'll just mess it up,be it .380 (disappointing for me) or 9mm...
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Re: Is this the new R9?
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2015, 01:19:54 AM »
MRC, are you saying that the quality of the R9's barrel is poor?  If so can you explain why you think that?
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