Got to shoot my new Stealth Elite today for the first time. Since I went to an indoor range I had no choice but to shoot their ammo.
It was Indepedence FMJ, 115 grain standard 9mm.
The good news is that I didn't have one single failure in the 50 rounds that I shot. Every round cycled, every round fed and every round fired.
The bad news is the key-holing was abudendently obviously. It ripped the target to absolute shreds. After firing a 6 round clip, the target looked like I had fired a 20 rounds at it.
The tumbling must start immediately, because I had key-holing up as close as 5 yards.
Accuracy was a bit inconsistent. Sometimes it would shoot dead on even out to 10 yards, but sometimes it would be off a good bit. And there didn't seem to be any consistency in where it was off. Like if I was doing something wrong. It's possible that the accuracy issues could have been me. But since it shot well sometimes and sometimes not, I wonder if the tumbling issues caused the rounds to fly off course.
Recoil was definately stout. I would say comparible to my old Kahr PM40 loaded with .40 cal. But there's less to hold on with the Rohrbaugh, which can make it a little difficult to shoot.
The trigger is probably the best part about this gun. I actually like the long pull and it's smooth enough that it gives you time to set up and fire controllably. Reminds me of shooting a revolver, but with a much lighter trigger pull.
I was very pleased that it fired reliably, given some of the reports on this gun. I'll be carrying Gold dot 115s, since that seems to be reliable enough with everyone else and I don't really have the time or ability to test fire my own carry ammo right now.
The key-holing does bother me a little bit, but I feel confident enough that rounds will hit on target out to at least 10 yards and as long as lead hits the bad guy and stops him as a threat, that's my only concern.
One final note. I did notice that after 50 rounds the recoil spring has softened up enough that the slide is noticably easier to pull. I have several spare springs and will probably always keep a brand new one in the gun when carrying for ultimate reliabilty.