Soon to be an owner.

[grayfeathers]

Hello to all. I have my R9 stealth on order, and it may be in next week.  I  am off work till  at least May 1st due to a knee replacment. Once I get it I will have lots of time to get to the range. I will give a report as soon as possible. Looks like a great forum.

[DTM_39]

Grayfeathers, Welcome to the forum and good luck with your new R-9. I'm sure you will enjoy it. Dan

[grayfeathers]

I am sure I will. Thanks Dan.

[Richard S]

Grayfeathers:

And a welcome from me as well!

I hope you are as satisfied with your Stealth R9 as I have been with my early Farmingdale model.

Good luck with the new knee.  I haven't had that procedure yet, but after two surgeries to remove bits and pieces of torn cartlilage in my right knee, I expect it's just a matter of time.  

[Hk-Itch]

Welcome Grayfeathers,  

With all the rehab time you'll have plenty of time to read up on the R9S from the forum.  Alot of valuable info here.  Good peeps too.

[robertmeco]

Grayfeathers:

And a welcome from me as well!

I hope you are as satisfied with your Stealth R9 as I have been with my early Farmingdale model.

Good luck with the new knee.  I haven't had that procedure yet, but after two surgeries to remove bits and pieces of torn cartlilage in my right knee, I expect it's just a matter of time.  

Richard I had a knee replaced about 3 years ago ,I suffered for several years. Then this woman told me she had bouth her knees replaced, and I was a fool to suffer with a bad knee .  So i did have the surgery and the pain from surgery is nothing  compaired  to the pain from a bad knee.

[Richard S]

Robert:

Thanks for the encouraging word! If and when the knee goes out again, I've pretty much decided to get it replaced. I tore it to pieces one day some 20 years ago while alone on an elk hunt up in the mountains of Idaho's Challis Wilderness area. I was glassing a nearby slope, moved sideways for a better view, stepped into a deadfall covered with debris, and fell with my right foot firmly trapped. Talk about being careless and feeling stupid . . . !

After fashioning a crutch and hobbling five miles downhill to base camp, the knee was about twice its normal size and that hunt was over with several days left on my permit. I think that still bothers me more than the damage to the knee.

And again, Grayfeathers, good luck to you on your rehabilitation and your range sessions with the new Stealth!

[theirishguard]

Grayfeathers, welcome from Texas and good luck on the new knee. Most folks say now days it is not a big deal.   Tom

[grayfeathers]

Just one day of alot of pain but well worth it. To anyone pondering the decision of wether or not to go for it if its an option, I say go. I feel so much better then I did before the surgery. I can walk without pain & limping. I am a new man. Just make sure you get a good surgen.
Bruce

[Reinz]

Welcome to the forum!  And double congrats;  for the R9 and the new knee.  Glad to hear you feel better already.


Reinz

[MountainMan]

Richard - that story sounds like a made for TV movie  

Both my knees bother me some - keep saying if I lose 30 lbs it will help - maybe some day I will know of that is true.

Welcome Grayfeathers