Rohrbaugh number order rarity?

[ECR]

I believe there is a thread on the forum somewhere Tat that has photos of all things R9. I'm sure one of the regulars will show you around to that one as I do not know where it is here.

Have a good evening. . . . . I'm signing off for the day now. . . . .

ecr

[BlueC2]

ECR-How many Elites? ( Is the Elite Premium the same as the Elite? ). I think that there were some Special Forces too?

Norm,

I caught that too. I think he added an extra zero to the number of Elites - 50 ish is what has been tossed around the forum for years.

The elite premiums are actually quite a bit nicer than standard elites. I did not have an appreciation for how much of a difference until I bought one. At some point I plan on doing a nice photo shoot post of some of my guns and the elite premium would be a good one to start with.

Rumor on the original run of special forces was 24 guns but they also started producing them again right before they were acquired so I didn't know how many total guns there were.

There is also the NRA gun and the 3 engraved guns.


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[cargaritaville]

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to see your Elite Premium!

[ECR]

Thanks Eric for taking the time....went to go pick up an elite today and someone out of state bought it hours before I got there....needless to say I was SICK.....

Keep looking. . . .they come up for sale every so often Tat.  :-)

[tattoo]

Bump up for the new members

[kevinqjhps]

Who did the 'bluing' on the Stealth and Elite models? I know bluing can not be applied to stainless but Fords Refinishing in Fla did a type of 'blue' for a very short time. They quit after a year or two. Too many problems.

[PhilZ]

I believe the Stealth and Stealth Elite have Diamond Black coating on the slide.

[kevinqjhps]

I believe the Stealth and Stealth Elite have Diamond Black coating on the slide.

That was my question. About the coating. With stainless the pores are so tight, nature of stainless, it is very difficult to get anything to stick.

I dan into a similar situation with a LNIB S&W Bodyguard. The blueing was gorgeous on the aluminum frame but they could almost NEVER get the steel cylinder to match. They were purple. I know two local guys who do nickel and blueing and they gave the cylinder a 'shot.' Turned out PERFECT.

Many years ago I was co-owner of a machine shop. We had parkerizing tanks but unless it's a AK, parkerizing looks like crap on firearms. Lots of fun equipment though. Amazing what a beed blasting can do to remove old carbon.


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