Good morning, Eric!
I decided to poke around, and the site made it easy as could be to find past posts on the differences:
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Re: differences between elite, elite premium and r
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 10:38:31 PM »
The elite has black slide except for the sides are pollished. The internals are also pollished and jewled to a higher degree than other Rohrbaughs (basic Rohrbaugh is still very nice and smooth).
This forum is such a great resource! Thank you to everyone who contributes and maintains it.