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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R9 (all variations) => Topic started by: Duke on December 28, 2006, 05:23:10 AM
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Hi all,
I've been wanting an R9 for the past year or so, couldn't afford it at the time so I got a Seecamp instead, a .32, and what an excellent gun. Well I just recently treated myself to an early Christmas present and got the R9. I read posts on this site and was optimistic about the reliability, having owned a Seecamp I know these small pistols can be tempramental about the ammo you feed them, I loved the design so much and the larger caliber, I couldn't resist. I took the most recent ammo recommendation I found on this site which was for Winchester 115gr. JHP and went to the range. I shot 37 rounds (saved the last for two clips and one in the chamber out of a 50 round box), I had 1 failure to feed, just had to barely pull the slide back to get it chambered, and that was it. I found myself shooting a little low at 21 yards, but I think it was me. I found the recoil to have some bite. Overall I really dig this gun. I cleaned it up and found some metal chips; like a new motor, I think it is a good idea to clean it sooner than later for that reason. I used Eezox as my cleaner/lubricant. Well thats all I have to share for now, I think I will try some Gold Dots next time even though supposidly are no longer recommended according to a post, but they haven't failed me in my Seecamp so I'm gonna give them a try.
Happy New Year,
Duke
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Duke, welcome and happy you and your new pup had fun together. Nice report post often. Tom
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Duke:
It sounds as if you and your "pup" are off to a good start.
As to the Speer Gold Dots, here's a link to comments on them in Chris' FAQ sheet:
http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/rohrbaugh/basefile/ammo.htm
My own R9 seems to like the Gold Dots (both 115 and 124 grain) as well as the Remington Golden Saber BJHPs (147 grain).
Good luck!
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Duke - welcome and nice report.
The only ammo I have ever used has been 115 golddots and silvertips - they have been good to me.
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Hey Duke, welcome to the forum!
Thanks for the range report. It's good to hear a positive one like yours. And that you found good ammo right away.
Hopefully the metal chips where left overs from the factory.
You especially should not find them again in a gun of this quality. If so, the source should not be hard to find.
Reinz
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Hopefully the metal chips where left overs from the factory.
You especially should not find them again in a gun of this quality. If so, the source should not be hard to find.
Reinz
You may find some metal slivers for a period of time. There is many times some wear from bottom of slide contact with the alum frame. It could be some finish and a small about of metal is worn. This is only limited to the slide and frame wear-in mating and eventually stops.
This has been written about extensively in early threads.
Here is one of them.
http://www.rohrbaughforum.com/YaBB.cgi?board=R9S;action=display;num=1131429140;start=0#0
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Duke,
Welcome...
Do the 115s in STHPs and GDHPs..
These should work for you..
They have for me in more than 1 pup...
Once again,Welcome..
Brenden
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MountainMan - after reading the post to your link above I see that I may have interpeted a different meaning in the word "chips". And thanks for that link, I always want to learn more about the pup.
What I was referring to were larger , hunkier pieces of metal, not specks or small slivers. If you take a bird's eye view of a pencil eraser - that diameter divided into 1/6 - 1/8 was more what I was thinking , since this is what I have seen in the "big "makers guns (I don't want to bash anybody's pride and joy).
The cause was almost always a sharp burr or unradiused edge on a moving part digging into the frame or another part.
Especially with a steel slide over an aluminum frame. And when the chips - (big ones) were caught early and rectified, no big deal.
Duke - sorry if my semantics caused any confusion.
Reinz
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Thanks for the welcome guys, I will report again when I try out some Gold Dots. I had originally planned on only using Gold Dots but when I read Jaycee's post "Good News" in Gunsmithing ..., I though maybe I should go with the latest manufacture's recommendations I could find, I think Gold Dots are probably one of the best premium grade ammunition out there, in my limited experience. As for the metal chips; mine were very tiny slivers/chips.
Duke
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Welcome Duke - been a few days since I slipped in.
My FAQ site does mention about the apparent ''waer'' inside the frame but it is self-limiting. Both my pups - the very early one and the later one that sees carry duty - both show almost exact same pattern.
I still stick to 124 GD's - as I like the round and bullet design - and thus far they have been ideal for my gun.