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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Rohrbaugh R9 (all variations) => Topic started by: cargaritaville on February 24, 2015, 08:11:15 AM

Title: R9 Stealth
Post by: cargaritaville on February 24, 2015, 08:11:15 AM

Is the only difference between a R9 Stealth and a R9 the fact that the slide is painted to match?

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: cargaritaville on February 24, 2015, 09:46:25 PM

Hey guys...nobody can answer this?

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: tracker on February 24, 2015, 09:51:40 PM

Since you've asked again:

http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/products

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: cargaritaville on February 24, 2015, 10:18:59 PM

Quote from: tracker on February 24, 2015, 09:51:40 PM

Since you've asked again:

http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/products

I didn't mean to insult your intelligence. I had Caspian micro-weld tungsten carbide onto the frame rails to retard wear and prevent galling on my new Caspian .45, which is in a different  league than the R9 and the R9 Stealth. The Stealth has black nitride coated on its rails. What I was wondering was if the R9 had anything coated on its rails as standard...maybe something just not mentioned because it was common and not different. I should have elaborated more.

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: tracker on February 24, 2015, 10:49:55 PM

No offense taken; I was just attempting to answer your question with available information. There is a lot more to the R9 and variations than meets the eye but much of that technology is left interred within the bones.

One salient point that has been mentioned frequently in the past is frame rail finish wear on the standard R9 after only a few rounds. We were assured that this was normal and should not be a concern. It doesn't appear that the Stealth frame was any different in that regard but I don't know for certain.

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: Richard S on February 26, 2015, 12:13:12 AM

Quote from: cargaritaville on February 24, 2015, 10:18:59 PM

Quote from: tracker on February 24, 2015, 09:51:40 PM

Since you've asked again:

http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/products

I didn't mean to insult your intelligence. *** I should have elaborated more.

Intelligence?  Try genius. 

Since Tracker will be too modest to mention this here, let me state for the record that he is a former United States Navy pilot who flew repeatedly in harm's way and never missed a trap in over 300 carrier landings with such extraordinary jet warbirds as the legendary A-4 Skyhawk -- one of these "Hot Rods":

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/RichardS/A-4CSkyhawks.jpg)

From an old Army type, "HOOAH," Tracker!


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Edit:  More on my favorite warbird since the Spitfire and the Mustang:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLMM_jf6Lwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOz7fmuvabI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMQ8fdEj2eg

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: ECR on February 28, 2015, 07:24:59 AM

If I may, the answer is yes to the question. That was the only difference between our "Standard" and "Stealth" models, the blackened slide.
The treatment was Black Nitride(TM). The slides were sent out to a company called H&M Metal Processing in Akron, Ohio for the process.
 They were wonderful to work with on our project.

ecr

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: cargaritaville on February 28, 2015, 07:45:50 AM

Thanks!

Title: Re: R9 Stealth
Post by: ECR on February 28, 2015, 10:35:03 AM

My pleasure.