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Miscellaneous => Classifieds -- For Buying or Selling => Topic started by: yankee2500 on January 07, 2011, 11:16:43 AM
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For Sale a Farmingdale model R9 with the rare [COLOR="Red"]R9s [/COLOR] engraved on the slide. Serial # R419.
Here is the information provided to me by the seller.
I originally sold this to a local guy back in 2004. He had me order him a Robar and traded it. He says he never shot it and it looks like it.
So it is New In The Box and Unfired since 2004. :o
The price is $1200 Shipped to your FFL
Here is the sellers contact info bdwinscher@charter.net
I have no stake in this sale and do not know the seller personally, I'm listing it because he was kind enough to contact me and offer it to me before listing it elsewhere.
I am looking for a Pre R model with Blue CF Grips.
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/yankee2500/IMG_9712.jpg) (http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/yankee2500/IMG_9715.jpg)
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/yankee2500/IMG_9714.jpg)
John
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For all the (rare R9s on the slide) fans, here's a nice one! :)
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This is a STEAL folks! I emailed the seller and got a couple more pictures of the gun and although you can't tell it from the pictures posted here THE GRIPS ON R419 ARE BLUE CF.
This gun has some good, good stuff going for it
-Early Farmingdale gun
-"s" marked slide
-Blue cf's
-Not been shot since leaving the factory in 2004!!
If I had the extra $$ I would be all over this gun!
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I have seen the additional pics too and I must say that those are the blackest pair of blue cf grips I have ever seen. Maybe they were running low on blue cf at the time and decided to ration it out ;) Other than that she looks nice and the price is pretty good.
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I think Its just the lighting, I can make any of my blues look like that.
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x275/ccaallaahhaann/Farmingdales/R419.jpg)
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IMO the cf patterning/weaving/hazing seems like it is the problem. As a result, the blue cf is not being seen. Even on the closeups I have, the blue cf is barely visible. CF grips vary so much and I have seen some really nice ones and some that are less than desirable. With that said, this is still a pretty good deal.
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I contacted the seller and he said they are Black, I know that Corey has probably seen more Blue CF grips than anyone on the forum, with the possible exception of Tom Watson.
I'll have to take his word for it as I have never seen a pair of
Blue CFs in person.
But the seller is Not calling them Blue, if you have questions or concerns contact info for the seller is.
bdwinscher@charter.net
John
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One of those R9s slides that are on a R prefix gun..
Blue CFs on a numbered gun that is a bit out of the range for that also..
I'd still buy it also if the samolians were available!!
Or a trade was acceptable..
Brenden
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Samolians=Learned a new word today ;D
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Somalians need samolians, too.
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Samolians=Learned a new word today ;D
I have heard that before but not in a looong time. ;D
John
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I'd like to win the 350 million Samolian jackpot. ;D Really any Samolian jackpot! :D
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In my deep, dark recesses I remember the word, "Samoiis" from a childhood "B" grade Saturday morning movie.
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I remembered the word samolians from waaaaay back. ;)
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For what its worth, Eric R. thinks those are some of the original blue CF grips, which were actually had blue specks in the blackish CF grips. Eric thinks that frame number is consistent with that. This was more the color that the R-Bros intended with the grips -- eventually they got too blue and too inconsistent in the production process.
When the blue became too prominent -- they nixed the blue altogether.
I edited this post to try and be more accurate. These appear to be the best of the blue CF grips. If we had better pics, we could tell for sure.
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Too blue? Say it ain't so.
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Too blue? Say it ain't so.
;D
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Well they have a new owner now, maybe they will come forward when they receive it and give there interpretation of the color. ;D
John
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Too blue? Say it ain't so.
Love those Blues! :)
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I edited my last post to make it more clear -- these are "blue" CF grips. The amount of blue tint is just less than later grips. But, this is what the R-Bros intended!
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You can tell there is some blue, when looking at the tip of the grip in the picture showing the serial number.
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Hello to all.... I just received R419 today, and I am really proud to say this is my first Rohrbaugh, the entire package was in 100% "mint condition" as stated by the seller, who by the way was a real pleasure to deal with! I would also like to thank Yankee 2500 for posting the pistol here in the classifieds after he heard about it...Thanks John... there seemed to be some questions about the grips being black or blue cf's....I am no expert, but from what I can tell, the grips are exactly what DD Gator thought they might be, darker with "blue" highlights or specs running through them, they are really very sharp looking on this pistol. I also noticed on the manuals if you look close, the cf grips on the guns pictured on the front cover seem to be darker with the "blue" highlights or specs running through them also.... can anyone tell me more about the R9s on the slide and what makes it rarer? :)
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Here is the answer to your question: very few with the "s" suffix left the factory.
http://www.rohrbaughforum.com/YaBB.cgi?board=R9S;action=display;num=1125535391
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Hello to all.... I just received R419 today, and I am really proud to say this is my first Rohrbaugh, the entire package was in 100% "mint condition" as stated by the seller, who by the way was a real pleasure to deal with! I would also like to thank Yankee 2500 for posting the pistol here in the classifieds after he heard about it...Thanks John... there seemed to be some questions about the grips being black or blue cf's....I am no expert, but from what I can tell, the grips are exactly what DD Gator thought they might be, darker with "blue" highlights or specs running through them, they are really very sharp looking on this pistol. I also noticed on the manuals if you look close, the cf grips on the guns pictured on the front cover seem to be darker with the "blue" highlights or specs running through them also.... can anyone tell me more about the R9s on the slide and what makes it rarer? :)
Marshbrook. Congrats on getting the R419. Really a sharp R9. What tracker said and the indicated post. Do enjoy!
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I was somewhat surprised by the 419 S/N having an "s" suffix since there weren't any of those produced past 2004; however, as we have learned, chronology of R9 S/Ns is not sequential.
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Very true. They were somewhat scattered in the serial no. ranges.
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Thanks tracker that is an interesting post about the R9s being stamped on the slide....has there ever been a rough estimate how many slides were sent out this way...also do any of the Deer Park slides have the R9s stamped on them?
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Marshbrook, Congratulations on that fine pup.
Posting it here was the least I could do after Bill contacted me about buying it.
I was glad it was a forum member who got it, it was a deal at $1200 shipped considering it was new in the box.
I hope you enjoy it.
John
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No unaltered Deer Park guns were shipped with the "s" suffix. If anyone disagrees with that generalization, please correct me. I don't think any one knows the number of R9s guns that left the factory.