Let's Summarize....

[capt.koolaid]

riff and Dan both have good points. The problem is NOBODY wants to admit they paid over 1k for a lemon anymore then SEEING thier treasured pups trashtalked on THE forum for Rohrbaugh. Its a tight rope to walk when you try to suggest possible solutions to guns and someone else JUST HAS to run to the rescue of Rohrbaugh with "how dare yous" spewing.

Ive seen riff take hits, cheapshots, AND potshots. Ive read his range reports despite the constant flow of the koolaid crowd jerring that hes limpwristed, etc. Yet riff continues. Without usualy so much as a retort. CLASS. I for one give him credit. His ammunition research has probably benefited more than a few "lurkers".  Im old and crotchity so stuff doesn't "roll of my back" like riff, BUT his is an idealistic solution. He has found the ammo his R-9 functions with to HIS particular reliability requiremnts. If someone faults it for whatever reason, it really is of no consequence because hes gonna continue to use it! I say...GOOD FOR HIM!

But, thier comes a time to fish or cut bait. Dan my friend, your sorrows have been mimicked by MANY and im sure that will continue. Only you can decide if a 9mm this SMALL is worth the efforts to attempt to remidy it. If you had a Kahr that was flawless you seem to have been in the minority. But obviously thier are some SENSITIVE folks here on this board who dont wanna read about how great Kahr is or what a lemon the R-9 is. Your obviously an educated man so im sure by now you've seen this trend. Idealy, the forum benefits from people like riff who bring solutions to the table for problamatic pups and offer them as VIABLE, alternatives to repeated returns to the factory.  

Bottom line: your beyond subscribing to the whole "very few problems" chant. You know what you've bought, what you've got, and I suspect probably wont be buying anymore. Now you have to decide what to do with the one you've got. Relax, Regain composure and continue to keep on keepin on or....drop it like its hot, sell it, be done with it, and do your homework on the next gun, whatever brand/caliber it may be. Goodluck!

[riffraff]

Chris and capt.koolaid,

I am not perfect and I make mistakes.

Chris you are exactly right about message boards.  Message boards are wonderful but they have some strong negatives.  They are:  not being able to hear the posters voice and tonal inflections, not being able to see a posters facial expressions and body posture.  Unless one is trained or experienced in the writing arts, the absence of these things can make it very hard to understand what a poster is trying to say.  I figured this out long ago about message boards but I still make mistakes about a posters intent and then make a reply based on what I thought was being said instead of what they were trying to say.  I try hard to write so that I am understood but I still have a hard time understanding the true meaning of some posts.  And since I have become a crotchity old fart I sometimes post with some anger instead of asking for a clarification.  I have trained myself to not use vilgarity in my posts even though at times I would have liked to.  So I live and learn and strive to get better although I don't think my IQ will ever go up, on the contrary my brain is not aging gracefully(memory is going).

Dan brought up a very good point. "a writer is always respondible for the conveyance of his message".  More education in the art of writing would have helped me greatly in that respect during these years.

Mike

[groo]

Groo here
 I hope you  people are letting your pup cool when you shoot
 those 100+ rds.  I do not shoot more than 3 clips without
 allowing the gun to cool .  All you have to do is put
 your finger on the barrel hood after 3 clips to know why
 I stop for a while.
 Also this is the way the factory test the gun.
 Reminber this is a pocket pistol built to close tolerences,
 and some can bind up with heat.