How Long must this wait go on?

[JeffD]

Hi all,

I just signed up today on the forum. I have been lurking this forum for months. I must say what a great forum you all keep up here.

 I ordered a R9s back in April I was told it would be ready in August. I have still not recieved it yet. I had my dealer call the company A couple days ago. They told him that there was a 3 week wait on magazines to come in and another 3 to 4 week wait before it would be shipped. I have never waited so long on a firearm in my life.

I ordered a custom holster from a guy in florida right after I ordered the gun. I plan on useing the gun as a backup. So I ordered a left handed holster that also carries a 1911 magazine in it.


They say that good things come to those who wait. If this is true then this will be the best pistol I have ever bought!

I sure do hope it is worth the wait.

[Michigunner]

Hi JeffD,

Welcome to the forum.  Hope you will visit here many times.

The wait is hard to take, but it will be worth the trouble.

Bill

[tracker]

Jeff,
Not to minimize your frustration because of the promised
delivery date but I remember that 9 months was standard
wait time in earlier days.

[Ubik380]

Welcome! I'm sure there are a lot of lurkers who hear about the long delivery wait and wonder if the wait is worth it, especially with the messages from folks who have feeding or other issues. My experience puts the R9 in the same class of fine engineering and design as my Gold Cup .45 and my Seecamps. All tools have limitations, but these have have unexceeded beauty, reliability, fit and function for their purpose. I'm hoping the R Brothers next effort is a six+ round .45 platform: I'll order mine the moment they start taking orders!

For what it's worth, I had similar feeding issues when I started; if I racked the slide manually, the next round would usually nose into the feed ramp and jam, and I had one or two similar jams when shooting the first 50 or so rounds. After that the jamming problem disappeared and rounds feed perfectly but I still take the precaution of smacking the back (primer side) of the magazine against my palm after loading so that the angle of the top rounds are aligned as well as they can be.

BTW... I waited a year for mine (custom SN#) and it was worth it!

[theirishguard]

JeffD, I know the wait is hard, however, you will love the gun.
Tom

[Newt]

Welcome! Stay the course and you won't be sorry.

[MountainMan]

Jeff
First a big welcome!  I remember waiting two years for a Seecamp.  Hope your wait will go quickly.  Just received my R9 about a week ago and it is worth waiting for.
Dave

[Brenden]

JeffD,

Welcome...

Waiting is actually part of the "trial" of ownership!!

You have passed..

We all want the pup SOONER..

Have fun when you do-I know you will..

Brenden

[R9SCarry]

Jeff, let me add my welcome too:)

I was probably lucky - my first (very early one) was really only a few weeks - guy in AK had two on order, one of which I snapped up.  I then had a surprise when march 2004 Eric turned up at a shoot with mine and Jody Hudson's.  Tried it out there and then.  Some few eeks later, it went all way to Anchorage and thence to me!!

My second one ordered soon after that was approx 5 months IIRC but of course the wait was as nothing, having already got one!

Waiting is indeed part of the game - and hard to circumvent unless a good used deal comes up - or you find a dealer who just happens to have had delivery of some on order.

Hope you won't wait too much longer.

[Iorndealer]

Welcome!  
Believe me the wait will be worth it.  Once you get hold of yours it will become immediately your most valued possesion, further more upon receipt of your R9 you become a full fledged member of one of the best "forums" on the net.  The fellows out here are a treasure trove of help, info and inspiration.  Welcome once again to "our club"

[Michigunner]

JeffD,

I'm sorry you had to meet all the mean members on your first post.

The nice friendly people will come along later.

It just takes time.

Bill

[MountainMan]

Bill
How is the weather at the lake.
Any snow flurries yet?
Dave

[Michigunner]

Dave,

There is not much going on.  It's cold, but no snow yet.

We had fun waiting for the moon to come up last night.

Since there was a faint glow on some clouds, we knew precisely where to look.

It started with a brillant pin point of light, a rather remarkable sight.

I am an old astronomer, by hobby, and I think nobody has ever provided a satisfactory explanation about why the moon is so giant near the horizon.

I'm going to check out the rise of Venus and Jupiter, too.

Bill

[MountainMan]

Bill
If Astromony is your hobby you would be fasinated by vistiing our high school.  It has the most advanced plantitarium in the country for a high school, only matched by a few colleges.  One thing I do miss is the stars.  I use to live in a field where you were surrounded by stars.  Now in the woods surrounded by very tall trees there is a hole to look at the sky through when the leaves are on the trees.  It does help having skylights.  Now seeing a full moon through the trees around halloween does have a  special "spooky" look.
Dave

[JeffD]

Thanks for the good replies all. I needed to vent and I just knew you would all understand.