Posted on 03/24/2016 2:40:33 PM PDT by pboyington
Price: $1,350.00
Looks like a Cadillac version of a Jennings.
A Kahr CW9, Smith and Wesson M&P or Ruger LC9 all for between $425 - $525 are also hard to beat.
Who wants a handgun that the President of the company that makes it says 150 rounds through it is too much? Impossible to train with it. Next time try a S&W 9mm M&P Shield
Not too sure I would spend the grand difference for .7 of an oz. and hand-built. Especially with a recoil spring that is only good for 200 rounds. Plus ti gets hot and refuses to cycle.
Just saying
From Davidson’s Gallery of Guns:
BRAND: SCCY Industries
# OF MAGS: 2 W/ Finger Ext Base Plate & Spare Flat Base
MODEL: CPX-1-CB
SAFETY: Manual Ambidextrous Safety
TYPE: Pistol: Semi-Auto
SIGHTS: 3-Dot, Rear Sight Adjustable for Windage
CALIBER:9MM BARREL: 3.1
FINISH: Black Nitride OVERALL LENGTH: 5.7
ACTION: Double Action Only WEIGHT: 15 oz
STOCK: Black Polymer W/ Absorbing Cushion On Backstrap
CAPACITY 10+1 FEATURES:Scratch Resistant Nitride Finish on Slide
RECEIVER:Black Polymer with Finger
MSRP: $334.00
I was impressed with the Rohrbaugh when I first saw it a few years back. Ended up with the Kimber Solo 9
A tad bigger but with the same concealed carry attributes:
http://i58.tinypic.com/20rqqeg.jpg
And runs like a Cadillac Cimarron.
You can have an LCP in every pocket for that price.
Remington bought Rohrbaugh and is producing the RM380 based on the R9. Est street price $379.
http://bearingarms.com/rm-380-remingtons-big-gamble/
That pretty much covers it, other than a firing pin problem.
No thanks
You started to point out a number of things about ultra light, ultra compact pistols and then you stopped.
I would like to continue on a bit so people really understand what this is about.
First you correctly say this is not a service pistol. How true. Physics controls the design and operation of firearms. You can make them small and you can make them light, but you can't change physics.
What I am saying is that recoil is about momentum. Small pistols have tight tolerances for recoil in multiple aspects.
On very powerful ultra compact pistols, the hand (and how it grips the pistol) is an important element in the design of the recoil cycle. If your hand moves with much significance, it will rob the firearm of energy/power needed to cycle the action. Often time this is referred to as limp wristing. That isn't what is happening. What is happening is that the hand/arm are absorbing some of the energy during the cycling.
I have been on the KelTec PF-9 and other forums and argued that most of the reliability complaints regarding any brand of small lightweight semi-auto pistol has to do with not adapting your shooting style to conform to the firearm's requirements. Also tight tolerance firearms require specific kinds of ammo to be reliable. Sometimes there are firearms that are designed for a specific brand/model of ammo, like the famous SeeCamp-Winchester Silver-tip marriage.
For me and my KelTec PF-9 just about anything that has a Hornady ogee bullet shape will feed reliably. If I toss in certain hollow points of other specific brands it will not shoot reliably. Is that the firearm's fault? No, it is just how it is designed and you need to adjust your purchases and shooting habits to the firearms design tolerances.
I congratulate you on expending the money on an R9. I agree with you on the benefits of a hammer fired over striker fired weapon. At least that is my preference as a design engineer. As to DAO, I have mixed feelings. My KelTec FP-9 is DAO. My FEG PA-63 9mm-Mak is DA/SA with de-cocker, my Sig P938 is SAO. My AMT .45 Backup is DAO.
Ultra small or compact semi-automatic pistols shoot differently. You need to adapt your technique to them as opposed to expecting them to shoot like a 1911-A1 or some larger heavier pistol.
I would rate the R-9 from what I have read as one of the most powerful lightweight & compact pocket pistols. I love my KelTec PF-9, but I have done a lot to learn how to shoot it. I also like my other pocket pistols, even if some are a little larger and heavier.
THGTBSM.....
I would rather have a model 43 Glock.
When is someone going to invent a gun that floats for all the clumsy boaters?
Gun that floats.
That will be called ‘trash’ contaminating a waterway, and the EPA will get you.
Ruger LCP 9.4 oz .380
Kel-Tec P3-AT 8.3 oz .380
Glock G42 in 380
or G43 in single stack 9mm
Fools and their money and all that.
L
Could you elaborate on this point, FRiend?
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