cute, but i don't understand what makes it more powerful than any other 9mm on the market.
Posted on 07/29/2008 7:23:14 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
A Revolution In Cartridge Feeding
The Boberg XR9 Introducing the world's most powerful 9mm pocket-sized pistol.
Summary
Basically, the XR9 is a pocket pistol with a full length barrel, having the magazine located directly under the chamber. The patent-pending feed mechanism grabs a cartridge from the magazine and delivers it straight into the chamber. This allows the chamber clearance to be significantly less, causing less energy and noise to blast out the back. With this combination, kinetic energy is maximized, and in many cases will exceed the energy produced in full-sized pistols.
Just an FYI to all of you out there that prefer other calibers to 9mm - be patient! The first offering will be in 9mm because it remains highly popular, is relatively inexpensive to practice with, provides a decent round count in the magazine, and delivers a lot of power in many styles of +P. The key point here is that the Boberg XR9 will always provide superior power to any same-sized gun, and many larger guns in any caliber it is offered. Other calibers will be offered pending the success of the 9mm version.
(Excerpt) Read more at bobergengineering.com ...
This looks pretty darn cool to me.
Heads up to all the freeper gunnuts, technophiles, and armchair quarterbacks out there.
Let's discuss
Cool gun! I have lots of guns, but their site explicitly compares this to the Kel-Tec P38T, which I carry on a regular basis. I like the idea of a gun this small in 9mm (I also carry a Kahr 9mm) but I wonder how weight, recoil and reliability are. I have to say I like my little Kel-Tec, and my wife loves it. Great pocket (literally) pistol. And the KT was cheap. I wonder how much this little gem goes for?
I’d buy the shorty in a heartbeat.
Whaddya think?
It looks neat! I shot a 9mm Detonics that was very small and it kicked worse than a 45 auto. I wonder how this would be?
I have a kahr PM9.
I don’t think the boberg guns are past the prototype phase yet. But if they are reliable and not too heavy or too expensive, I’d ditch my kahr for the micro shorty without thinking twice.
You gotta look at the animated video of the action cycling if you haven’t already. I think it’s just absolutely amazing.
nice looking gun. I have a Beretta 9000 s for my Concealed Carry “between the seat cushion” car gun. This one looks nice but the mechanism looks quite complicated. I do not want complicated. Cleaning could get to be a problem.
The long drawback of the cartridge looks like there are a lot of parts that could go from “SNAFU” to “TARFU” and then to “FUBAR” at a critical moment.
perfect for summer carry!
Although my favorite pistol is the M1911, I would never denigrate the 9mm. It is a powerful high intensity cartridge and with the right ammo will do about anything one wants for a defense cartridge.
cute, but i don't understand what makes it more powerful than any other 9mm on the market.
Nice pistol, bad website.
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Interesting in that this action presents a feasible solution for a clip magazine, Remington, .44 mag carbine.
Because the barrel is longer.
The chamber is DIRECTLY above the top round in the magazine. Any firearm with same length of slide as the boberg will have a barrel shorter by at least the overall length of the cartridge. So the boberg has a power advantage over all other equal length pistols due to the freaky new fangled feeding mechanism that allows for a longer barrel in a shorter slide.
watch the vid
http://bobergengineering.com/video_page.htm
SHades of the PKM.
No thanks
John got it ‘right’ with the 1911....
Hmmm, I’m not so sure. At first I thought you were really on to something. But after watching the animated vid really closely, it’s not exactly a fixed barrel. THe barrel moves a tiny tiny bit. I think the barrel might rotate also.
On the other hand, the old browning auto-12 shotgun had a barrel that moved, so why not a rifle?
So which one of these would I purchase? Uh...is "both" a good answer? ;-)
Be glad to try a sample :)
if the article stated "of EQUAL size" it makes sense but all it said is "The Boberg XR9 Introducing the world's most powerful 9mm pocket-sized pistol." and from the prints, i'm not thrilled about it not having an extractor either.
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