R-9 and MS-9
Stainless and aluminum, tiny and potent, and they've intrigued many of us since prototypes were available for some to see early this year at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The website, http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/, doesn't really have some of the other information I think is important, so I asked Eric Rohrbaugh:
1. Warranty? (Sounds about as good as it gets.) "The warranty is to be very simple....If it should break for any reason, we will repair it to factory spec...no charge, other than the usual shipping charges." That means the owner pays to send it to Rohrbaugh, and Rohrbaugh pays return shipping costs.
2. Striker fired or multiple strike capability? "The new R-9 and MS-9 are D.A.O. hammer setups. If you have a misfire, just pull the trigger again."
3. What's the difference between the R-9 and the MS-9? "The difference between the two guns....The MS-9 is the first patented "Safe-Gun Technology" semi-auto 9mm pistol in the world. The "Model T" of safeguns if you will. The R-9 is the same gun without the magnetic safegun trigger."
4. Any restrictions on dry firing? "Dry fire it as much as you like with an empty chamber......No Problem."
5. What's the comparative recoil from a 9mm that small? "Recoil is like a Walther PPK .380 shooting Plus-P loads."
6. What kind of sights? "We are... going to put a sighting system on the gun called "The Eights"... It is basically two dots you would line up one on top of the other to look like the number "8" and there is your simple....clean sight."
7. When will they be available? "Right now we are on schedule to have the production models available we feel by around October of this year."
These guns are a shade bigger than a Kel-Tec P-32, and since they're 9mm instead of .32, they'll surely get a closer look for CCW purposes. At 14 ounces, the recoil should be about the same as a P-11 since their empty weights are about the same. I never shot my P-11 alongside my PPK, so I don't have a good basis for comparison.
I'm not a fan of internal locks, but then again, I don't have a state or otherwise mandated need for them either. The option to pass on it is nice.
Pricing is not firm yet, but $695 and $795 was projected at the SHOT Show. My guess is that it will be lower, more like the Kahr pricing, until the gun catches on. Then it should go up based on what I perceive as high demand, especially due to its sheer attractiveness as a small, potent, and good looking "Mighty Mouse" gun.
Stainless and aluminum, tiny and potent, and they've intrigued many of us since prototypes were available for some to see early this year at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The website, http://www.rohrbaughfirearms.com/, doesn't really have some of the other information I think is important, so I asked Eric Rohrbaugh:
1. Warranty? (Sounds about as good as it gets.) "The warranty is to be very simple....If it should break for any reason, we will repair it to factory spec...no charge, other than the usual shipping charges." That means the owner pays to send it to Rohrbaugh, and Rohrbaugh pays return shipping costs.
2. Striker fired or multiple strike capability? "The new R-9 and MS-9 are D.A.O. hammer setups. If you have a misfire, just pull the trigger again."
3. What's the difference between the R-9 and the MS-9? "The difference between the two guns....The MS-9 is the first patented "Safe-Gun Technology" semi-auto 9mm pistol in the world. The "Model T" of safeguns if you will. The R-9 is the same gun without the magnetic safegun trigger."
4. Any restrictions on dry firing? "Dry fire it as much as you like with an empty chamber......No Problem."
5. What's the comparative recoil from a 9mm that small? "Recoil is like a Walther PPK .380 shooting Plus-P loads."
6. What kind of sights? "We are... going to put a sighting system on the gun called "The Eights"... It is basically two dots you would line up one on top of the other to look like the number "8" and there is your simple....clean sight."
7. When will they be available? "Right now we are on schedule to have the production models available we feel by around October of this year."
These guns are a shade bigger than a Kel-Tec P-32, and since they're 9mm instead of .32, they'll surely get a closer look for CCW purposes. At 14 ounces, the recoil should be about the same as a P-11 since their empty weights are about the same. I never shot my P-11 alongside my PPK, so I don't have a good basis for comparison.
I'm not a fan of internal locks, but then again, I don't have a state or otherwise mandated need for them either. The option to pass on it is nice.
Pricing is not firm yet, but $695 and $795 was projected at the SHOT Show. My guess is that it will be lower, more like the Kahr pricing, until the gun catches on. Then it should go up based on what I perceive as high demand, especially due to its sheer attractiveness as a small, potent, and good looking "Mighty Mouse" gun.
