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My apologies in advance to the moderators because this isn't a "Boberg forum" but it *is* a semiauto forum and I'd like to ask:
Has anyone heard anything new about this pistol, the Boberg XR9-S?
Boberg Arms.
They were at the SHOT show in 2008 and produced at least one functional prototype of what was presumed by many in 2009/10 to be a production pistol - at least, as soon as they could start producing them. The hallmark is a radical redesign of the feed system which allows a long barrel length in an ultracompact 9mm. There was enough going on there to get me intrigued, at least, about their design's benefits.
All of a sudden after ~ January, 2010 there hasn't been much activity at their website, in terms of ordering or sales or anything else. They decided not to participate in SHOT 2011, but somewhat paradoxically, only because it would delay shipment of their guns! And yet, I've heard very little else about them and large parts of their website haven't been updated in a long time. Is there any "there" there?
I looked at it just from a "gadget guy" perspective and thought: "Hmm. Wonder if they can actually make that work?"
Has anyone heard anything about or from them? Are they waiting for some larger manufacturer to buy the design? Have they run out of steam? What do you think of the technical merits of the pistol? The feed mechanism is complicated and unconventional to say the least, but that doesn't mean it won't work. I suspect the real issue is cost in an already crowded field of "mouse guns" not necessarily technical merit. The interesting thing in the abstract is that this is a "mouse gun" that promises full-size muzzle energy *and* a soft recoil, which would truly be an advance.
So what's up with it?
Has anyone heard anything new about this pistol, the Boberg XR9-S?
Boberg Arms.
They were at the SHOT show in 2008 and produced at least one functional prototype of what was presumed by many in 2009/10 to be a production pistol - at least, as soon as they could start producing them. The hallmark is a radical redesign of the feed system which allows a long barrel length in an ultracompact 9mm. There was enough going on there to get me intrigued, at least, about their design's benefits.
All of a sudden after ~ January, 2010 there hasn't been much activity at their website, in terms of ordering or sales or anything else. They decided not to participate in SHOT 2011, but somewhat paradoxically, only because it would delay shipment of their guns! And yet, I've heard very little else about them and large parts of their website haven't been updated in a long time. Is there any "there" there?
I looked at it just from a "gadget guy" perspective and thought: "Hmm. Wonder if they can actually make that work?"
Has anyone heard anything about or from them? Are they waiting for some larger manufacturer to buy the design? Have they run out of steam? What do you think of the technical merits of the pistol? The feed mechanism is complicated and unconventional to say the least, but that doesn't mean it won't work. I suspect the real issue is cost in an already crowded field of "mouse guns" not necessarily technical merit. The interesting thing in the abstract is that this is a "mouse gun" that promises full-size muzzle energy *and* a soft recoil, which would truly be an advance.
So what's up with it?
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