"The August 2004 issue of Gun Tests..."
Was a joke, and it wasn't a funny one. They bungled it from start to finish.
Here is Eric Rohrbaugh's letter to Gun Tests. He lists 10 points, so it takes 3 posts to get it all.
www.rohrbaughforum.com/YaBB.cgi?board=R9S;action=display;num=1091220026
Shall I hit some of the high points?
"Yet,
the R9S you reviewed was sent to you from the factory as a testing and evaluation piece. I should know, since I am the one who sent it to you. Subsequently, you returned the piece after your evaluation. Nowhere, at any time did you purchase the firearm. I would think, since your reputation is such that you purchase firearms, you would have had a disclaimer in the article that you did not purchase the piece and clarify your position. Since you did not purchase this piece, you were sent one magazine. "
"the pistol that was tested,
by GUN TESTS, was the exact same one, Serial #R170 (see photos in the American Handgunner and the photo in GT,) that was tested approximately a month prior, by AH, and then sent to you. Ironically they seemed to have a different opinion of the function, accuracy and reliability. I might also point out that
Serial #R170 was also tested by Massad Ayoob approximately one week ago at a workshop in Long Island, after you returned it to our factory. His opinion regarding the accuracy and reliability did not seem to match yours. "
"Research by actual R9 owners, (see the RohrbaughForum.com and
www.TheHighRoad.org for results)
has shown that HIGH QUALITY ammunition has been flawless."
"Our rifling is a 1:16 right hand twist - a standard for 9mm in the industry. Funny, this was also listed in the owner’s manual. Ironically,
Roy Huntington and Mickey Fowler did not seem to have an issue, and consistently shot 2½-inch groups at 25 yards. I personally witnessed Mr. Ayoob place 6 headshots at 10 yards into a regulation IPSC target that could be covered by a silver dollar.
Now this was the same gun in all tests, and Mr. Ayoob’s test was the gun that you returned. Imagine, the exact same gun fired by different hands - different results."
"Fact 9: The hammer is not flush. It resides in a recessed area at the back of the slide to prevent slam fire and cover drop-testing requirements. Ours was tested to 12 feet without incident. The trigger activates the hammer to bring it out of its chamber. "
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Gun Tests really fouled up their R9 review. They didn't even buy the gun. JT
Too me in the article it did not seem that Gun Tests was being bias against the Rohrbaugh. They lamented the lack of a slide lock and pointed out that clearing a jam would be deadly slow.
is way out of my allowance range. But then my Queen has a tight strangle hold on my allowance 
so unfortunately I’m more into the Ford Fiesta price-line 