Boberg Arms question?

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As far as I know, the Bobergs are about as common as the VLTOR Bren Tens. A whole lotta hype, but no visible results.
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As far as I can tell the company was started in 2008 and hasn't produced one production gun. I won't be holding my breath waiting for one. I am not sure how they stay in business unless he is a job shop and trying to manufacture a gun on the side.
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They shipped their first batch of guns, with another ~2x larger batch coming soon.
 
Sure it is. Why not use he highest power the gun is designed for. Just because gun A was not designed strong enough to use +p why would that be a reason for gun B NOT to use +p even though it was designed strong enough to use it?

"Not hardly a fair comparison." Sounds like a weak argument to me.
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Then why not compare it to the Kel-Tec PF-9 which will handle +P ammo? If you don't compare apples to apples it is the worst kind of BS lying.
 
"Similar-sized gun is not +P rated"

The similar-sized gun is also smaller and lighter. And been available for many years. We'll see what comes of this long birthing process.

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If they made a straight up fair comparison it would not make there boberg special look so great. They rely on they people buying with out out research.
 
Mine just arrived at my FFL today. SN #37

Looks & feels great. Maybe I'll have to take Friday off & go to the range.
 
OcelotZ3, sounds great, would really like a range report and icing on the cake would be pic's or even better a video of shooting your new gun. Congrats, LM.
BTW If you don't mind, what's the going price on these pistols?
 
Yes, me too,I am anxious about this little nine as well.

Let us know soon. Thanks and good luck with it.
 
Then why not compare it to the Kel-Tec PF-9 which will handle +P ammo? If you don't compare apples to apples it is the worst kind of BS lying.
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What kind of +P ammo will the Kel-Tec PF9 handle, then? My PF9 was shooting 4" high at 12 feet (distance to chronograph stop) with Black Hills 124 gr JHP +P. Just because a gun can "handle" the hotter ammo (despite the manufacturers warning) doesn't mean it won't shoot wildly off-target. Could it be that the barrel is tilting before the bullet has left? If so, why doesn't Kel-Tec tell anyone about this? Or is it easier to just say, "don't shoot +P" just like everyone else does?

And as far as comparing "apples to apples" - we never had any intentions on copying polymer pocket nines made by Kel-Tec, Kahr, Cobra, Diamondback, Sccy, Ruger, Taurus, Sig, and now Beretta and competing with them in a price war.
 
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Well, the gun is real - there have been pics of cases of frames, and partially assembled guns up on the Boberg forum for some time now. That has never been a serious concern.

The concern is whether they will ever get to the point where a customer can just up and buy one of their guns without being muddled in a order queue.
 
The design is very unusual. It uses an arm to feed the next round into the chamber from a magazine that does not use a follower. He seems to be happy with it. We'll see how it goes in the long run. Personally, I see it winding up as a $1000 novelty/niche item. It does have a very ergo-looking modern styling to it.
 
I'm sure, since they're 1000 dollars a pop, even if they're a POS, no one will think so. I can think of other examples, but no gun war threadjacks, I suppose. :D No judgement passing on this new gun, though. I'm waiting on the guinea pigs to report. :D

One thing I did notice, the gun looks like it sits high OVER the hand, not real good for muzzle flip and, well, it's gonna be light and in 9x19+P.
 
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