Rohrbaugh R9

[torqem]

All pocket 9's are highly stressed. High slide velocities and short strokes maximize slide/frame impact problems, and the spring life is short.

Aluminum frames crack easily. Kahr skipped right over them, went from steel frames to polymer. Not having decent sights is a horrible handicap, and not having luminous sight inserts is just as bad.

The BoBerg points about as "well" as your fist and has all sorts of unnecessary complications in its design. Plus, it's a heavy, expensive brick.

Pant's pocket carry means that the gun tends to get banged on things. That makes me worry a bit about cocked and locked Sig P938's. There's a couple of other issues, too, personal to me. It's quite possible to force the hammer to fire with impact to it, on a cocked and locked 1911, believe it.

 

[LopezEL]

It's easy to get on the auction sites and see what people are asking for their guns but I really wanted to get an idea of what everyone here would pay for a gun in the condition I described. Instead everyone got into an argument about how a bigger gun is "better" and about the pros/cons of the R9.

 

[torqem]

Across the board, you can figure on 1/2 of retail list

if it's in excellent condition and is a popular make and model, not a left handed model, not significantly modified. Anything more than that is gravy, especially if you want to sell it quickly. Which is why I have never paid retail list, in over 35 years now, and I try real hard to not pay more than the 50%. Depending upon the gun's rarity and how badly I want it, I've paid 3/4 of retail. Be aware that custom smithing adds little to the value of a gun. In fact, it can reduce said value, even if it's been nicely done. bubba work, wear, chips, etc, knock the value way down. So can being out of season for a hunting gun, or not having that sort of game to hunt (ie, a waterfowl shotgun in the desert, an elk rifle in Florida.

 

[snooperman]

Put your r9 on gunbroker for $900 or have your local dealer sell it for you.

 

[C0untZer0]

There are a lot of over-priced R9 guns out there for sale, it doesn't hurt to ask $900 and see if someone will buy it.

For me personally, the lack of a warranty card knocks the price way down from new, other people not so much.

And you can't tell about the condition unless there are close-up in-focus pictures - especially of the inside

If you're just looking to fund a purchase of a G42, I think an R9s Stealth, even lacking box, manuals, and short 1 mag would buy a Glock G42 - IMO.

 

[Billy Shears]

It's easy to get on the auction sites and see what people are asking for their guns but I really wanted to get an idea of what everyone here would pay for a gun in the condition I described. Instead everyone got into an argument about how a bigger gun is "better" and about the pros/cons of the R9.

What else do you expect of an internet forum? It's a place where people go to offer their thoughts and opinions, and they're going to do it, come fire or flood.

Really, the only way to actually know what people will pay is put it up for sale and see what you can get for it. People may tell you "I'd pay X for one," and they may even mean it, in the abstract. But if you walked up to them right this minute and said "okay, give me X and its yours" you might discover they've got all kinds of reasons why they can't spare that right now, or at anytime in the foreseeable future, and so they wouldn't actually pay that price in reality, and wouldn't really pony up the dough unless you were offering a screaming deal that they just couldn't turn down.

I'd put it on gunbroker at a slightly lower than book value price and see what the bidding comes up to. You can always put a reserve on it if you aren't willing to go below a certain number.

 

[torqem]

consignment fees apply, even if the gun doesn't sell. sure, you can ask $200-$300 too much, and wait and hope for a sucker. If you have the time and don't need the money.

 

[C0untZer0]

A magazine is $34.95 plus shipping

 

[ddc]

It's easy to get on the auction sites and see what people are asking for their guns but I really wanted to get an idea of what everyone here would pay for a gun in the condition I described. Instead everyone got into an argument about how a bigger gun is "better" and about the pros/cons of the R9.

The R9 is one of those guns that tends to generate some discussion. I've got one and it's a keeper but it's not without it's drawbacks. The lack of a slide lock and the heel mag release are turn-offs for a lot of people and some of those can't understand why someone might be willing to live with the lack of those features.

I think the "at least $800" suggestion is good and starting at $900 is certainly not out of line. It's definitely one of those "niche" firearms. As already suggested I'd head over to the rohrbaugh forum and post it there also.

 

[JohnBT]

"it doesn't hurt to ask $900"

I paid $850 for R6xx in early 2007. The tag said '200 rounds fired'.

About the warranty; a year or so ago I read on the Rohrbaugh Forum that for $150 & a trip to the factory you could "re-warranty" a used gun.

I still have the blank warranty card that came with my used R9. I should send it in.

 

[JohnBT]

At one time it was possible to call Maria at Rohrbaugh to get the warranty status of a used pistol before you bought it. Worth a call.

 

[LopezEL]

What else do you expect of an internet forum? It's a place where people go to offer their thoughts and opinions, and they're going to do it, come fire or flood.

Really, the only way to actually know what people will pay is put it up for sale and see what you can get for it. People may tell you "I'd pay X for one," and they may even mean it, in the abstract. But if you walked up to them right this minute and said "okay, give me X and its yours" you might discover they've got all kinds of reasons why they can't spare that right now, or at anytime in the foreseeable future, and so they wouldn't actually pay that price in reality, and wouldn't really pony up the dough unless you were offering a screaming deal that they just couldn't turn down.

I'd put it on gunbroker at a slightly lower than book value price and see what the bidding comes up to. You can always put a reserve on it if you aren't willing to go below a certain number.

This is the truth... I had several people PM me about buying it and then after giving them a reasonable price they all seem to have disappeared.

 

[C0untZer0]

Generally what people do is they keep their warranty card and only send it in if they need their gun to go in for warranty work.

If you never need to send your gun in, you can sell it, or pass it down to someone, with the warranty card, which means the new user has a warranty.

 

[C0untZer0]

Just an FYI,

If you're going to post in the classifieds at the Rohrbaugh forum you should name a price, the mods aren't running an auction site in the classified section, and they'll tell you so, so just fair warning.

Of course you can actually use an auction site if you choose...