ABBOBERG
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The XR9 series of pistols are .95" thick. Production tooling is still in the process of being built.
It wouldn't be practical, as you still need to leave some space behind the bolt carrier in order for it to recoil. For the Boberg pistol discussed here, that space is simply thin air behind the slide, so it makes sense.
But I think that the locking system would need to be completely redesigned for the first three, as a single lug would not be enough to contain the forces exerted during firing by large pressures acting upon a relatively large surface (case head).
One minor critique - don't like the term stopping power. One could just say 25% more muzzle energy.
The only thing I noticed is that the magazine lips seem to be on the wrong side: as for regular loading design, for which cartridges are pushed out of magazine forwards. For this unique design they should be on the other side, or: the top line of the magazine shouldn't be parallel to the bottom plate, but slanted other way around... but that may be just a picture of "generic" magazine, I assume, not the one that comes with this gun, sort of "placeholder" for a moment of the development of website. Or maybe I'm wrong, and the shape of the magazine is so nontrivial, the it IS real magazine for this design.
Mr. Boberg, are the production guns going to look like the pictures we've seen, with "Boberg XR9S" on each side of the slide, and without a "read manual" warning stamped on the frame? And will the caliber designation be stamped on the outside of the chamber?
Incredible design, great job.
How do I get on a pre-order list?