Boberg XR9-S First Production pistol to hit the street

[yukonjasper]

Cool - It finally made it to production. I wonder how close to the specifications I copied and posted back in 2008:
http://www.mnguntalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=2801

[solidgun]

Do you happen to know the wait time for the next production? When this was introduced, I didn't think it would hit the market anytime soon so I didn't pre-order. But it is one of those guns that I want sitting in my safe.

[JFettig]

E-mail Arne and find out.

[JFettig]

another random pic

[Stradawhovious]

Those rounds really nose dive into that mag, dont they? At first glance I thought you were offering a parody of the HK ad that had the rounds backward in the mag...... on closer inspection that obviously isn't the case.

I've never even held one of these things...... How does that transfer bar looking thing attached to the trigger effect the "feel" of the trigger pull?

[45usp45]

Ya the magazine does look odd.
I need to fondle one and take it apart to see how that magazine works.

[tman]

I can't see too well from my scrambled phone, but it looks like the cartridges were loaded backwards.

(sent from a "secure location" via scrambled phone)

[plblark]

that's intentional as the loading mechanism is completely different than any other semi-auto self loading pistol on the market today.

[Pat Cannon]

I can't see too well from my scrambled phone, but it looks like the cartridges were loaded backwards.

That's 'cause the extractor on this gun pulls the round straight back out the mag, then moves it up to chamber. That's how it can have the action back over your wrist, thus putting the whole barrel an inch or so further to the rear than a 'normal' autoloader.

[Stradawhovious]

I can't see too well from my scrambled phone, but it looks like the cartridges were loaded backwards.

That's 'cause the extractor on this gun pulls the round straight back out the mag, then moves it up to chamber. That's how it can have the action back over your wrist, thus putting the whole barrel an inch or so further to the rear than a 'normal' autoloader.

So the slide strips a round off the mag during blowback, the seats it in the chamber as it cycles forward?

Neato!

[jgalt]

I can't see too well from my scrambled phone, but it looks like the cartridges were loaded backwards.

That's 'cause the extractor on this gun pulls the round straight back out the mag, then moves it up to chamber. That's how it can have the action back over your wrist, thus putting the whole barrel an inch or so further to the rear than a 'normal' autoloader.

So the slide strips a round off the mag during blowback, the seats it in the chamber as it cycles forward?

Neato!

Yup - there's a video on his site that shows how it works...

http://www.bobergarms.com/video/boberg-xr9-patentpending-feed-1

[Squib Joe]

Like a controlled feed bolt-action rifle

[josh2415]

I've never even held one of these things...... How does that transfer bar looking thing attached to the trigger effect the "feel" of the trigger pull?

The trigger is very smooth and even, esp for a DAO pistol. The mfg says that the pull is 5.5lbs, which seems about right. Smoother than the trigger on my SR9c, which also has a nice trigger.

[Snowgun]

Super cool, especially in the fact that he eschewed tradition and did his own thing.

I wonder who his manufacturer is?

[JFettig]

Yup, it strips the round out of the magazine and pulls it up straight inline with the chamber and jams it in.

If anyone wants to try it out, I could find a day that I could meet you guys at a range somewhere.

The trigger is very nice with the stock spring, he has a couple heavier springs available too. I wish the reset was more like a standard auto-loader, its all the way back to resting position then pull again - like a revolver.

He manufactures these pistols in his own shop, I've been in there myself. I'm sure he outsources a bunch of components.
His shop isn't something that the average joe can go visit. I work for a company that has done some work for him and got a tour.

I'll try to take some pictures of it field stripped when I have time.