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Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby John S. on Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:34 pm

http://www.bobergarms.com/

Aint cheap that's fo sho ;)
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby 2in2out on Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:34 pm

Looks like I missed Crucible Arms' review of it, but they had a link on Boberg's page. Interesting little firearm.
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby John S. on Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:59 am

2in2out wrote:Looks like I missed Crucible Arms' review of it, but they had a link on Boberg's page. Interesting little firearm.


A buddy saw it at a show in Minneapolis, said its actually smaller than his LCR. He wants one but, he said when he saw the $1000+ tag thought twice. I myself rather have my Coonan for THAT price!
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby Uffdaphil on Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:42 am

Selling the sizzle site turns me off. Reminds me of the veg-o-matic booth at the state fair.
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby old guy on Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:36 am

I have one, it is of the highest quality construction, mine is the short first edition, it is the size of a kel-tec p3at .380 but is a 9m/m with a 3.3" brl., it has the best d a trigger I have ever used, also about 1/2 the felt recoil of a Kel-Tec pf9.
Mine lives in my coat pocket most of the time.
They also make a longer one now and also a .45acp, if you stop at the shop in White Bear Arne will gladly give you a tour.

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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby jgalt on Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:39 am

Thanks for that, old guy.

This one has been on my short list to buy for a while now, I just haven't had the funds to get it ... or anything else on my short list... :(

But it is good to hear someone's person experience with it. 8-)
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby David on Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:42 pm

Does anyone stock these? I see on their site that just about every store in the metro is a dealer, but are they in stores, or is it an order-only thing?
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby Jack's My dog on Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:58 pm

I think I saw some at Bill's in Circle Pines yesterday.
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Postby gun_fan111 on Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:59 pm

I want to say I saw one at Gunstop a couple of weeks back. You will definitely want to call them unless you were planning to stop by anyway.
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby AFTERMATH on Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:11 pm

I've seen 'em around and read up on them a bit. Just about everything on the website. It's certainly a novel concept.
From what I've read though, they are picky eaters. Boberg's response seems to be that they're a work in progress. If you find a kink, send it in and they'll fix it and upgrade it to the latest revisions......

Sounds like beta testing to me, which is fine. But dropping a grand to participate in a product development study, no matter how cool, isn't compatible with my wallet at the moment.

I'll have to wait until the stars align.
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby old guy on Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:12 pm

I don't know how he is doing it now, I was on the list a couple of years ago for the second bunch that went out, I got on the list in Nov. and got notified in May or June, I picked up thru Al's gunshop in W.B.

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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby David on Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:47 pm

Thanks, guys!
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby Erik_Pakieser on Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:54 pm

Has a nasty habit of pulling the bullet out of the chambered round. Not recommended.

(Yeah, I know that Boberg says this only happens with certain ammo. I don't care - any gun which is dependent on specific brands of ammo to function is too finicky for me)
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby Squib Joe on Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:01 pm

Bill's has them at all locations, including some fancy ones and the new 45ACP model. Also rental guns to try out
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Re: Anyone own one? Boberg's

Postby grimbeaver on Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:48 am

I tried one last year. Novel but wasn't sold on it. I felt like I was getting a lot more muzzle rise out of it than a traditional gun like say an XDS.
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