Anyone handled a Boberg? Hoot?

by Gunner , St Louis, Sunday, February 05, 2012, 19:29 (4675 days ago) @ Tam

NEVER claimed to be an expert!

But I have read about, handled and fired many types of weapons in 32 years.

Here's my take on Boberg...

1) Their feed design looks unreliable, too much movement by the round before it chambers. The best auto designs all have short movement, with little to no angle of the round before feeding into the barrel chamber from the magazine.

2) Their BS on the web site....
"power of a full-sized 9mm/9mm+P pistol in a pocket-sized form"

based on their feeding design that allows a longer barrel, .23" more than a LC9!

"Boberg XR9-S Shorty was designed to duplicate the ballistics of the G26 "Baby Glock"

baby glock is considered a compact pistol, isn't?

Too much BS marketing to be taken serious.

3) Retail price is a joke. Almost twice retail price of a Ruger LC9, which is very close in size, with a better feeding system.

4) Feed lips on their magazine looks too fragile to last long term, my bet, one drop onto the ground will ruin the magazine.

Expert, no, just able to tell the difference from a good design to what comes out of the south end of a cow.

Gunner