The "What happened to Para" thread started me thinking.

I have a 2012 Rohrbaugh R9 Stealth sitting in the safe. Round count is probably less than 300. When I brought mine, Eric gave me 1 or 2 spare mags and a couple of springs.

When Carl and Eric sold to Remington, I locked this one in the safe. My thought process was that they're only going to go up, up, up in value. Since then, we've seen the advent of the P365 which accepts +P ammunition and has a greater capacity. Lately, I'm not so certain of my decision to hold.

So, what would the Sigforum members do? Keep or sell?

I say sell it unless you plan to use it as your CCW. After Rohrbaugh was sold to Remington, I too discontinued carrying mine in anticipation of the big price increase. So far, there has been little to no increase in value. The R9 was always a niche product and will always appeal to some buyers. But with similarly sized user friendly 9mm pistols selling for half the price of a Rohrbaugh, I don't believe demand for original R9's is overwhelming supply. I was happy to finally get out from under mine for nearly as much as my initial investment.

I don't think this is ever going to be a collector gun. If it works for you as a CCW gun use it as such.

Agree. If it works for you just use it. Otherwise I would sell it. The one I had was by far the most unreliable gun I've ever owned, and I've owned many. I really wanted to like it wasn't meant to be.

I faced a similar dilemma with a Colt Pocket 9. I purchased one of the first ones due to the size, but it was not user friendly. I promptly sent it off to SM&A and they worked their magic. Shortly thereafter Colt was sued by Kahr for patent infringement, and production ceased. Due to low volumes aftermarket parts never materialized, so there are no spare parts. As a result, I don't want to practice with it, and I won't carry something I don't practice with. Today it just sits in the safe, hoping Colt will bring it back. But, with so many inexpensive offerings today in that same size, I'm not hopeful. Thus my dilemma - do I take my chances and use it, or continued to just fondle it once in a while. I just can't bring myself to sell it.

How do you feel about the Rohrbaugh when you pick it up? I have a Colt 1903 .32 ACP that has been in the family since 1926 that doesn't stack up to anything modern for firepower, accuracy, etc. - but I will never let it go because of the way I feel about it.

On the question of collectibility I don't think it makes the cut. They apparently were well made but there are several small pistols made today that probably do the job better.

So my vote would be to sell it, and buy something that 1) fills the pocket pistol niche well, if that's what you need, like the P365, the Hellcat, or Ruger EC-9; and/or 2) get something that you have been thinking about for a long time, whatever that might be!

Unfortunately few firearms, especially modern firearms increase or hold their value. With that said Tom Cruise could use a Rohrbaugh in a movie and suddenly prices go through the roof. More than likely you will never see a profit or come close to breaking even should you sell your R9. If you don't mind keeping it as a safe queen by all means hold on to it but if you can sell it to buy a gun you might shoot more go ahead and sell the R9. I've sold plenty of guns and don't regret getting rid of any of them.

In 30 or 40 years it will have collector value

You are right, it's current personal carry value has dropped because of some of the new micro-9s on the market

I would personally keep it, bu then I used to curate a Museum and I like to keep everything

If you can sell it for more than you have in it go an put that cash toward something you Really Want

I would keep it, you can always sell it later if I am wrong.

You have a Pre-Remington R9 made outside of Ilion or wherever the current ones are made.

Good looking Seecamp big brother pistols in my view.

HK Ag

I doubt YOU will see much collector value but I would almost bet that little Rohrbaugh will be a sought after oddity at some point.

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Originally posted by RoverSig:
How do you feel about the Rohrbaugh when you pick it up? I have a Colt 1903 .32 ACP that has been in the family since 1926 that doesn't stack up to anything modern for firepower, accuracy, etc. - but I will never let it go because of the way I feel about it.

On the question of collectibility I don't think it makes the cut. They apparently were well made but there are several small pistols made today that probably do the job better.

So my vote would be to sell it, and buy something that 1) fills the pocket pistol niche well, if that's what you need, like the P365, the Hellcat, or Ruger EC-9; and/or 2) get something that you have been thinking about for a long time, whatever that might be!

I agree with RoverSig. I don't think I would hold onto any firearm simply for investment purposes. But if you like it, keep it. Otherwise sell it and find something you like better or put the money into a retirement account.