You're totally wrong about Rohrbaugh.
I've dealt with him personally & he's not the type of guy you're making him out to be.
That test sample was not a "generous gift", it was a test loaner, exactly like the one I borrowed from him for testing.
No gift to GT, no gift to me.
The one GT wrote up had already been loaned to another writer.
Get that- LOANS.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
Rohrbaugh wasn't pitching a hissy fit because his pet didn't get a good rating, he was annoyed because GT didn't understand the gun & didn't disclose that it was obtained as a LOANER directly from the maker.
He didn't send the gun because he wanted a favorable opinion, he answered a T&E request for a sample, just like he did with several of us who reviewed it.
Had GT produced an honest review, and a QUALIFIED review, he would have accepted it even if a couple minor unsatisfactory aspects had been mentioned.
Rohrbaugh is no "typical hobby gun maker", he's a very astute businessman who designed something quite unique at the time, a high-quality sub-compact 9mm pocket pistol.
I first met him at the SHOT Show when he was just introducing the pistol.
I was favorably impressed by both him and his product, and BORROWED one shortly after to review.
In discussions with him about development of the design and production of the pistol, it was obvious he fully knew the design's limitations, and by limitations I simply mean no slide lock, diminutive sights, and a recoil spring that was never meant to be fired in volume.
The pistol was quality-made from good materials and did exactly what it was designed to do.
Some compromises in features had to be made in that tiny package to keep it small & simple.
GT, as is frequently the case, didn't understand either the product or its use.
I found their review made that quite obvious.
Rohrbaugh was just pointing that out, rebutting their mis-informed assertions, and noting publicly that GT does not ALWAYS obtain their test samples from over the counter sources, as they claim.
Also, that the same pistol had been previously reviewed by another noted writer with a helluva lot more credibility than GT will ever have.
"Sorehead loser"?
Rohrbaugh designed that pistol himself. It was quality, it was unique.
He put the program together.
He established manufacturing capability.
He built a niche gun that had no equal.
He built a company.
He sold that company to Remington for millions.
That sounds like a loser to you?
Denis
I've dealt with him personally & he's not the type of guy you're making him out to be.
That test sample was not a "generous gift", it was a test loaner, exactly like the one I borrowed from him for testing.
No gift to GT, no gift to me.
The one GT wrote up had already been loaned to another writer.
Get that- LOANS.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
Rohrbaugh wasn't pitching a hissy fit because his pet didn't get a good rating, he was annoyed because GT didn't understand the gun & didn't disclose that it was obtained as a LOANER directly from the maker.
He didn't send the gun because he wanted a favorable opinion, he answered a T&E request for a sample, just like he did with several of us who reviewed it.
Had GT produced an honest review, and a QUALIFIED review, he would have accepted it even if a couple minor unsatisfactory aspects had been mentioned.
Rohrbaugh is no "typical hobby gun maker", he's a very astute businessman who designed something quite unique at the time, a high-quality sub-compact 9mm pocket pistol.
I first met him at the SHOT Show when he was just introducing the pistol.
I was favorably impressed by both him and his product, and BORROWED one shortly after to review.
In discussions with him about development of the design and production of the pistol, it was obvious he fully knew the design's limitations, and by limitations I simply mean no slide lock, diminutive sights, and a recoil spring that was never meant to be fired in volume.
The pistol was quality-made from good materials and did exactly what it was designed to do.
Some compromises in features had to be made in that tiny package to keep it small & simple.
GT, as is frequently the case, didn't understand either the product or its use.
I found their review made that quite obvious.
Rohrbaugh was just pointing that out, rebutting their mis-informed assertions, and noting publicly that GT does not ALWAYS obtain their test samples from over the counter sources, as they claim.
Also, that the same pistol had been previously reviewed by another noted writer with a helluva lot more credibility than GT will ever have.
"Sorehead loser"?
Rohrbaugh designed that pistol himself. It was quality, it was unique.
He put the program together.
He established manufacturing capability.
He built a niche gun that had no equal.
He built a company.
He sold that company to Remington for millions.
That sounds like a loser to you?
Denis