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markm

07-30-13, 11:37

Anyone seen one of these in real life?

http://static.wixstatic.com/media/d81db9_13a8ad76fb47be8572470e6a62b65116.jpg_srz_216_170_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz

Strips live rounds out of the mag on the back stroke of the slide movement. Interesting design.

jaxman7

07-30-13, 12:11

That truly is a unique design. The mag has no follower and as markm said it doesn't strip the round from the mag and onto the feed ramp. It lifts it up and into the chamber. Would love to shoot one of these but yikes!! It is not cheap.

A review:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=506880

-Jax

1_click_off

07-30-13, 12:33

http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=134160

Magzs might be able to give you some insight on it.

markm

07-30-13, 13:19

I don't normally get interested in anything off the beaten path. I don't like 9mm, and I don't like compact guns. :p But this oddball is facinating.

Too much at nearly 1k. No 9mm is worth 1k... but I saw this in the Blue Press and found it interesting.

Watched a video at 2013 SHOT, and despite the over-zealous sales pitch comments by the designer and reps... it still looked cool.

MistWolf

07-30-13, 14:08

It may be expensive at $1k, but the reason cheap pocket pistols are cheap is because they are cheap!

markm

07-30-13, 14:27

If money was no object, I'd buy one to play with. I don't collect pistols in any sense. I frankly don't like having very many around.

The pistol looks to be high quality, but 1k is too much for me to find out I was wrong. It's also unlikely to be a pistol you'd find in the LGS for below MSRP.

okie john

07-30-13, 14:39

I think it's an interesting concept--kind of a bullpup pistol.

Handguns like the 2" K-frame 38 and the HK P-7 have relatively short barrels and long, heavy grips, which can make them hard to conceal, so I see that as a weakness of the Boberg.

The standard model has a barrel that ends at the front of the trigger guard. That makes a certain amount of sense if you carry OWB. If not, then it moves the balance point too far to the rear. Plus there's the worry of getting your fingers in front of the muzzle.

I think that the long version makes more sense. It has a 4.2" barrel (longer than a G19), but it's half an inch shorter overall than a G26, which a lot of folks find doesn't conceal well IWB because the barrel is so short.

If the Boberg L had the same overall length as a G19, then it would conceal better than a G26 and have a barrel that's 4.8" long for people who care about velocity.

Hmmm.

Okie John

eternal24k

02-04-14, 17:24

I am going to revive this thread since these have had time to get out and about.

Any end user experience on the forum? Looking for something smaller than my Glock 26, trying to figure out if these are a viable option

cjb

02-04-14, 18:19

The Boberg, if you look at it, is actually a Browning long recoil action.

I had a customer, who worked for Sensormatic in their tool department, convert a Beretta Model 84 .380 to the same type of setup, back in the early 1990's. It worked well enough, but the question was always..... why do it?

foxtrotx1

02-05-14, 12:35

Word of caution: Boberg has a running list of ammo that will not work in the pistol, which includes 124 +P Gold Dots. http://community.bobergarms.com/forum/topics/boberg-compatible-ammunition

The pistol will actually pull the casing away from the bullet but the head will stay put in the mag. That is a nasty malfunction to clear.

eternal24k

02-05-14, 18:21

fmiq

03-03-14, 12:47

Got a Buddy who has one. Feels great in your hand. He says it's been running fine, not sure of his round count as of today!