[mamelukesabre]

"A lot of comments during the 2008 Shot Show and many from chat rooms has led to the development of the Boberg XR9 Shorty. The second "photo" was generated via Photoshop, and at the time it was not known whether such a configuration would be feasible. Further study has shown that the design is feasible and a prototype will most likely be built soon."

This looks pretty darn cool to me.

Heads up to all the freeper gunnuts, technophiles, and armchair quarterbacks out there.

Let's discuss

[navyguy]

Cool gun! I have lots of guns, but their site explicitly compares this to the Kel-Tec P38T, which I carry on a regular basis. I like the idea of a gun this small in 9mm (I also carry a Kahr 9mm) but I wonder how weight, recoil and reliability are. I have to say I like my little Kel-Tec, and my wife loves it. Great pocket (literally) pistol. And the KT was cheap. I wonder how much this little gem goes for?

[TheZMan]

I’d buy the shorty in a heartbeat.

[mamelukesabre]

Whaddya think?

[Anti-Bubba182]

It looks neat! I shot a 9mm Detonics that was very small and it kicked worse than a 45 auto. I wonder how this would be?

[Michigan Bowhunter]

nice looking gun. I have a Beretta 9000 s for my Concealed Carry “between the seat cushion” car gun. This one looks nice but the mechanism looks quite complicated. I do not want complicated. Cleaning could get to be a problem.

The long drawback of the cartridge looks like there are a lot of parts that could go from “SNAFU” to “TARFU” and then to “FUBAR” at a critical moment.

[mylife]

perfect for summer carry!

[yarddog]

Not a very attractive gun but I like the idea of a longer barrel in a short pistol.

Although my favorite pistol is the M1911, I would never denigrate the 9mm. It is a powerful high intensity cartridge and with the right ammo will do about anything one wants for a defense cartridge.

[Chode]

cute, but i don't understand what makes it more powerful than any other 9mm on the market.

[arderkrag]

Nice pistol, bad website.

[Lurker]

Just what we need, another solution in search of a problem.

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[knarf]

Let's see ... THEN discuss ...

[Amerigomag]

Interesting in that this action presents a feasible solution for a clip magazine, Remington, .44 mag carbine.

[Cacique]

btt

[SkyDancer]

The Judge comes to mind ..... .45cal and .410 in a pistol ...

[Atlas Sneezed]

If you want a proven pocket 9mm that has been sold for several years to the most discerning buyers, check this out:

www.rohrbaughfirearms.com

Of course, it’s not cheap. But after you empty our wallet, there will be plenty of room in your pocket for a pistol.

But it all depends on what your life is worth.

[supercat]

It's a design concept I've mentally toyed with, and even posted a few times here on FR. As drawn, the slide ends up extending back a fair distance from the grip, so the 'length' savings is not as great as it otherwise might be.

A somewhat different variation I've pondered would be a long-recoil operated pistol, in which the barrel and slide can travel rearward for about the length of a cartridge; after that, the barrel would slide forward, then a cartridge would pop up, and then the slide would push the cartridge into the barrel. When ready to fire, the barrel would be completely forward of the grip, but in 'carry mode' the barrel could be locked rearward.

[snowtigger]

Bump for later.

[Tainan]

"Is that a Boberg XR9 Shorty in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

[ctdonath2]

Nifty! I’ve been imagining such a design for years, but not being a mechanical engineer didn’t run with it. Glad to see someone actually built one. Now I have to get one...

[Trailerpark Badass]

So, for all the added complexity, with the resultant possibility of malfunctions, you get a whopping total of 1.170 more barrel length? Or, put another way, 1.170 or so less slide length? The handle is what's hard to conceal on a handgun, not the slide.

Also, the energy contained in the cartridge will now have to do double duty, in that it has to extract/eject the fired case, but it also now has to "extract" the next round from the magazine.