What Might Have Been...

southtex · 2026-06-23T20:24:37-0500

My LGS moves the S&W 2.0 Bodyguard very well.

Talyn · 2026-06-23T21:37:08-0500

Condition1 said:
You missed my point. It wasn’t cases of ammo it was in the very low hundreds. The springs could fail at anytime along with the extractor and ejector. It was recommended to change these components out at no more than 200 rounds and half that with time also being a factor. Not to many people were willing to spend that kind of money on a small handgun that might let you down when you needed it. The bullpup design in a rifle sucks and it sucks twice as much in a handgun.

You mised my point that the micros aren't often fired except when needed.

I don't know how bullpups factor in since neither the Rohrbaughs, Seecamps & RM380 are bullpups. The Bond Arms Bullpup9 is the only production bullpup handgun on the market, and has been the only one to my knowledge.

The others, such as the LCP, Bodyguard, LC380, etc. are not bullpup-types such as the Bond Arms.

Condition1 · 2026-06-23T21:51:33-0500

The Rohrbaugh is a cool pistol if you like bullpup firearms. It was a small 9mm but it was very expensive and just didn’t make sense for serious backup pistol. Seacamp, Keltec and a few others made more sense since they we a lot cheaper and more robust. You still have to practice with your backup, not every time you need your backup weapon will you be able to smell the BG’s breath. I had an interest in owning a Rohrbaugh until I read how fragile they were compared to others small pistols and the cost. If your primary weapon takes a

on you you don’t want a handgun that might not function because of springs or parts you should have changed a hundred rounds ago but you forgot to. Cool firearm yes practical no.

Condition1 · 2026-06-23T22:22:56-0500

Ok I’m getting old and my memory is also. The Rohrbaugh is not a bullpup design but the Bond Arms is. I get to be wrong one time a year

. It was the Bond Arms that is the Bullpup design. But the Rohrbaugh was still pledged with the problems I mentioned spring and part replacement. If it was such a great design what killed it? Because it had been on the market for quite a while before Freedom Arms bought it.

Talyn · 2026-06-23T22:25:09-0500

I think you're confused, the Rohrbaugh R9 is not a bullpup design. It is a conventional, locked-breech, semi-automatic pocket pistol with a standard design where the firing mechanism sits directly behind the chamber and within the grip.

The confusion likely stems from the Bond Arms Bullpup9 (originally known as the Boberg XR9-S). This unique handgun uses a bullpup-style reverse-feeding mechanism to increase barrel length while keeping the overall footprint of the gun as small as possible.

The Bond Arms Bullpup 9 earns its designation because the barrel is set much further back in the frame than in traditional pistols, which allows it to accommodate a longer barrel within a significantly shorter overall footprint.
This space-saving layout is achieved through several unique engineering features:

Rearward-Fed Magazine: Instead of a standard magazine that pushes cartridges forward to feed the chamber, the Bullpup 9’s magazine strips cartridges backward out of the magazine.
Tongs / Feeder Mechanism: Specialized tongs grab the rim of the bullet, pull it backward out of the magazine, and lift it directly in line with the chamber.
Chamber Position: Because the bullets are pulled backward before being pushed forward into the chamber, the chamber can sit directly over the magazine rather than in front of it.

By moving the chamber and the barrel backward over the magazine instead of ahead of it, the overall slide length is kept incredibly compact while retaining a 3.35-inch barrel.

This picture might be easier to understand the clear difference compared to the R9 above.