My XR9

Ok I know there is many images of the Boberg but here is mine.

One images shows next to a Sig P290

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Permalink Reply by Harry Truman on January 23, 2012 at 10:08pm

Nice pics! Maybe not quite Oleg Volk...but very nice. Funny how some people are so slow to warm up to a design that looks different than what they're used to. I think the XR is a uniquely gorgeous design. Really, that Sig looks so ordinary next to it.

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Permalink Reply by Harry Truman on January 23, 2012 at 10:10pm

And I know form follows function, but when the two come together like this, you've really got something special.

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Permalink Reply by josh2415 on January 23, 2012 at 10:35pm

Congrats on your new XR Jeff! I would imagine that you've done some side-by-side shooting of these two similarly sized pistols at the range - give us you impressions, contrasting the two.

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Permalink Reply by Jose A. Montalvo on February 13, 2012 at 4:02pm

The sweep of the backstrap in the XR-9 is very elegant, almost sensual. The SIG grip angle and backstrap make it look like a carpenters square in comparison.

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Permalink Reply by Arne Boberg on February 15, 2012 at 10:19am

The backstrap was done that way purely to fit the web of the hand and use it as somewhat of a trampoline to soften recoil. I don't like when back straps focus all the recoil into the bony part of your palm/wrist area.

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Permalink Reply by Jose A. Montalvo on February 15, 2012 at 6:29pm

The good thing about waiting is that maybe when I can finally divest myself of some cash for buying, I could pick between the 9 or the 45... oh, the possibilities

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Permalink Reply by Jack mcclure on March 13, 2012 at 7:47am

I like that about your design Arne. I have 6 Styer pistols for the same reason. The S&W M&P design is very similar too.

Arne Boberg said:

The backstrap was done that way purely to fit the web of the hand and use it as somewhat of a trampoline to soften recoil. I don't like when back straps focus all the recoil into the bony part of your palm/wrist area.