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"Hi Arne, Do you have an estimated time when production of the XR-9S can be doubled, or is that still too far off to estimate? "

"It's interesting that although this new S&W has a barrel that is 1/4 inch shorter than the XR9-S, the overall length is fully one inch greater.  It's not really a very serious contender in the pocketable high-power pistol…"

"Arne: I originally posted the following to another part of this forum, but your remark "However, managing our suppliers to that level is at least a full-time job for one person" makes it seem appropriate here: "I know you…"

"Arne, I know you mentioned earlier that you are looking for a "Director of Production" or some such person to have responsibility for solving the problems involved in ramping up the production volume.  Does it look promising to get…"

"According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_regions_of_South_Africa  "Boberg" is one of the wine regions, so it relates to the place of origin of the wine:  "Boberg - For use in respect of fortified wines from Paarl,…"

"Quoting from Alienbogey's msg. yesterday: "Quoting Brownells: Variable rate springs function correctly with a wider range of loads than fixed rate springs can. Rate increases as spring is compressed; gives greater protection against frame…"

"According to the Wikipedia article on "Caracal pistol", it's also a German product: "As of 2011 Caracal pistols are also manufactured in Germany by Caracal GmbH operating from Suhl in Thuringia.[3] Caracal GmbH is a subsidiary of…"

"New York's CoBIS seems to be spectacularly unsuccessful: http://readme.readmedia.com/New-York-State-Rifle-Pistol-Association-CoBIS-Has-Not-Worked-and-Should-be-Abolished/2239411 Let's hope that it gets repealed there and isn't copied…"

"If the reserve on this is actually met and the gun sells, I would bet that the buyer is not aware of the invalid warranty.  This might lead to some sense of anger and feeling cheated. "

"In view of Scott Linn's remarks about the trajectory of the spent brass, I am wondering if a left-handed shooter using a one-handed hold might ever be hit by his own shell casings?  RKS"

"Something seems wrong here; there are only 48 numbers from 16 to 63, but 53 guns were shipped. (???) RKS"

"I can remember being somewhat fascinated by the descriptions of those German "squeeze-bore" antitank weapons, too.  But I am quite sure that if you could test one of them with and without the "squeeze" in the bore, you would…"

"Shouldn't that email address be arne@bobergarms.com  (i.e., an s just before the period)? RKS"