doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com RBL-It occurs to me...

I have only seen pictures of this gun, and because I have one ordered I think I have read most of the threads. What I find interesting is that there is such a wide variance of opinion about the gun. Some people seem to be really happy and satisfied and others seem to be at the complete other end of the spectrum.

Not to be judgemental, but there also seems to be a fairly active stream of criticism from people that it appears have never seen or shot the gun. Most of this criticism seems to be focused on gun's cosmetics.

I am a hunter and I think it would be interesting to hear from the folks that are actively shooting this gun - balance, barrel regualtion, operation of ejectors etc.

Chitown, I think that should read "bought it but not shot it". My tongue is in the central position.

jack

I don't have a dog in this fight-I just routinely check out the guns for sale area of a few BBS boards, and it seems there are always a few for sale-unfired, new in box, what have you.

I haven't ever bought a gun without the express idea of firing it. None of mine remain that way for any length of time.

I have plenty of 20 gauge guns that don't see enough use as it is, so, regardless of how they look or perform, an RBL wasn't in my picture.

To those that own them, love 'em, and use them hard, I say "Bully"! But, I'm curious about those that bought into the RBL concept, and want out, for whatever reason.

To my mind, that is a story worth hearing.
Best,
Ted

Not from me, I don't care what you watch in your spare time and I don't play with stars.

The one RBL production gun I held in my hands, which I convinced my friend to buy, was the biggest reason I cancelled my order. I'm pretty sure I'd still be waiting for my 9-27-05 deposit order, probably for another 6 mos or longer. My concern was that the quality control had fallen apart.

I have no attraction to any new gun. I think the RBLs have sold on hype and machine grade quality. You still get what you pay for, there are not $3000 dollar guns with $10000 dollar quality unless you get it from an uninformed little old lady and it's 75 years old! This country is full of people with more money than they know what to do with, Tony knows this and uses it to his advantage.

For those that bought them and enjoy using them, thats great. Guys buy 1200 dollar auto's every day and enjoy them as well. I don't see myself every doing either but to each his own.

I might be more impressed if the receivers were Beretta black and the wood with more of a satin finish. Maybe the case colors would be better if there was no machine engraving. I'm just weird I suppose.

It does not surprise me to see so many for sale though.

I bought two of them and think for the money they are outstanding! I am a gun nut like most on this board and decided to sell one of them and did so on this board so i could buy another side by side! Bobby

That's not quite what I meant but if it made you smile, then I'll say that's exactly what I meant

Chicago: A Remington 870 Express will go bang every time you pull the trigger and it only costs 300 bucks. A RBL will do the same but costs ten times more. Why would anyone pay $3k instead of $300??? The answer is, looks and balance. People are willing to pay much more for a pretty gun. But if that prettty gun does not live up to expectations then people will cancel their orders.
By the way there is an article in the new Shooting Sportsman Magazine. Lots of photos of parts, but only one of a finished gun.

With all due respect IM, using the 870 as a comparison doesn't really make much sense. The RBL is not a pump shotgun. Show me a quality, brand new, light, well balanced SxS with choice of stock, forend, and trigger configuration, with choke tubes and ejectors for less than $2500.

The only thing I can think of that would come close is a Ugaretchea, and it would not have choke tubes.