[michael_b]

Wow, had no idea this was coming. I was thinking of sending a slide off to them.

https://www.alloutdoor.com/2019/08/30/robar-companies-inc-officially-business/

 

[Will Beararms]

Glad i didn’t send a pistol there. Wilson Combat in Berryville, AR will pick up the slack.

 

[bac1023]

That’s a shame

They did nice work.

 

[fnfalman]

Robar did more than just coating guns. They did a lot of custom works.

 

[FullClip]

Yup...used to read about them in the gun rags long ago. Guess it's like how Sears went boobs-up, thinking they could relax as they had the name brand.

 

[fastbolt]

Guess the new owner decided to close things up?

Barrkman moved the business to the Phoenix location in 1986, and in 2013 brought on retired USMC LtCol Freddie Blish as General Manager.

And in 2016, Freddie purchased ROBAR Companies Inc. from Robbie.

https://robarguns.com/blog/2018/09/14/meet-the-robar-team-president-ltcol-usmc-ret-freddie-blish/

A close friend of mine is an old friend of Robbie's from the early days, so I'm going to ask him if he's heard anything, or is as surprised as everyone else.

 

[John Watson]

My G21 got a grip reduction from Robar. Sorry to see them go out of business.

 

['Ol Grandad]

In other news, Dremel stock soars.

 

[bac1023]

Robar did more than just coating guns. They did a lot of custom works.

Indeed they did

 

[DrewBone]

There's a good chance that noone wanted to purchase the company due to the ever increasing costs of chemical disposal, one of the main reasons similar process' are sent by major US and other country's manufacturers (usually of the automobile variety) down to Meh-he-co to have performed - where no or not much of any EPA type environmentally sound or governed storage, use, and disposal rules exist for the methyl-ethyl bad (insert: slang word for excrement) chemicals and other types of flammable/explosive volatiles.

 

[MD357]

I had a 1911 done in NP3+ great finish but it was expensive back then.... and their pricing has done nothing but gone up. Hard to see 400-500 for a finish when so many are doing cerakote for much cheaper. NP3 is better but how much better?

 

[CAcop]

Damn. I was going to be sending my 17 there when I retired for a grip reduction and chopping.

 

[DJ Niner]

I'm sad to hear they've closed.

I had the slides and barrels of my two most-often-shot Glocks NP3 coated by Robar about nine years ago, and the finish has been absolutely bulletproof, even around the ports of the G19C.

 

[pag23]

Who else will do the work they do?

 

[seanmac45]

Well, I still have my Gunsite built ATP that they sent to Robar for their NP3 finish.

 

[jbmillard]

I guess I'll be the dissenter here. I heard great things about them and sent them my 338-416 to rebarrel. It took them 9 months and they did a crappy job in the threading and "fixed it" with loctite. They also bent my jewell trigger. When I asked them about it, they said I shouldn't have sent them the trigger -- so it was my fault.

 

[rds95991]

Magnaport used to do finishes but I don't see them listed anymore.

 

[WayneJessie]

There's a good chance that noone wanted to purchase the company due to the ever increasing costs of chemical disposal, one of the main reasons similar process' are sent by major US and other country's manufacturers (usually of the automobile variety) down to Meh-he-co to have performed - where no or not much of any EPA type environmentally sound or governed storage, use, and disposal rules exist for the methyl-ethyl bad (insert: slang word for excrement) chemicals and other types of flammable/explosive volatiles.

I was under the impression that nickel boron was quite friendly to the environment. Hell, there’s plenty of chroming companies in the States and that stuff is quite nasty to do.
Something don’t smell right . Nothings a secret for long so if there’s a story behind it we’ll know more about it soon.

 

[ccr]

Even though Robar was a competitor to our CPII Nickel Boron Nitride I hate to see any firearms company go out of business. There are not many of us 30 year companies left

 

[Toocool45]

I wonder if EPA/ government caused them to go under?