Robar going out of business

[gebhardt02]

I just had email conversation with someone there and was told Robar was going out of business at the end of the month.

I really liked their NP3 coating on bolts and wanted to send in another batch of parts for coating.

Hopefully everyone there lands in their feet. Wishing them the best of luck.

 

[Lilja Riflebarrels]

Wow, been doing business with them for years. What was the reasoning?

 

[Centuriator]

They did a lot of work for Langdon...sorry to hear this.

 

[gebhardt02]

They didn't say, and I wasn't going to ask. I was very surprised though. I sent an email to the [email protected] as instructed on their web site.

 

[texag0842]

That's sad to hear. They just finished a pistol for me and the work was fantastic

 

[want2learn]

Sad, to know, i hate to hear about quality US companies going out of business. Their NP3 finish is/was outstanding.

CCR Refinishing has a very similar finish that is also great. They're another really nice and excellent company.

 

[dirthead1]

Wow that sucks. I work just down the street from them. Hate it when a firearms related business goes down.

 

[newgunguy3]

They used to do the coatings for Patriot Ordnance Factory's AR rifles. They (POF) stopped those models this year so maybe that lack of business hurt them. Bummer.

 

[Merle]

Maybe their high prices and long turnaround times along with other companies doing similar coatings with better prices and shorter turnarounds had something to do with it.

 

[308pirate]

Maybe their high prices and long turnaround times along with other companies doing similar coatings with better prices and shorter turnarounds had something to do with it.

Sounds familiar [cough]JEAllen[/cough]

 

[culater]

I do believe we are heading into a major crash in the firearms industry.

 

[Basher]

I do believe we are heading into a major crash in the firearms industry.

You may be right, at least for now. Give it a year and there’ll probably be another run on things, but for now, there are too many players. Those who have over-specialized, are too new to have established themselves, or are companies that have sat too long on the old way of doing things (processes and pricing) are feeling the squeeze right now. It will be interesting to see which ones survive...

 

[Anb618]

Well that sucks. I wanted to send my Kahr K9 down to Robar for full NP3 coating. It’s from the 3rd year of production with a trigger as smooth as butter, but the finish is getting pretty thin. Guess I’ll have to find something else comparable...

 

[culater]

You may be right, at least for now. Give it a year and there’ll probably be another run on things, but for now, there are too many players. Those who have over-specialized, are too new to have established themselves, or are companies that have sat too long on the old way of doing things (processes and pricing) are feeling the squeeze right now. It will be interesting to see which ones survive...

The only run I see coming next year is a AMMO and MAG RUN before the elections. Give it 6 months to really heat up.

 

[Jgunner]

I had them do a bolt, lost the ejector spring, replaced it with the wrong spring, they gave me the run around, i fixed it on my own. Coating was nice though.

 

[Gasgun]

Sad news.
I still have a Rem 700 that they built for me over 20 years ago.
Takes modified M14 mags. From before the time anyone made detachable mags for them.

 

[Centuriator]

There's not a word about their closing on their website:

Contact Support

 

[want2learn]

not sure but their home page only discusses Glock pistol gunsmith work., nothing about refinishing ...and on their order page they posted the following message:
***WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ANY PART OR FIREARMS FOR CUSTOM GUNSMITH WORK, REPAIRS ,OR METAL FINISH. CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT [email protected]PRIOR TO SHIPPING ANY PARTS OR FIREARMS AND WE WILL PROVIDE ORDER FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS. ANY FIREARMS OR PARTS SENT PRIOR TO CONTACTING US OR WITHOUT ORDER FORMS WILL BE RETURNED TO SENDER. ***

 

[alwaywatchyoursix]

Wow, you're right. When you click through to the finishes page, there used to be all sorts of info about the options they offer. I learned so much from just digging through their site once upon a time.

The blog is still up but everything else is gone now.

 

[Masked]

I do believe we are heading into a major crash in the firearms industry.

It's not really a crash per-say.

The issue is that the wheel can only be invented once...Re-saturating the market with the same product continually will eventually lead to where we are now.

Adapt or die.

 

[dirthead1]

I believe they do coatings for industries other than firearms as well. Maybe they are just moving out of firearms, but not actually going out of business, per se. Just a guess.