Congrats!

I’m torn between this in 5” and the Prodigy 5”.

Whichever one I buy, it won’t be until next spring.

I already have the Alpha Foxtrot S15 that I’ve had a great experience with, so I’m betting the Romulus will be a great addition.

Just a note that the frame is straight-up (416) steel (not polymer). The grip module is polymer, though. It is a 2011-patterned gun, so the grip and frame are separate parts.

Let us know how well it treats you.

 

Congrats!

I’m torn between this in 5” and the Prodigy 5”.

Whichever one I buy, it won’t be until next spring.

I already have the Alpha Foxtrot S15 that I’ve had a great experience with, so I’m betting the Romulus will be a great addition.

Just a note that the frame is straight-up (416) steel (not polymer). The grip module is polymer, though. It is a 2011-patterned gun, so the grip and frame are separate parts.

Let us know how well it treats you.

I thought I read the frame was stainless? I know the slide is. I’m new to the 2011 side of things. I went in to look at a 4.25” Prodigy and left with this. It feels better in hand, not sure how to explain it really.

 

Slide and Frame are SUS416 Stainless Steel, which is a highly machinable form of corrosion resistant stainless, which makes sense for a slide or frame. The barrel is 416R Stainless Steel, a much harder form of stainless steel, again, makes sense for a barrel.

 

I remember seeing a couple of those guns at one of the LGS‘s. IIRC, it went up up in price pretty quickly and sold out fast. I will be interested in seeing your review. I don’t own any 2011 patterned guns.

 

I’ve got about 600 rounds through it so far. Haven’t had an issue, it’s shot everything I’ve fed I it, mainly 124’s but it cycles 115’s fine too.

 

Miller Precision Grip. Fit perfectly. Beforehand I had the factory trigger at about 3lbs. Not sure why but after the install the trigger was amazing. 2lb break with minimal take up and super nice reset.
The gun went from good to fantastic.

EDIT: Also with a bit of dremmel work to a cross armory adapter plate and a slight touch on a Gideon Omega I was able to get a large window dot (RMR fp) to work.

 

What's the story on that grip safety? It appears to be not stock.

 

Unfortunately heres the broken cross plate. Ha.

 

Sorry the plate broke.

Please let us know how it goes with the one you found.
If it works, I'll order one for the wife so I can fit her new SRO.
The guys from AF told her they are working in a prototype that maybe or not be available by February.

 

And a quick update. Got about 1400 rounds thru it and finally got a double feed with an Atlas 140mm magazine. Other than that the guns been flawless. But that RMSc cut is a joke.

 

Running any other magazines? I don’t own the pistol yet but plan to later. That said, I wanted to buy the magazines first (in a pending ban state). I’m still very new to the 2011 platform and unsure how to determine interchangeability between different magazine manufacturers.

 

Does anyone know what the weight of the Romulus is (without magazine inserted)? Also, what is the factory trigger pull weight?

 

Let me check my wife's Romulus and I'll let you know in a few minutes...

 

34.9 oz without magazine and without the optics plate cover.
Trigger pull is 3 lbs

 

Trigger pull is 3 lbs

I wish mine would have been 3lbs out of the bag, I wouldn’t have touched it. But I had to do a basic trigger job on mine, basically just cleaning up the sear surfaces to get a good 3lb trigger

 

Thanks! How has it performed? Reliably? Good shooter? Accurate?

 

The gun is extremely smooth due to the DLC coating, shoots well so far, we haven't put more than 200 rds through it because she likes to shoot with optics and at first she got a shield RMS XL but for some reason she couldn't get used to it, it's a kind of weird optic, so she returned it and is waiting for Alpha Foxtrot to release the adapter plate for RMR so I can put a Trijicon SRO she got for it.
But on those first 200 rds there was zero malfunctions. I believe the gun is pretty well made. We shoot IDPA and I use a Bul Armory SAS II Tac 5 which I love.

 

Curious about your Bul Armory TAC 5. Are you shooting the version with the integrated compensator or no? Wondering if it’s worth paying another $600 for the comp version…

 

The Bul with the integrated comp won't be available till the end of the year.
I shoot the 5" without porting and my wife the ported version, both are fairly flat shooters, smooth like butter, we have over 2k rounds on each and zero issues.

 

Thanks!

 

It’s been a little over a year with mine now. It wear a Olight Osight red dot, the sight itself I have no complaints with. I had issues with the screws loosening even with blue loctite and removed the dot altogether. The only thing I haven’t done is run a 4-40 tap through it, I probably should and put the dot back on it.

Regardless, I have about 2500 rounds through it now, shot it in a few comps and have had one recurring issue, and I’ve narrowed it to a OEM Staccato mag. It get a double feed if I load it to max capacity, if I download that mag by 1 round and runs fine. The mbx mag it came with runs great. I ended up with a Staccato C and have shot ut a few times. The slide to frame fit of the Romulus is every bit as good as my staccato, after doing a very basic trigger to the AF it’s almost identical to the Staccato. My Romulus has been relegated to the safe and brought out for fun shoots, the staccato handles the comps now.

I do have one complaint, and that is with AF customer service. I reached out to them to see if they offer a threaded barrel for this pistol. That’s been 6 months ago and still no response from them either via email or a phone call back. I guess that means the answer is no.

 

Are you trying to just order the barrel by itself? I thought AF said their barrels are common parts and interchangeable?

I'm looking at grabbing a threaded 4.25 that i see for just over $1k

 

Yes, I was finally able to get in touch with AF, they sold me the 4.25” threaded barrel, $160 shipped.

 

 

How long does it take for a bullet to travel through that thing - a day and a half or so?! 😂😂😂