Still haven’t heard the next model. A lot of people are hopin’ for the Ratweiler chopper. I hope it’s a ways off though so I have time to save. I haven’t seen them use Res-C since SY came out. I think it was intented to take over the Res-C handles so SR could focus on using Micarta. A Basic 9 is a Busse. The tan handled one that I think you’re thinking of is a black and tan Battle Rat (like mine). They’re through hardened instead of differential (or whatever its called) hardened. The Rat Daddy is the largest chopper ever made by SR, and looks like my RM, except it’s an inch or two longer.