Kahr CM9 after market sight questions (whats everyone using)

[fuzzy4life]

So i picked up a kahr CM9 last week and love the gun but want to replace the front sight atleast if not both. Im not a fan of night sights most of the time but this gun will be used for my every day CC. So im thinking a front night sight and a blacked out rear or a night sight on the rear to. I had seen the front night sight on the Kahr site but while ordering sights for my competition gun i seen Dawson precision offer sights for the CM9. So im thinking about going with there sights because IMO there the best. I just cant decide what rout to go. I dont mind the Kahr rear sight and thought about just doing a front night sight, that would be the cheapest rout. But love the look of the rear Dawson sight so im also considering going with either the blacked out rear or the night sight rear. I really dont like a 3 dot setup for quick targets but from the looks it dont seem the rear dots would be noticeable till night. What are you thoughts and opinions on this? I would like to hear from people that have used this setup or use other sights that you think may be better for a day/night setup. I plan to train alot with the gun so if i ever need it its 2nd nature. Thanks for any help i can get!! Im excited to get this gun in my CC rotation. I have 200rds with no malfunctions but have to hit the 600-1k mark before i trust it.

[gb6491]

I have the three dot Trijicon sights from the Kahr website on my CW9 and CW45. I've been pleased with them.


When I had a CM9, I went with a Trijicon front sight (again from Kahr) and just removed the paint from the rear sight (used acetone). This set up also worked fine.



Regards,
Greg

[fuzzy4life]

Thanks for your reply. I think im liking the front night sight and factory rear sight. Please anyone else post pics or give me thoughts.

[AIRret]

My PM9 came with trijicon 3 dot night sights just like gb6431's, and I'm very happy with them.

[jocko]

after using the same eyes for 73years, I went to the fiber optic sights on my PMJ9 and had kahr install them for me. I love them, at least I can see them real good. They are very fast acquisition for me, although can';t honestly say it has made my shooing better but maybe a tad better. I put um on my Glock 43 and they helped big time. Dawson fiber optic and was able to install them myself.

[fuzzy4life]

Thanks for the coomments guys keep em coming if anyone has anything else. Jocko you have 34k on a pm9? What all have you had to replace? I have wondered about longevity do to the small back rails and how tiny the gun is.

[fastkahrs]

XS sights is another option. Many like the big dots, I prefer the standard dots w/ white stripe rear. I have them on a number of my pistols. One of the more expensive options for kahrs; have to send in your slide for factory installation or have a dovetail cut.

[jg rider]

After not having much luck with Kahr nite sights, twice. They only had a half life 4-5 years, vials too small ?

We finally figured out that for us these Kahrs were e.d.c. and didn't really need nite sights. I have a 1911 for home defense, and she has a Glock 17 with Tru Glows.

So we decided on our 2 PM9's and 2 K9's to go with HI-Viz f.o. fronts and because of astigmatism, plain black Novak style rears. This isn't an easy remove and replace of the front sights.

The Hi-Viz have a tube protecting the rods.

If I had to do it again I'd go with unprotected rod front sights, so that I could replace them










Here's the poa, poi results on 6" steel plate with this combo

[gb6491]

After not having much luck with Kahr nite sights, twice. They only had a half life 4-5 years, vials too small ?

...

Was that the Trijicon or the Meprolight sights?
Regards,
Greg

[wyntrout]

Tritium has a guaranteed half-life of 12 years... 12 years to lose half of the brightness.

Here's another option that I put on my wife's Gock 43.

The sights are bright outside and in the dark, but not as "bright" in a dim shooting range.

[jg rider]

Was that the Trijicon or the Meprolight sights?
Regards,
Greg

Hi Greg, I don't remember. What happened that after 4 years the first sets were getting dim. On the fifth year I contacted Kahr and they offered to replace them. The second set didn't last very long either.
When I called Kahr again I was told it was possible that the sights were sitting around a long time. I don't buy into that because I was talking about two 98 Elite sets of sights going dim at about close to the same time. I'm gonna suspect it has to do with the small sights having short vials.
But hey what do I know
All said and done we're perfectly happy with the f.o.'s. I don't see any need for nite sights on a edc piece while out and about.

While writing I was having flash backs about somethings from my past competition shooting with the PPD. Some one came up with scenarios of you'd lay down as if you were in bed, in total darkness and you hear a noise in the room that you know is evil. You had to roll out of bed while grabbing your gun and fire in the dark in the direction of the noise. First shot was for effect and in the brief muzzle flash you fired at the b.g.
We also did this while house clearing or multiple shots fired. This was before the glowing nite sights that the youngsters know about.

Ah ! To be young again

[Bawanna]

Shots by sound? I actually had a deer hunter I ran into in the woods one time tell me that.

I asked if they had seen anything, they said they had a few shots by sound but didn't find anything.

I asked if they intended to remain in that general area for the weekend and they said they were. Thanked them for the info and told them I was going someplace else. I chuckle now but didn't find it humorous at the time.

[jg rider]

Tritium has a guaranteed half-life of 12 years... 12 years to lose half of the brightness.

Here's another option that I put on my wife's Gock 43.

The sights are bright outside and in the dark, but not as "bright" in a dim shooting range.

Like I mentioned to Greg, I believe the problem was either they were sitting on the shelf for several years or the size of the Kahr sight vials limit the half life

The wife has the Tru Glow f.o. / nite sight combo with a Glock adjustable rear sight on her Glock 17 that is her home defense gun and gets used in competition

[jg rider]

Shots by sound? I actually had a deer hunter I ran into in the woods one time tell me that.

I asked if they had seen anything, they said they had a few shots by sound but didn't find anything.

I asked if they intended to remain in that general area for the weekend and they said they were. Thanked them for the info and told them I was going someplace else. I chuckle now but didn't find it humorous at the time.

I'll reply in a PM