I am seriously dissapointed with my bland new T-9...

[MikeyKahr]

Update?

mity2, any update yet on your T9? Have you received it back yet from Kahr?

[jfrey]

Not to worry, my wife bought me a new CW9 last Christmas and it came from the factory with a badly plated barrel. So far I've got about 1500 rounds through it with no problem. I noticed the plating chipped off to a point and it seems to have stopped now. I could send it back but it shoots well so far so I just kept it.

[jocko]

yup

Chinese pronunciation??

goes very well with FOOKING pm9!!

[mity2]

mity2, any update yet on your T9? Have you received it back yet from Kahr?

Nope. It was sent out 10/01/10, they recieved it on 10/04/10. I was told week and half at the most.
Its now 10/18/10, and I've heard of nothing.

I've delt with 2 manufactures with warrenty in the past(S&W and Ruger). Sent my 686 in for cylinder locking up after few rounds, sent my M&P9 in for FPBS sticking, and Sent my P85 in for recall.

S&W told me its gonna be about 2 weeks for both guns. Gun came back to me in 6 days for 686, and 8 days for M&P.
Infac, I got letter from their service department via snailmail stating that the they have recieved firearm in for service AFTER gun came back all fixed for both guns. My M&P even came back with extra magazin as promo.
Ruger took little longer. It took about 10 days(but they paid shipping both ways). May be I'm spoiled by these past experience, but Kahr's service dept so far has not won me over in anyway.
No communication(I had to call to find out if they got the gun or not) really bothers me. Both S&W and Ruger sent me a e-mail saying they got the gun(I asked them to do so in letter I sent along with it. As with my Kahr, but they gracefuly ignored it appearently...)

I'm guessing I going to have to call to find out whats up...

[frank_drebin]

goes very well with FOOKING pm9!!

+1 on "bland". What it has no flavor or something?

I thought maybe he thought it was too plain looking.

I thought maybe it was a new model.

Chinese pronunciation??

You guys are a tlip. I was raughing so hald I almost peed myserf.

[Bawanna]

It trakes a reel man to admit this. My hats off to ya dude. I did pee myserf but didn't want to admit it. It's apparently the old piss and tell syndrome I grew up with.
Sad that we produce humor over mity2's less than enjoyable ordeal, but know that we're laughing with you not at you, well maybe at you but it could happen to anyone, so no need to develop a stutter or any long lasting mannerisms.

[mity2]

Well, I just got off of phone with them.
They said that the barrel will be replaced, and are waiting for barrel to be "machined" is what they told me.
Kahr barrel is made by Lother Walther right? So that means I have to wait for them to produce the barrel, then ship it to whoever does coating, then ship it to Kahr to install it in the gun, then ship it back to my gunshop, right?

sounds like i'm not gonna get my gun back for sometime, doesn't it?

ya ya... go ahead and pick on me. My spelling sucks, and I'm aware of that.
You think my spelling is bad, you should see my hand writting!
Oh, and Im not Chinese guys! I'm Japanese. Which would explain some of my bad spelling...

[Bawanna]

That ok kid, I can't say chevolay.

[Bawanna]

Oh, and I'm sorry that it's probably gonna be awhile before you get your gun back. It won't help much but try to focus on the fact that it will be all good when it gets back and will hopefully run well forevermore.

[frank_drebin]

Well, I just got off of phone with them.
They said that the barrel will be replaced, and are waiting for barrel to be "machined" is what they told me.
Kahr barrel is made by Lother Walther right? So that means I have to wait for them to produce the barrel, then ship it to whoever does coating, then ship it to Kahr to install it in the gun, then ship it back to my gunshop, right?

sounds like i'm not gonna get my gun back for sometime, doesn't it?

ya ya... go ahead and pick on me. My spelling sucks, and I'm aware of that.
You think my spelling is bad, you should see my hand writting!
Oh, and Im not Chinese guys! I'm Japanese. Which would explain some of my bad spelling...

Well, at least it should be right when you get it back. Kahr's initial QC sux in my opinion but once the gun is right, its right. It will eventually be what you wanted it to be when you boughtit. It's just a shame that they can't seem to get it right out of the box more often.


As for the spelling... all in giid fon

[Seahawk60]

So that means I have to wait for them to produce the barrel, then ship it to whoever does coating, then ship it to Kahr to install it in the gun, then ship it back to my gunshop, right?

Shouldn't have to worry about coating since it's bare stainless steel.

And, Frank, are you the same Frank Drebin with that freaky avatar on Glocktalk?

[frank_drebin]

And, Frank, are you the same Frank Drebin with that freaky avatar on Glocktalk?

I think it's kinda cute. Took me almost 15 minutes to make it.

[WMD]

I agree with Seahawk. More then likely the nickel plating has come off in a few spots. I do not think you will find pits in a brand new Lothar Walther barrel. The plating issue is cosmetic and will not bother the accuracy of the gun. There is a long thread about plating on barrels somewhere on this forum. If I recall, Kahr did have a vendor issue a while back.

Hopefully, you will get the gun back soon and enjoy it. I am told the KT9 is a sweetheart of a gun

[mity2]

Eventho service rep over the phone told me yeasterday that its gonna be a while, because they are waiting on new barrel to be made by Lother Walther, for some odd reason, my gun showed up to my gunshop today.

Infact, I went there to tell them what they have told me day before, and while I was shooting chit with the gun shop dude, UPS showed up with it. LOL

Anyway, I take back EVERYTHING I had said about Kahr and their service.
Yes, it should have barrel inspected before it left the factory, and yes, it shouldn't have taken no more then few days for it to comeback from service, but in the end, I'm happy.
And here is why.

They Jeweled the barrel hood! Pretty!


I specialy love this...


in case you cant tell, because of my poor camera skill, thats a 11 degree target crown my new barrel is given!

And here is the letter it came back with(sorry, i couldn't get my scanner to work right).



I'm happy as hell. And I now knows that when people say Kahr does take care of their customer, they mean that.

So i can now recommend Kahr to all my shooting buddies again with confidence

[MikeyKahr]

Welcome Home

Hey mity2, glad to hear the good news. It's always nice to see CS done right and have a happy ending. Have fun shooting the "jewel", and make sure to let us know how things progress.