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

[ripley16]

Very cool. I'm jealous, my T9 is jealous, my cat is jealous ... enjoy.

[Seahawk60]

I surprised they jeweled the barrel hood without asking first. Not everyone likes that look.

[frank_drebin]

Wow, that doesn't look bland anymore.

[Bawanna]

Wow I'd say the Gold Star is back in Kahrs corner on this one. I agree it was risky for them to jewel the hood but who wouldn't like the jeweled look. I think it looks awesome.

[Seahawk60]

I agree it was risky for them to jewel the hood but who wouldn't like the jeweled look. I think it looks awesome.

To each his own... I think it looks gaudy/cheesy. I would not appreciate their "extra effort" without asking first, especially on a carry gun where I like everything subdued...and it came from the factory that way. ANY "custom" departure from factory issue should be addressed first on BOTH sides of the owner/manufacturer equation.

If anything, I'd be highly suspicious (if I were that guy) of getting a "parts" barrel they had sitting around that had been "jeweled" for whatever reason. Especially since the turnaround time was so quick.

Come on... A "jeweled" barrel hood just for free? Just 'cuz? That's a pretty damned esoteric "feature" to randomly give someone.

[Bawanna]

Could be all true but quite often we hear of them throwing something extra in when something takes too long or whatever.
With the stuff they got I'm sure a jeweling job especially on a Kahr would be a 5 minute job. There's very little that could be hidden or covered over with a jewel job and I seriously doubt they would do that either. The barrel crown would also be pretty quick with the right stuff to do it on.
I'd say if he's happy I'm not gonna rain on his parade. Again to each his own. I run into this on grips all the time, some guys are into subdued funtionality. Others like flashy contrast. Zebra wood versus Ebony.
I lean towards flashy myself, I no doubt have some indian blood and would trade shiney beads for blanket anyday. Chrome, jeweling, duo tone, all music to my ears. Well quiet music unless the hearing aid is working exceptionally well and it's a good day for ear brain communication.

[mity2]

Come on... A "jeweled" barrel hood just for free? Just 'cuz? That's a pretty damned esoteric "feature" to randomly give someone.

You never sent anything back to Smith and Wesson since the acquisition by Saf-T-Hammer, have you?

I have gotten free mag, free cases, Pinky rest magazine bottom plate, and some free parts(to fix some broken parts that was my doing - and I told them flat out I screwed it up) before.

I for one think this jewel looks sort of cool. I never jeweled barrel hood before, but I think it look good on the gun.
And I sort of thought it was nice jesture on their part..

So.........a KOREAN guy ( Justin Moon )
Starts a gun company, for which he chooses a GERMAN name (KAHR).
Which he locates in AMERICA. (yes MASS. is still AMERICA. In spite of John Kerry )
Then he sells a gun to a JAPANESE guy. ( mity2)

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT ? !!!!!!

You forgot to mention that he he is son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. It is owned by the Saeilo Corporation (pronounced say-low), a subsidiary of Tongil Group, a subsidiary of the Unification Church International holding company.
Only in America can Church sponsers Firearm company(indirectly, but non the less), and get away with it!

[Seahawk60]

I have gotten free mag, free cases, Pinky rest magazine bottom plate, and some free parts(to fix some broken parts that was my doing - and I told them flat out I screwed it up) before.

I've had this happen as well, but it's completely different. That stuff does NOT change the look of the gun and turn it into something different from what the customer bought because he, presumably, LIKED it the way it was. I've gotten free mags from Kimber and Kel-Tec. TONS of spare parts from Kel-Tec and two complete guide rod assemblies from Kahr for my PM9. Many people consider the metal framed Kahrs more desirable than the polymer ones, but I'd be pretty pissed if they sent me back an MK9 instead of my PM9, for example... They need to ASK before doing something like that. But, to each his own, as I said before... I wouldn't be happy about having my barrel hood "jeweled", either. I would highly appreciate their kindness if they offered it for free as a token for having to send it in for repair, but don't send to me something that permanently alters the gun, even cosmetically, as a "surprise".

[frank_drebin]

My guess is they had this "jeweled & crowned" barrel already and sent it to you to get you one quickly. They did you a solid and I give em a thumbs up for it but I doubt very seriously they did this as they stated.

[Seahawk60]

My guess is they had this "jeweled & crowned" barrel already and sent it to you to get you one quickly.

Yes, that's what I thought as well, as stated in post #36. I honestly can't see a gun manufacturer doing a warranty return repair just up and saying, "Hey, let's go ahead do a free jewel job when we don't even offer it on any of our stock guns in the first place!" Doesn't make sense...

They did you a solid and I give em a thumbs up for it but I doubt very seriously they did this as they stated.

Yes, I bet they did have that "parts" barrel lying around for some reason and just said to "Git-R-Dun", send it out, close the ticket and "hope" he likes it...which he did...and that's fine. But, that wouldn't be satisfactory for everyone.

[jocko]

kahr barrels come to them in blanks already rifled by lothar and then kahr cuts the barrels to a length and does the maching on it such a chambering etc. to see a lothar blank before kahr does anything just looks like a 3 foot long peace of steel with a polygonal rifled hole through it.
Once all that is done it goes to the nickel plater vendor : after that it goes into a new gun or replacement for a customer. They have to keep well ahead with this production. I am sure their barrels are nickel plated by the hundreds not one at a time.

What you got was a dandy barrel that IMO the kahr techs do get bored at times with no service to do, so they take a barrel and rework it such as u got in the mail. Nice job to say the least. The engine turning on the chamber though will soon wear off, as mine did on my PM9 .

[mity2]

Regardless of how/what this barrel is, I'm extremly happy with it.
I can see the point which others are trying make, but in the end, barrel look new, and bore is perfect, and as long as it shoots straight(I haven't had a chance to head out to range yet), I have no issues.

I hope tho that jocko is right about techs gets bored, they starts to tinker with stuff that they have in their shop.

[Bawanna]

According to my records Jocko was only officially wrong once and that was in 1928 or maybe 38, I can never remember the date.
As long as your happy with it, far as I'm concerned we're all happy.