So what's with all the MK9 posts the last few days?

[Cokeman]

That mag plate sure fits flush against the bottom of the gun. There are many people on this site that are envious of you.

[Shadetree]

Nice find Greg. I bought a MK9 when the first came out and it's a GA series with the nylon Hogue grips and like a dummy, I sold it to a friend but was fortunate enough to get it back so I won't be making that mistake again. Like the nylon grips so much that I looked for a while to find some for my K9 and finally located a set so both of them feel them same now except for the size. Nice shooting too!

[gb6491]

Cokeman & Shadetree, Thank you for your comments!
Good to read that you got your MK9 back Shadetree

I'm still feeling the conspiracy theory.

I look on eBay for an extra magazine and the first one I see has the old metal follower....so, it's on the way

Then, I look in my 1911 parts stash and sure enough I have exactly 4 stainless hex screws. I also quickly locate some stuff to build a jig to grind/file the 1911 screws down to the length of the Kahr screws. This is all going too, too easy...I'm telling ya.
Regards,
Greg

[Alfonse]

Looks great. I've never found a mag with the stamped follower. Congrats!

[Genin]

Man the universe is loving you Greg! I love the hex screws you used. I am not a fan of the factory ones. I'll have to follow in your footsteps in the future.

[gb6491]

Looks great. I've never found a mag with the stamped follower. Congrats!

Thanks! I'd only seen photos of the stamped follower until I picked up this MK9 and now I find another mag with a stamped follower

Man the universe is loving you Greg! I love the hex screws you used. I am not a fan of the factory ones. I'll have to follow in your footsteps in the future.

It is! I was thinking about adding some VZ grip screws to the MK9, but found they are a little pricey. That's when I thought to check my parts stash.
I guess I need to inventory the stuff I have laying around and tucked in dark places. I had a similar experience when shopping for Ruger grips a while back.
http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?29031-A-grip-epiphany
Regards,
Greg

[Genin]

OH MY LORD! Why did you have to post a link to those sweet VZ screws?! They look great. Darn you. Now I'm tempted to buy some of those, sand down the length a tad but leave them a bit longer, and rock some o-rings like I do my CZs. You are a bad influence my friend...or a good one.

[kenemoore]

Many of the thin 1911 grip screws list themselves as compatible with Kahr pistols.

[berettabone]

MK9...................Ser.# LTDXXX.....................I also have the metal follower. I wish that they would have continued that practice

[gb6491]

Many of the thin 1911 grip screws list themselves as compatible with Kahr pistols.

That's a good point.
The screws I used were "regular" ones and were only about 3 threads too long.

Regards,
Greg

[gb6491]

That LTD is nice berettabone! Kinda rare too:

Regards,
Greg

[gb6491]

OH MY LORD! Why did you have to post a link to those sweet VZ screws?! They look great. Darn you. Now I'm tempted to buy some of those, sand down the length a tad but leave them a bit longer, and rock some o-rings like I do my CZs. You are a bad influence my friend...or a good one.

...don't you have a set of G10 grips on the way?

[Redstate]

Wow! Those G10 grips are beautiful.

[gb6491]

Wow! Those G10 grips are beautiful.

I found that photo of the G10 grips with a Google search that linked the photo to thetattoohut.com, but I think the photo may originally be from Al's site:
https://lakelinellc.com/shop/mk-series-g10-grips/
Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

Maybe Al's doing tattoos now? Been thinking about getting one myself. I skeered of needles though.