Done with Kahr...

[VN Vet]

I had two FTF amoug my first 25 rounds. Nothing after that. My PT45 will likely replace my G40 as my Daily Carrie.

Man wants the machine to adapt to him, but in time it will be he will adapt to the machine. Learn the tool and then use it. My Father told me that a half-decade ago.

[jocko]

u can lead a horse to water but u cannot make him drink.

We here can only give advice, one can takeit or leave it. Manyt who take the advice end up with a greatworking gun that once had an issue. Sure in hell beats sending it back IMO. Sometimes it just ha to go back and again it iswnot the end of the world, Kahrs are great guns but they are not exempt from issues in some guns. That is why we have a warranty also. Man makes um, man can certainly fkk um up to. Just sayin

We read here more oftren to of a owner saying, :"why should I do someof the prep stuff and some of the tips mentioned, the gun is new it should worki perfect. Send it back and wait a few weeks for it to return, its ur call to make..

[cltyus1]

I don't blame you kweezy, i bought a cw45 and spent a lot of time by buying different ammo and trying to figure out how to make it as reliable and realized that I don't feel safe carrying a gun that you have to play trial and error with to figure out how to make it go boom when you pull the trigger. Some people just don't understand that and will attack you for feeling different than they do. I loved how it felt and how it shoots, but I'm still carrying glocks rather than kahr. I'm more about reliability and I feel more confident putting anything in my Glock and knowing it'll shoot

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[warbird1]

New to Kahr. Just have 50 rds through my P380 and had a failure to feed. Think I'll get rid of it! Not!!

You could give me a Glock, just make it one other than the G26 which I have had for quite a while and love.

G26 -- belt

P380 --pocket

Well I guess you could give me one...I could then trade it for a CW45. I would like to have one of those!

[rogerthedodger]

It seems to me all the handguns have some issues, including Glock. I frequent websites for Glock, Ruger, Kahr and S & W, all have issues sometimes. It is a matter of luck with a little patience thrown in. I thought my G27 was the greatest until I got my CW9, never looked back. Now have a PM9 and PM40, best shooting for me because of size of my grip and some arthritis. Now, the P380, thats another story, however, the people on this forum have been the most helpful of any forum I belong to. Attitude makes the diff. If the gun is not right for you, sell it and find one you like, cause life is too short to dwell on it! Kahr service is right up there on top. However, emails don't always work, but the tele does. Call them and they will make it right. IMHO
Roger

[jocko]

well said

[getsome]

Sometimes things that seem bad at first end up being a completely good thing....First Kahr pistol I bought in 2009 was a CW40 and it had the same problem with the magazine falling out after firing 4 or 5 rounds which really ticked me off as I had never had another gun do that before BUT having that problem is how I ended up finding this wonderful place....I Googled the problem and the first site on the list was Kahrtalk....

I joined up and started asking questions....The site was much smaller back then and I immediately saw it was and still is a friendly place with some really nice folks that helped me out....I called Kahr and they sent me a new mag release and a nice hat at no charge...I wasn't sure at all how to install it but again with a little help from my friends here it proved to be a no brainer AND it fixed the problem...

That turned out to be a blessing in two ways, first the gun shot and functioned great with the new catch installed, I felt pumped that I was able to fix her myself AND best of all I found the best firearms site on the interweb to hang out with my cyber friends and have fun with....Couldn't ask for a better ending than that!!!!

[jocko]

Ok getsome I know ur a modest person and hate to pat any one person on the back for ur fantastic welcome back when u came on and how that special person helped you to get ur gun running right. But say it like it is. OL JOCKO

who can walk on water--- as long as it is a 1/4" deep. Just sayin

[getsome]

Baaaa haa haa haa haa haa

[jocko]

I just went through my mail after bein gone for a week and I got this letter from medicare and it said I am being dropped from their coverage due to over 600 complaints from people on a gun forum, that I was rude and insensitve to utter people troubles. This troubles me alot, so I guess I willjust go on Medicaid and let you 600 people (u know who u are) pay for my now FREE HEALTH coverage.

[downtownv]

Ok getsome I know ur a modest person and hate to pat any one person on the back for ur fantastic welcome back when u came on and how that special person helped you to get ur gun running right. But say it like it is. OL JOCKO

who can walk on water--- as long as it is a 1/4" deep. Just sayin

Bruhhaaaahahhahhaaa!

[Tinman507]

OL JOCKO who can walk on water--- as long as it is a 1/4" deep. Just sayin

As long as there are no steps and no glass walls. OUCH

sorry you got hurt Jocko but I couldn't resist.

[jocko]

thank you tinman, ur always so sincere on this forum!!!

[getsome]

Glad you didn't get hurt when you busted your a$$ but you should know better than to wear pumps in a place like that, next time go with some low heal flats....

[bwh]

<sigh> Like the OP I've also had issues with a Kahr (CW9) that just seemed to be cursed.

I purchased one of the first production run CW9s years ago. I fell in love with the ergonomics and the trigger. Unfortunately it suffered from the dreaded 'nose dive' issue and wouldn't feed from either of the two magazines I had. Kahr simply couldn't get it to run right so after a few months of frustration I traded it off (with full disclosure). I always lamented the fact that a pistol with such great ergonomics just wouldn't run right. Fast forward almost eight years and I was once again on the hunt for a single stack 9mm with great ergonomics. I absolutely hated the Ruger LC9 I had been carrying - a terrible trigger even though the thing was utterly, boringly reliable.

About a month ago I was perusing the case at my local gun shop and spied a few Kahr CW9s nestled in there. I asked the sales guy, who's opinion and information I trust, if they've seen many Kahr's come back through for repair. He commented that their rate of return didn't seem any worse than any other quality brand and folks that bought them seemed to like them.

I bit my lower lip, figured that surely by now Kahr had the problems ironed out and asked what he'd give me towards the LC9. We worked a trade and I came home with a new current production CW9. I have to admit that I was a bit apprehensive the next day when I took it out to shoot. I figured I'd start out with the worst case scenario so I didn't tear it down and lube it before this first outing.

To my delight and surprise the thing functioned flawlessly and now has about 250 rounds through it. There have been a few failures to go into battery with a new magazine but that's my fault because I kept on sling-shotting the slide (old Glock habit). When using the slide release things always work just fine.

I would like to think that my recent experience with the CW9 is now the norm with Kahr. It would be an awful world if such good ergonomics and such a great trigger were cruelly mated to an unreliable pistol.