Kahr CW9 Bobtailed, w/ Grip Tape On Slide

[Zunkted]

Thanks to all of you that commented on my photo's in the Kahr picture thread. I decided to make this new thread since their where so many comment's about it and to leave the kahr picture thread for pictures. Anyways this is my Kahr Cw9 that I have had for almost a year now and I just got done doing a couple of modifications to it that I've been wanting to do for a while. Sorry for not answering your guy's comments in the picture thread but feel free to comment here in this thread and I'll be more than happy to comment back.

Grip Tape How to -
I'm pretty sure you all done this before but you know how if you put a penny on a hard surface and then put a piece of paper on top of the penny then where the penny is under the piece of paper you take a pencil and go back and forth over that area and you have the image of the penny now on the paper. I did the same thing with my slide, put the paper over the slide serrations and go back and forth with a pencil and now you have a template to set on top of the grip tape for cutting. I cut out the serrations that I just traced onto the paper then I measured the serration height and cut out a strip of grip tape to that size which should be around 5/8 of an inch. Then I took the paper template that I traced with the pencil and put that over top of the grip tape that I cut to 5/8 of an inch and then I just took a pair of scissors and cut out the serration slots one by one. Hope that was a good enough of an explanation for you guy's I should of took some pictures when I was doing it. Just make sure when you do this you trace the serrations on the paper for each side a couple of time's in case you cut the grip tape to small or too big like I did.

Bobtail How to -
This was easier to do than the Grip Tape. All I did was took some tape and just laid it on the grip to where I wanted the cut out to be, leave the cut area exposed and put a lot of tape all around the grip it in case you slip with whatever tool it is that your using. I used a dremel with a cut off wheel to cut most of it off at first, then I took a sanding wheel for the dremel and did the rest very slowly. After I got the cut to where I liked it I just took some 150 grit sand paper to round off the edge's of the cut. I will get a close up picture of the bobtail cut later for you guy's.



Without the Grip Tape on the front of the slide-







CW9 next to my newly acquired FNP 45-

[jpshaw]

Where did find the extra length barrel? I wouldn't necessarily need a ported one but the extra little bit in length might give some a little more fps.

[deuce]

Wow, looks fantastic. How's that Hogue Handell Jr sleeve feel to ya. I needed a little more room for my middle finger so i installed my sleeve upside down. Just a tip.

[Zunkted]

Where did find the extra length barrel? I wouldn't necessarily need a ported one but the extra little bit in length might give some a little more fps.

I got it from for kahr.com

Deuce - Thank you, it works great for me where it's at right now as I don't have really big fingers.

[copterdrvr]

Is the difference in muzzle rise very noticable? In other words, is it worth the money?

I've been thinking about getting one but wanted to hear from a "real" user first!

Wish they made a CW40 barrel-heck, I'd order it right now-anyway!

[BuckeyeBlast]

Hot looking piece. Nice work.

[Zunkted]

Is the difference in muzzle rise very noticable? In other words, is it worth the money?

I've been thinking about getting one but wanted to hear from a "real" user first!

Wish they made a CW40 barrel-heck, I'd order it right now-anyway!

You can tell that it does reduce the muzzle flip a little but the cw9 doesn't have much to start off with. They do make one for your CW40 - http://www.kahr.com/Guide-Rods-and-B...0-and-CW40.asp and you should notice the reduced muzzle flip way more on your CW40 than my CW9. Is it worth it? Yes I think it is. I love the CW9 so much I think anything made for it or any other Kahr is worth it. Hope that Helped.

BuckeyeBlast - Thank you.

[copterdrvr]

First off, thanks for your reply! I agree that my CW9 doesn't "really" need it as it is a super sweet shooter without it. Thanks for the link for the CW40, as usual, I somehow missed it!!!

Just tried to place the order-every time I click on it and look at my "cart", it disappears! Maybe it's not "really" available yet.

Thanks again.

[Cruizer]

Also I will update later on how I put the grip tape on the slide and how I did the bobtail cut also.

Can't wait.
Phenomenal job all around!!! Really like the grip tape on the back end of the slide.

[TheTman]

I noticed that they had removed the ported .40 barrel from the accessories page, and emailed Kahr to enquire about it, and they said in the reply that is no longer available in .40.
I thought that was kind of stupid, since it would probably be a lot more helpful on a CW40 than a CW9.

[copterdrvr]

That is totally stupid, if you ask me. Guess I'll have to send it to MagnaPort.

[jlottmc]

Ok, I am now thinking about putting a mirror finish on the slide and all metal parts, and putting that grip tape in like that. I'm not a big fan of kut my Kahr, but that one is not bad. I need to find some time now.

[jocko]

agree

That is totally stupid, if you ask me. Guess I'll have to send it to MagnaPort.

I doubt if they sold many of the extened ported barrels in the first place. certainly if they sold well they wold have kept it in the line Still makes no sense to drop it as it has been offered for quite a few years..:israel:

Personally, u will like the mgna port version better..

[Zunkted]

Can't wait.
Phenomenal job all around!!! Really like the grip tape on the back end of the slide.

Thank you, I just added a how to for the Grip Tape and the Bobtail it's on the first page. Sorry that it's not as detailed as it could of been but I did my best to explain how I did it. As for the grip tape on the front of the slide I don't think it's going to hold very well the tape moves when I try to rack it from the front. I'm probably going to take the front grip tape off and just do one big piece instead of 4 little pieces it should hold up much better.

copterdrvr - Your welcome, and that sucks that it's not available any more I had no idea. I though it would be since it was for the p9-cw9.

[MikeyKahr]

Thanks

Thank you, I just added a how to for the Grip Tape and the Bobtail it's on the first page. Sorry that it's not as detailed as it could of been but I did my best to explain how I did it. As for the grip tape on the front of the slide I don't think it's going to hold very well the tape moves when I try to rack it from the front. I'm probably going to take the front grip tape off and just do one big piece instead of 4 little pieces it should hold up much better.

Thanks for taking the time to add the how to to the original post, Zunkted and welcome to our little Kahrtalk discussion board. Let us know how the front grip tape change works out for you. It's neat to see a new "home improvement" to a Kahr every once in a while, particularly one that looks good and has a purpose. I think I'd prefer the tape on just the back of the slide in the grooves personally but to each his own.