Modified PM9 Base Plates

[LorenzoB]

Geez ! Another critic I was going for the rustic look.

Welcome aboard LorenzoB

John

Rustic? Is that what that is called. If you're going for rustic, you should burn the edges and hit it with a chain. LOL! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I think it looks great, and definitely nicer than the stock plate. I'll try to keep the critiques to a minimum.

Thanks for the welcome!

[jg rider]

Rustic? Is that what that is called. If you're going for rustic, you should burn the edges and hit it with a chain. LOL! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I think it looks great, and definitely nicer than the stock plate. I'll try to keep the critiques to a minimum.

Thanks for the welcome!

It has been distressed. Look at the bottom, it's been dropped a few times onto gravel

[TucsonMTB]

This is my first post here... by the way, awesome forum!

jg rider and Tilos, your mods look better than the factory option. Maybe some finer grit sand paper and a little water will make it not so "scratchy" looking.

I just got a CW9 and I have been looking for options to make the magazine look "cleaner" with the bottom of the frame. Lot's of interesting mods out there (some good, and some so so), but most of them require sanding and/or cutting. I have access to a CNC machine and I think I am going to try and figure out how to make my own base plate out of aluminum. I'll post some photos (if they turn out good). I won't post anything if they look terrible.

Awesome! If you do something you are proud of, I believe you can expect some requests to purchase a few.

[BOBBO268]

rider, so are these what you're buying? and are you using the metal or plastic piece between the spring and base plate?

http://www.kahr.com/Magazines/Kahr-P...d-40-SandW.asp

was going to order one, modify, and give to my father to duplicate from aluminum, but for 23 dollars with shipping, i think i'm going to pass

[LorenzoB]

Awesome! If you do something you are proud of, I believe you can expect some requests to purchase a few.

Yea, that would be cool! But we'll see how they turn out first. It would certainly help offset the cost to do this project. Either way, I cant stand the way it is now, and I know I can make it better match how awesome the rest of the gun is. I took all the measurements from my mags and started modeling the part... I think it will turn out pretty cool.

[jg rider]

rider, so are these what you're buying? and are you using the metal or plastic piece between the spring and base plate?

http://www.kahr.com/Magazines/Kahr-P...d-40-SandW.asp

was going to order one, modify, and give to my father to duplicate from aluminum, but for 23 dollars with shipping, i think i'm going to pass

Geez this isn't much better.

http://www.kahr.com/Parts/Kahr-K9.asp

When I bought 6 of them they cost about 4.00 ea. for the plates. I think you'll need to buy the locks also because IIRC the button on the stainless lock isn't long enough to hold the plate in place

[Tilos]

LorenzoB:

There's a member here that made a prototype mag base before, with plans to build an injection mold for it.
Ol'coot came up with an great design but has fallen off the radar since then, but here's a link to the thread.
Something like what's in the 2nd pic of Ol'coot's 1st post would please me and I'd be up for buying a few.

http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t...light=mag+base

[jg rider]

LorenzoB:

There's a member here that made a prototype mag base before, with plans to build an injection mold for it.
Ol'coot came up with an great design but has fallen off the radar since then, but here's a link to the thread.
Something like what's in the 2nd pic of Ol'coot's 1st post would please me and I'd be up for buying a few.

http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t...light=mag+base

What I like about my design is the bottoms flair out and the tip of my pinky can grip the flair. And the slight toe on the front helps hold my grip in place

[LorenzoB]

Wow, thanks for finding that for me! I have a lot of reading to do just to catch up on this topic. His solution looked great! But I can understand about tooling costs for injection molds. Machining instead of injection molding will make each part more expensive, but initial costs are very low comparatively.

I can see there is strong demand out there for a good solution, so if I make some extras to begin with, it shouldn't be too hard find good homes for them.

Thanks for the input too!

[PYROhafe]

My home would be a perfect loving fit for any of those "extras" always willing to do some adopting

[gb6491]

... Machining instead of injection molding will make each part more expensive, ...

That certainly seems the case here: https://www.collectors-society-slabs...tensions-.html
Regards.
Greg

[BOBBO268]

i'm just interested in a plain bottom instead of the sharp one we got.. not even so much with the finger extension...

[TucsonMTB]

That certainly seems the case here: https://www.collectors-society-slabs...tensions-.html
Regards.
Greg

Hey! 42 . . . the answer to life the universe and everything . . . With apologies to Douglas Adams.

Another lottery win purchase list item, I'm afraid. Book marked. Thank you, sir.

[LorenzoB]

That certainly seems the case here: https://www.collectors-society-slabs...tensions-.html
Regards.
Greg

Yea, I saw that. I feel he has that priced too high, and there are no photos I can find showing how it looks with the mag in the frame.

I hope to get some more time to work on it this week. I'll let you know if I have anything to show. I may have some questions for all the experts here too (that is not sarcastic just in case anyone tries to read it that way). Thanks!

[Tilos]

Machined Mag Base

LorenzoB:

I would prefer a composit (plastic) rather than aluminum.
Plus it would be easier to machine.

I had been in touch with Ol'coot, back then, and what makes his design so much better than most is that the base extends rearword to the back of the grip, forming a kind of palm swell for the short grip on the CM/PM guns.

The transition to the gun grip could be so much better if the stock grip was NOT radiused on the bottom.

With a backround in machining, I had dreams of doing this, at home with a bench top cnc, but life has gotten in the way for me, much like Ol'coot.

I've been waiting for someone like you to come along and pick up this project and continue with it.
I have fixturing, tooling and programing ideas about this and offer my help to you.
Tilos