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Well, I finally get the time and money to go to the range yesterday. After the mag follower broke on the very first 6 shots through the gun, I e-mailed Kahr and they sent me 2 replacements. It was a 10 day wait, but I did get them finally.
So, I put 150 rounds through it yesterday. Functioned flawlessly, I must say. I checked the follower after each magazine to see if it was having issues, and it was just fine. Maybe just got a bad follower the first time. Anyway, I ran 3 different brands through it, Blazer, Tula, and Golden Saber (all 180 grain). All three worked just fine, and were accurate as all get out (as in seriously accurate). The guy 2 lanes down was shooting a small .380 and I watched him a bit. Good form, and was steady, but his shots were all over the freakin' place, while my CM40 was putting them in a very small area, which I was quite impressed with.
The only real complaint I had was the insane recoil. I was prepared for it, obviously, but man, it was VERY hard to keep a firm grip. I had to readjust my grip after almost every round, and the one time I didn't, because I wanted to practice some double taps, the thing came back so hard and awkwardly that the plastic actually took a chunk of skin off the top of my thumb. I think it was mostly because there was no purchase for my pinky. Shooting full power .357s through my buddy's little tiny Taurus revolver hurts like all get out, but with the larger grip, it's far, far easier to control. They do make grip extensions for this model, yes? If so, I'll definately get one for when I go to the range.
All in all, it worked and it exceeded my expectations. Nice little gun, and powerful, too. I kind of do regret not going for the 9mm version, but I have a 9mm as my house gun, and wanted something different and a little more powerful. I have no doubts now that if I needed to use it against an aggressor, that the accuracy combined with the .40 caliber power would remove anyone from the playing field very handily.
So, I put 150 rounds through it yesterday. Functioned flawlessly, I must say. I checked the follower after each magazine to see if it was having issues, and it was just fine. Maybe just got a bad follower the first time. Anyway, I ran 3 different brands through it, Blazer, Tula, and Golden Saber (all 180 grain). All three worked just fine, and were accurate as all get out (as in seriously accurate). The guy 2 lanes down was shooting a small .380 and I watched him a bit. Good form, and was steady, but his shots were all over the freakin' place, while my CM40 was putting them in a very small area, which I was quite impressed with.
The only real complaint I had was the insane recoil. I was prepared for it, obviously, but man, it was VERY hard to keep a firm grip. I had to readjust my grip after almost every round, and the one time I didn't, because I wanted to practice some double taps, the thing came back so hard and awkwardly that the plastic actually took a chunk of skin off the top of my thumb. I think it was mostly because there was no purchase for my pinky. Shooting full power .357s through my buddy's little tiny Taurus revolver hurts like all get out, but with the larger grip, it's far, far easier to control. They do make grip extensions for this model, yes? If so, I'll definately get one for when I go to the range.
All in all, it worked and it exceeded my expectations. Nice little gun, and powerful, too. I kind of do regret not going for the 9mm version, but I have a 9mm as my house gun, and wanted something different and a little more powerful. I have no doubts now that if I needed to use it against an aggressor, that the accuracy combined with the .40 caliber power would remove anyone from the playing field very handily.
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