Field Strip?

[Cubby]

I hope that this is the right forum for this?

Last Monday I bought a CM9. When I got home the first thing was to read the manual. The second was to field strip it. Boy I had a tough time getting that take-down lever out. I read and re-read the instructions. I finally was able to pop it out using a plastic screwdriver handle! What a chore. My 1911's are a piece of cake copmared to this!

I watched a video on youtube. This guy pushes out the lever with his thumb after lining up the tick marks! I've tried to several more times, and it is still hard... I can get it back together easy enough, but take-down is not fun. Any tips? Get a bigger hammer, right?

On another subject, I haven't shot it yet. I'm waiting on two more mag's from Midway to get here, and then to the range. I've also ordered a holster from Bear River Holsters. Brad's website says three weeks. So it'll be awhile until I can carry it.

[Bawanna]

It'll get easier. In this case tight is good. I still have to use a handle to get the initial push on the pin. Some are tougher than others.

[Cubby]

It'll get easier. In this case tight is good. I still have to use a handle to get the initial push on the pin. Some are tougher than others.

Thanks, I was thinking about getting a plastic hammer?

[Bawanna]

I use one myself frequently. Just a little tap when the marks line up and your in business. It's just a tiny bit too much for my fingers alone, anything to apply a little more pressure works fine. I've used a popsicle stick.

[Cubby]

I use one myself frequently. Just a little tap when the marks line up and your in business. It's just a tiny bit too much for my fingers alone, anything to apply a little more pressure works fine. I've used a popsicle stick.

A popsicle stick would probably work fine! Thanks for the hint

[ripley16]

I use the rear end of the mag base, ( a handy built in tool ), to push on the pin of those Kahrs that are too tight to push with my thumb. That applies to the K9 and P9 but all the others are good for just thumb pressure. Go figure.

[jocko]

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I hope that this is the right forum for this?

Last Monday I bought a CM9. When I got home the first thing was to read the manual. The second was to field strip it. Boy I had a tough time getting that take-down lever out. I read and re-read the instructions. I finally was able to pop it out using a plastic screwdriver handle! What a chore. My 1911's are a piece of cake copmared to this!

I watched a video on youtube. This guy pushes out the lever with his thumb after lining up the tick marks! I've tried to several more times, and it is still hard... I can get it back together easy enough, but take-down is not fun. Any tips? Get a bigger hammer, right?

On another subject, I haven't shot it yet. I'm waiting on two more mag's from Midway to get here, and then to the range. I've also ordered a holster from Bear River Holsters. Brad's website says three weeks. So it'll be awhile until I can carry it.

different guns. Its not a chore, just u hve not mastered it yet. It will come to you as u do it more.

[janderson021]

It'll get easier. In this case tight is good. I still have to use a handle to get the initial push on the pin. Some are tougher than others.

It does get easier. I bought my CM9 just about a month ago, and have about 350 rounds thru it now.
When I first tried to break down my CM9, I had the same issue, and used a poker tool to take out the slide lock.

After shooting the other day, I can now push out the slide lock with no tool, and pull it out the other side, no problem. Still a little tight, but much easier now.

[HalfCocked]

I drilled a hole in a piece of wood that was the diameter of a Phillips screw driver blade. Stand the screw driver in that hole and then use the handle to press the pin up while you use both hands to hold the gun. After a couple hundred rounds I can just pop it out with my finger.

[jocko]

and indeed

It does get easier. I bought my CM9 just about a month ago, and have about 350 rounds thru it now.
When I first tried to break down my CM9, I had the same issue, and used a poker tool to take out the slide lock.

After shooting the other day, I can now push out the slide lock with no tool, and pull it out the other side, no problem. Still a little tight, but much easier now.

it should be alittle tight, or u will soon be seeing the slide stop lever moving out of the frame while shooting and this is a real no no.

Practice does not make perfect but perfect practice does.. I think it was Bill clinton who said that to Monica one night. Just sayin

[Cubby]

I found an old wooden ruler. Lined up the tick marks and pushed with the ruler. Slide stop lever moved out enough to pull out from the other side.

Thanks for all of the advice and hints. I'll probably make up something to mount on my bench that is raised, so I'll have to do is line up the marks and push down on the gun???

[HalfCocked]

it should be alittle tight, or u will soon be seeing the slide stop lever moving out of the frame while shooting and this is a real no no.

Practice does not make perfect but perfect practice does.. I think it was Bill clinton who said that to Monica one night. Just sayin

Just so I understand Jocko, did Clinton say the part about prefect practice, or "it should be a little tight" ? I always felt that as long as he was busy doing that to Monica he wasn't doing it to the rest of us......

[reddragon317@gmail.com]

Just bought a CM40 and like others read the manual and then field stripped it to clean/lube. I didn't have to much of a problem getting the slide stop out. But I cannot get the darn thing in and the slide to operate. Any advise would be great. Thanks.

Mike

[jocko]

are u lining up the two witness marks on the side of the frame and slide???

[wyntrout]

EVERYONE should watch the Kahr Take Down Video before tinkering with the pistols in any way. Putting it together can be terribly screwed up in several ways! The Kahr tech or whatever explains how and emphasizes some problematic areas. The pistols are EASY to take apart, but need CARE and attention to detail when putting them back together.
Not getting the pin through the hole in the lug under the barrel can necessitate sending the pistol back to Kahr... or drilling out the slide lock pin and happened not too long ago.

There's a trick to inserting the slide lock pin so as not to damage the little spring that holds the pin in place and pushes down on the slide lock lever. The free end of the spring on the right side needs to slide over and rest on the little ledge on the back side of the slide lock lever. It's easily bent and causes major problems.

here's the video, and all of these helpful hints and technicques/procedures are listed with links in the New Member Welcome area and in the Kahr Tech sub-forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=G2cZgVg_SwA

Wynn