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[CJCM9]

Yesterday I picked up a new CM9. This is my first Kahr and going into it I was a little concerned that it wasn't going to be reliable. I also have a S&W M&P9 and a M&P40c. I needed something smaller. There are a few that I was looking at (shield, LC9, Nano, CM9). I went for small, the CM9. After a good clean http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1521 and Froglube treatment, I headed to the range. I ran some Winchester white box, Remington green box, Tulammo, Freedon Munitions ammo. No issues till the 220th round, FTF, it pinched the casing to the point that the bullet almost popped off. An easy clear and I shot another 30 rounds without issue.

I was a little concerned that the small size, and my large hands, might be a slight issue. Other than the backstrap checking slightly irritating the palm and my pinky (on the shooting hand) wrapping around and rubbing on the sharp rear edge of the magazine. I may need to find a couple of remedies for these small issues.

For the size, it shoots awesome and not bad recoil. My first grouping was exceptionally tight.

[b4uqzme]

Good post CJ. Welcome.

[jr_tex]

I found that the Talon grips help me with the irritation.

[codegeek]

Welcome from Woodstock GA! Pierce Grip extensions are nice and add very little to the concealability of the pistol.

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[yqtszhj]

Welcome to the Forum and congratulations on your new purchase. The CM9 is a sweet gun.

[Powrstroke6.0]

Welcome to the forums!

[RevRay]

Unless you routinely shoot $75 worth of ammo every time you go to the range, you really won't need to worry about the grip chewing up your hand. I shoot between 50-100 rounds at a shot and don't have any problems with the grip.

[CJCM9]

Unless you routinely shoot $75 worth of ammo every time you go to the range, you really won't need to worry about the grip chewing up your hand. I shoot between 50-100 rounds at a shot and don't have any problems with the grip.

So true. It was more of noticing that it was there and that was at about 150-200 rounds. This was a break in session and I needed to get a couple hundred shots in.

[otium]

If you find you do need to cover the grip a bit I would try the bicycle inner tube. On my cw45 I used a quik grip, but on my cw40 I used a piece of a 1.75" inner tube and it worked fine.

It is a pretty cheap thing to try even more so if already have an old tube laying around or know a local bike repair shop to grab a popped tube from. I just cut it to size then turn it inside out (to put the tube seams to the inside) and pulled it on.

[deadeye]

CM9 is a great little gun. I did add the Pierce magazine extensions and rubber talon grip. Would recommend them highly. Hope you have good luck with yours as I have mine.

[jocko]

Yesterday I picked up a new CM9. This is my first Kahr and going into it I was a little concerned that it wasn't going to be reliable. I also have a S&W M&P9 and a M&P40c. I needed something smaller. There are a few that I was looking at (shield, LC9, Nano, CM9). I went for small, the CM9. After a good clean http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1521 and Froglube treatment, I headed to the range. I ran some Winchester white box, Remington green box, Tulammo, Freedon Munitions ammo. No issues till the 220th round, FTF, it pinched the casing to the point that the bullet almost popped off. An easy clear and I shot another 30 rounds without issue.

I was a little concerned that the small size, and my large hands, might be a slight issue. Other than the backstrap checking slightly irritating the palm and my pinky (on the shooting hand) wrapping around and rubbing on the sharp rear edge of the magazine. I may need to find a couple of remedies for these small issues.

For the size, it shoots awesome and not bad recoil. My first grouping was exceptionally tight.

My 21 cents on this: with such a perfect range shoot, I would say you had a bad round in the first place. Some of those brands u mentioned are new to me. Tulammo ammo would not be my choice. I would suggest sticking if u can to good ol American brand ammo. WWB should be good ammo to shoot. Wal mart sells it and from there ist is about as low a priced ammo thatyou will ever find. That is about all that I ever shoot for range fodder.
Nice report.

[mikemc53]

Welcome CJCM9, from another CM9 owner. If my experience is any indicator, you are gonna love that gun.

[muggsy]

When these guns are new they are very tight. I don't recommend shooting more that 100 rounds between cleanings. Poor quality dirty ammo is the cause of many FTF. Glad to hear that your problems were few.

[CJCM9]

I needed to get the 200 break in rounds in. I also wanted to see the worst case scenario with basic and low end FMJ ammo. I bought the Tula when ammo was scarce. It definitely is low end. It's good to see that even when new and tight, it would shoot anything I ran thru it.

Out of the box, there was this hitch in the slide. I could actually walk the slide forward and have it catch part of the way open. It wont catch and stay open any more but I do still feel a slight hitch. I think it's when the barrel drops down when the slide is coming back (by hand).

[CJCM9]

I also noticed that the firing pin stays out. You can see it when you lock the slide back, after the trigger is pulled. It is reset (back in) when the slide comes forward (about 3/4ths of the way). It does this consistently so can I assume that this is normal?