Breaking in the CM9

[remnar]

I bought my CM9 almost four months ago and today I finally got to shoot it. I put 190 almost flawless rounds through it and I was very satisfied with everything about the gun. The ONLY problem that I had was one double feed on the first round and I'm sure that was my fault. All of the ammo used today was 115 gr FMJ: Federal, Winchester, and MagTech. Time to try some defense ammo. Does anyone have any suggestions? I wasn't shooting for accuracy today, but when I did my part the gun was right on target. After reading some of the reviews of the CM9 I was a little worried, but not anymore.

[muggsy]

Try 124 gr Speer Gold Dots.

[GLOCKROCKER]

Or 124 gr. Federal HST

[CJB]

The CM9, as a model, has been relatively problem free. All Kahr's of late have been relatively problem free actually....

There's still the occasional whoopsie, barrel nose smacking the follower, but even the 7 round mag feed issue has seemingly abated.

Not sayin' life is golden... just sayin' that things have aligned well for Kahr.

[C0untZer0]

I've had good luck using 124gr "NATO" ammo.


I used Winchester Ranger "T" 124gr NATO - with a stated muzzle velocity of 1175 fps, and Georgia Arms NATO - with a stated muzzle velocity of 1150 fps. Compared to Blazzer Brass standard pressure 124gr which has a stated velocity of 1090.


I've used only the (slightly) hotter 124gr rounds so far and no failures to feed or eject.

[remnar]

Thanks for the ammo tips everyone. Keep them coming. I'm going to see what I can find tomorrow but 9mm is still scarce in my area.

[rkenaston]

147gr Federal HST performs great through a 3 inch barrel.

[DavidR]

Breaking in the CM9

I've used Speer 124 grain Gold Dot HP (not +P) with good results.


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[pinehtr]

Gold dot 124 gr +P works great for me ,Also 115 gr. Critical Defense. Good luck.

[Pointblank]

If Kahr's quality control has improved so much, why has the turnaround time for service gone up to six weeks?

[Rubb]

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?feat...DMgd-w4Yozc27i


http://www.sgammo.com/catalog/pistol...ition/9mm-9x19

[Slotback]

At this point, you might only need one mag of JHP to satisfy yourself about your pistol. Sounds to me like you are good to go.

[unworthy]

I've had good results with Winchester 124gr PDX1

[Alfonse]

If Kahr's quality control has improved so much, why has the turnaround time for service gone up to six weeks?

I don't know, but it could be that they are selling a bunch of them. The traffic on this site seems to me to be way above what it was a few years ago. Kahr seems to be going mainstream to me.

[hardluk1]

How many people do they have to do only one thing. Fix problem handguns?? Kahr built some 90,000 pistols 2 years ago and with 15 years of handguns out there , how many could that be?? I know it seems there only one guy answering a phone in CS . If returns are only 1% that's 900 a year to be fixed and tested in 260 work days plus any work needed on handguns from years gone by. Guess thats why they can take 6 weeks to fix at times .