CM 9 Hates Cold Weather

[Grapenut]

We've got a major storm sweeping up through the Shenandoah Valley and on up the North East Coast on up into New England, through next Wednesday morning. It's gonna dump six to thirty-six inches of snow on most all of us.

I just remembered leaving my CM9 in the car, this afternoon so I just now went out to retrieve it. Got it inside the office here and pulled out the magazine, cleared the gun and when I tried to dry fire the gun, it would not release the striker. Pulled the trigger all the way back and nothing.

Any ideas on what happened and how this needs to be corrected ? Thank goodness the walk from the car to the inside of the office was a short one and a safe one.

Nut

[root]

Sure you don't have some cleaning/lubing agent that has it gunked up? I'd say that's likely the case. Something probably thickened in the cold and is gummign it up.


Let it warm up and try again later.

[deadeye]

Yep. I would dismantle the slide and clean the striker channel. Always keep oil out of the striker channel and ejector. Don't ask how I know!

[O'Dell]

Don't blame the gun - I hate cold weather too!

[dirtengineer]

Another possibility that I had to deal with when I was stationed in Alaska was condensation. If you took a cold rifle into a warm humid tent and then back outside, condensation would form and then freeze. Would lock the gun up tight. Might also want to clean it up and try a lightweight lube.

[DonGlock26]

Rem oil is good for cold weather lubrication.

[Planedude]

Ok, lets all remember, what we already know.

"happiness... is a warm gun..."

I would fix this issue one of two ways.
A. Move someplace warmer.
-OR-
B. Find a better cold weather lube.

Since I chose answer A, I personally can't helps so much with answer B... (but I love Froglube).

I bet the gun runs better after a cleaning Grapenut and agree that frozen condensation makes the most sense as the problem. Good luck and post updates.

[DubDubU]

Mine had the same trouble. Something inside contracts and changes the release point. In my case the trigger would bottom out on the frame before firing. A trip back to Kahr solved it. There has been several older threads about this.

[Redstate]

DubDubU, did Kahr tell you what they did to solve it?

[DubDubU]

Redstate, First I have to correct my earlier post. It was bottoming out before firing but not on the frame. They didn't give a specific reply as to what they did. Can't find the repair slip but it was something like "repaired trigger mechanism". What i did notice after it came back was that the trigger now travels a little further back than it did before.

[Redstate]

Thanks, DubDubU.

[keb73]

Ok mine is doing the same thing.I just discovered it this past weekend.I left my Cm9 in middle console of vehicle and in got mid 30s overnight here in North Florida.Next morning it would not fire unless two finger squeeze VERY hard against back wall.Problem resolved slowly as gun warmed up inside.,,Was able to consistently duplicate the problem by a 20 minute fridge stay..Not a lube problem as I flushed out all lube with poly safe scrubber and it did same thing..

Kahr said send it in on MY dime Next Day air which will be 60 bucks even with my commercial UPS account at work..I told rep very politely that Ruger and Smith will send a label via email but he said that Kahr doesn't cover shipping to them although I've read on forums that sometimes they do..Guess luck wasn't with me that day..

Very sorry to hijack and with my 1st post at that.I suppose I could have started the exact type of post but that would be redundant..Also wanted you to know you are not alone on this..As mentioned previously,Google search shows old post on this and other forums addressing this very problem..Breaks my heart really cause I have been a CM9 cheerleader pretty much.It was a firearm that I made friends with right from the get go and my main carry..

[Alfonse]

You could use shipmygun.com http://www.shipmygun.com/go/

[keb73]

You could use shipmygun.com http://www.shipmygun.com/go/

I'll check that out.. Thank you..

[keb73]

Ok update. After a a couple back and forth emails,Kahr did in fact email me a prepaid Fed Ex label .Pistol was sent off today. Will continue update when I receive the firearm back or if Kahr contacts me before then ...