CM9 mag splitting?

[Dreamliner787]

I like my CM but I don't like the mags. Just my opinon before the Kahr fans gets all upset.

[JimC]

I like my CM but I don't like the mags. Just my opinon before the Kahr fans gets all upset.

I'm very fond of my PM9 but I think the mags suck and that takes away from an expensive but very good EDC gun!

If the mags for the Kahr pistols are made by Mec-Gar as some have suggested, Mec-Gar should be embarrassed with the number of failures Kahr owners are experiencing with their mags.

[jocko]

not sure of the Mec-Gar thing as they is a foreign company and I think I read somewhere where kahr stated their mags are American made. I have no clue what i causing it but in my little mind, I don't think it is a total mag related thing. I think some guns are causingit and I can not provbe that one wayor the other. Damn these magazines are all stainless, They don't show any places that I can see that makes it a cheap ass magazine but for magazines to split we have seen onsome, well I have no explanation.

[JimC]

not sure of the Mec-Gar thing as they is a foreign company and I think I read somewhere where kahr stated their mags are American made. I have no clue what i causing it but in my little mind, I don't think it is a total mag related thing. I think some guns are causingit and I can not provbe that one wayor the other. Damn these magazines are all stainless, They don't show any places that I can see that makes it a cheap ass magazine but for magazines to split we have seen onsome, well I have no explanation.

Mec-Gar USA:

MEC-GAR USA, INC.

905 Middle Street

Middletown, CT 06457 USA

Phone (860) 635-1525 / 635-1520 / 635-1527

Fax (860) 635-1712

Email mags@mec-gar.com

And they will not answer the question if they are the supplier of Kahr Arms mags.

[JFootin]

not sure of the Mec-Gar thing as they is a foreign company and I think I read somewhere where kahr stated their mags are American made. I have no clue what i causing it but in my little mind, I don't think it is a total mag related thing. I think some guns are causingit and I can not provbe that one wayor the other. Damn these magazines are all stainless, They don't show any places that I can see that makes it a cheap ass magazine but for magazines to split we have seen onsome, well I have no explanation.

Could the mag be sitting a little too high and the stripper is hitting the top back edge of the mag? Maybe the mag latch hole a bit off spec on that mag?

[jocko]

I have often wondered that myself, but I guess it should do that with every magazine if indeed the gun is the culprit. I am at a loss Footin and when andif there is a fix, I am sure we will never hear exazctly what that fix is either.

[Chip King]

Kahr customer service has always been good to deal with. I have owned several starting with a K9 more years ago than I care to think about. Great guns

--- Chip King ---

[JC2317]

I like my CM but I don't like the mags. Just my opinon before the Kahr fans gets all upset.

I hate that my first post here is a negative one but..
I love my CM 9 it shoots and carries like a dream. However, the magazines are crap. The one that came with the gun had a very loose baseplate. I tightened it a little, but I have no confidence in it. I ordered 3 six rounders, and two seven rounders. Two of the six rounders also had loose baseplates. The seven rounders were fine. So I have three magazines for range use only. Kahr should get on this.
Other than that I love this little gun.
Great forumn lots of great info on here.

[jocko]

it certainly isn't rocket science to "tighten" uip the base plate. With a loaded magazine I sincerley doubt if that base plate even tends to rattle at all. Did the baseplate fall off the magazine??? What are u basing ur lost confidence in the magazines???.

IMO a very piddly complaint..

[JC2317]

While practicing reloads at the range I reached for the magazine in it's pouch and as I was pulling it out the baseplate came off in my hand, causing rounds, magazine body, and spring to spray all over range. This was after a cursory inspection, feeling it was loose, fixing it, and having loaded and fired it twice. So yes I think I have a valid complaint. Whoever is making these magazines for them should look at their quality control a little more. In my opinion if it isn't right, I'm not trusting my life with it. I'll use one that is good right out of the box, no adjustment needed. As I said with a solid magazine, and with the seven rounders this gun is outstanding.

[Tilos]

JC:
This is something that has been discussed and a fix posted about sharpening up the edges of the bump on the base plate retainer, so the baseplate cannot slide off easily.
Placing the retainer over a drilled hole and hitting it with a punch was the fix and the thread had pics...try a search for it.
Tilos

[JC2317]

JC:
This is something that has been discussed and a fix posted about sharpening up the edges of the bump on the base plate retainer, so the baseplate cannot slide off easily.
Placing the retainer over a drilled hole and hitting it with a punch was the fix and the thread had pics...try a search for it.
Tilos

Thank You Sir!
Sounds like thats a better idea then to keep buying magazines!
I will do that tonight. As I said lots of great info on here.
Thanks Again Tilos.

[pDubs]

Does anyone have problems with the baseplate not staying exactly where it should? Mine slides around sometimes.