CM9 troubles

[Benaiah]

I sure didn't mean to start anything, over this thread. It was just a casual observance of the threads that were posted. I believe in the Kahr name, and am buying a Pm9 at the end of the month. I will certainly give it a go...Mike

No worries. If you're getting ready to spend several hundred dollars on a gun, you've got to do what you've got to do to make up your mind.

My guess is that maybe 1% of all CM9 owners are on this forum, so even if 100% of the 1% had trouble with their CM9, there's still 99% of the CM9 population we know nothing about. My casual observance was that a dozen people had trouble with their CM9's. That wasn't enough to scare me away. Given the caliber, size, price, features, trigger pull, and design, I couldn't find a better choice for me.

I've had my CM9 for 2 weeks and have 200 rounds through it with only one failure of the slide not locking back after the last round. I've had no problems loading the gun by racking the slide, so I'm very happy with my CM9.

[OldLincoln]

Rain: As the famous quote by Meg Ryan in "Joe Vs. the Valcano", "It's always going to be something with you isn't it?"

As for the "percentage" of bad reports to good, how often have you gone to a product site to report how well your item is working out, be it a washing machine, waffle iron, automobile, etc.? I would be very surprised if over 5% of satisfied Kahr owners come to this site and post how happy they are. Of course everybody would like 100% of their guns to be perfect bit in the real world Kahr is batting pretty darn well.

As for those needing support, don't let the negative comments get you down. Between this forum and Kahr support you'll get what you need to have a great, reliable gun.

[rich636]

Hi All, just bought a CM9 yesterday (first Kahr) and found this forum today. This post caught my eye for obvious reasons. I wanted to throw in my experience for a data point. Bought the gun yesterday, went straight to the range and loaded it right out of the box. I went through 100 rounds federal 115gr fmj, 30 remington standard 115gr jhp, and 25 hornady 115gr critical defense. No malfunctions of any kind. It was suprisingly easy to shoot too. I did find that when reassembling, you have to make sure the recoil spring seats correctly in the front of the slide and doesn't stick out through the guide rod hole.

[JimC]

And you didn't rack the slide 500 times before firing?

Best of luck with your new Kahr.

[JimC]

I sure didn't mean to start anything, over this thread. It was just a casual observance of the threads that were posted. I believe in the Kahr name, and am buying a Pm9 at the end of the month. I will certainly give it a go...Mike

Your gonna like the PM9.

[Ressom]

People post about their problems and you get threads like this one.

People post their positive experiences and you get threads like this: http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t...t=range+report



I guess it's the nature of this internet thing.

[Bawanna]

Expect to be 'persona non grata' when criticizing a Kahr on a Kahr lover website.

This isn't exactly correct. While we are mostly Kahr lovers here rightfully so, we don't automatically point non Kahr lovers or unhappy owners to the exit doors.

I think constructive criticism is a good thing for the most part. Some folks, you could chop both legs off and they would still kick. Don't care for that type too much.

We have people here, regulars who no longer even own Kahrs so I like to think we're pretty open. No Persona Non Grata here.

[rich636]

And you didn't rack the slide 500 times before firing?

Best of luck with your new Kahr.

no "pre-racking" just took it out of the plastic bag and went to work. I don't mean to detract from people who have legitimate problems (eg the guy with his sight falling off), but I bet this is the exception rather than the rule with most modern firearms makers.