Kahr T-9 Review and endurance test

[jocko]

All springs have a built in compression (set) in them. Because a spring in ur magazine or recoil area is shorter than one new that has never been in the same place, doesn't mean alot.

I have a new 6 round PM9 magazne spring in my spare magazine that has been in there two months and I have never used it. Taking it out and laying it next to a new magazine spring that has never been iserted in a magazine, it is about 3/4" shorter. Both are new. Which basically means nothing.

IMO the best way to determne when to change springs is keeping some kind of in the ball park round count. If kahr recommends 1500 rounds to change recoil springs and your round count is about there, change um. If you only have 500 rounds through the gun and the springs are shwoing different lengths, not necessarily a need to change um as the pre set has set in and that is all. Same for magazine springs also...

[DMR]

Second T-9 now in hand. It will be going to Cylinder & Slide in a few months. For dating the Novaks are dated 2002. Ed Brown 1911 Slim grip screws went right on.

[DMR]

I'll have some more data up soon. Just wanted to show this nice releif for the mag release Accurate Iron did for me on the second T-9.

[jocko]

DMW: MIKE AT ACCURATE IRON has done alot of work on my P380, PM9 and my G19. He really made my G19 walk the walk. Great guy, a shooter, a cop and just over all a nice guy, his work IMO is super,

I have sent many shooters top him for service and never one complaint.

[DMR]

FYI,

just returned from a local pistol course. I fired around 400 rounds during the course of the day with no issues. This puts the total round count at about 4,000 rounds. For the last thousand I cleaned it at around 500 rounds and will clean it from this trip sometimes this week. I'll also change the recoil spring when I clean it.

It has been to C&S since the last time i wrote it up for some extra touches. I had the following work done:

Front strap stippled

Radius and Tension Extractor

Throat and Polish Feed Ramp

Pics to follow ;-)

[DMR]

I now have Straight *'s on both T-9's:

[CJB]

I brought 850 rounds .....and completed firing the first 850 rounds in about 2 1/2 hours.

I believe this was due to the top round not being properly seated in the mag. It was also a mag loaded by my new friend on the range.

Five and a half rounds per minute... not too bad, considering reloads and such.

The mag/feed problem is one that all single stack 9mm's have. Smith 39's as I recall. Colt Commander's. Can't say for the P7 haven't spent enuf time with one. Either not loaded right, OR, the top round pops forward from mis-handling sometime between ammo going in, and mag going into pistol.