Pre range stuff?

[Athensm50]

Hey Guys....should pick up my NEW CM9 tomorrow!!!! :D

any tips of what I need to do before I take her to the range?.....outside of giving it a good cleaning.

Thanks for any input!

Athens

[Bawanna]

http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1521

Read this first. Some good recommendations. Most don't need the full treatment, some need nothing at all but it never hurts.

Welcome. Wish you the best on your first range trip. And we look forward to hearing about it.

[guido4198]

Read and heed the "proper prep" thread. Not much I can add to what is there. What I can assure you of however is that a Factory NEW CM9 is going to exhibit a "Break-in". The CM9 is a great little pistol, and I love mine. That said however...when someone asks for a recommendation who I KNOW isn't a "firearms enthusiast", and is not inclined to do much more than take his shiny new gun to the range with a single box of ammo...shoot a few rounds then load her up and call it good..I tell that individual a CM9 probably isn't for them. IF you're willing to follow the advice and work through the break-in...you're going to end up with an excellent carry weapon.

[Athensm50]

Great...thanks guys!......I will read thru.....I have about 500 Rounds set a side for my CM9.....looking forward to being able to Carry ALL the time....have a XD9....and in a business setting....just not the best to carry.....Hope the CM9 will fill that void.

[muggsy]

Great...thanks guys!......I will read thru.....I have about 500 Rounds set a side for my CM9.....looking forward to being able to Carry ALL the time....have a XD9....and in a business setting....just not the best to carry.....Hope the CM9 will fill that void.

Don't try to run 500 rounds through in one range trip. I'd recommend shooting no more than 100 rounds per range session and clean and lube in between range sessions. The CM9 is a very tightly built gun. Once you get through the first 200 rounds your CM9 should loosen up a bit.

[JFootin]

Welcome to the forum and to the CM9 Owners Club! :)

What kind of business dress is required? Is it absolutely essential that no one discovers you are carrying? If so, Thunder71, who wears business dress suit and tie every day, will tell you to look seriously at the SmartCarry (http://www.smartcarry.com/). I have one, too. You carry down next to your junk. Not awkward like you might imagine. Slide it to the left to do #1, and you can slide it up to midrift level without taking it off or the gun out when doing #2. The inventor, who is a thin man, hides a full sized 1911 in one easily. The CM9 will disappear with ease.

[Athensm50]

ok guy.....got her today!!!...yea!!!!

question.....should I be able to pop the Pin out with my hand?......I did not think I was going to be able to break it down!!!!

does that get easier?......had to have to have something to pop that out and not be able to break it down without tools.

Thanks

[cesande]

I have now 831 documented rounds through my P380..
546 since last "issue"...
and I can tell you that I can push out the pin with no tools now...
I definitely could not at first but now it is a 'no tools required breakdown'

So do the prep... shoot it like you stole it and it will break in nicely...

the CM9 is on my 'tax refund' list


my thread..
http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t=10312

[Athensm50]

cleaned last night.....range before the rain came in today.....got the first 100 thru......

one word....

FLAWLESS

kept seeing a guy next to me with some kind of 9.....FTF....FTE.....I just smiled...Gald I bought this one.....Sure I will have a FTF or FTE at some time.....but happy right out of the box...that's for sure!!!

going to clean again....hit the inside range Monday...to put another 100 thru her....

;-)

[skiflydive]

ok guy.....got her today!!!...yea!!!!

question.....should I be able to pop the Pin out with my hand?......I did not think I was going to be able to break it down!!!!

does that get easier?......had to have to have something to pop that out and not be able to break it down without tools.

Thanks

First make sure the magazine is out. The pin won't come out with the magazine in place.

Mine wasn't so easy at first either but now it comes out fine.

[yqtszhj]

ok guy.....got her today!!!...yea!!!!

question.....should I be able to pop the Pin out with my hand?......I did not think I was going to be able to break it down!!!!

does that get easier?......had to have to have something to pop that out and not be able to break it down without tools.

Thanks

It gets much easier in just a little while. You'll be able to push it out with your finger after a couple of hundred rounds.

[Athensm50]

yes....when I cleaned it today after my 1st 100 rounds thru her.....I was able to push it out.....with only 100 rounds in.

[PYROhafe]

Just a random little question to go along with this. I will be purchasing a cm9 in the next week or 2, and was wondering about break in ammo.... should I try mixing it up a little, or is it ok to run break in with one type of ammo? I havent purchased anything yet, but I plan on using some christmas giftcards for dicks sporting goods to get my hands on some, so thought ide ask if i should do some mixing or not before i just buy a bunch that ends up being junk. Sorry if this is a super broad question, but im super new to this whole thing! haha

[jocko]

should be no problem. I would suggest staying with fmj ammo for break in and american brand also. kahrs are not ammo sensitive so 115, 124, 147 grain ammo should do well. I shoot wwb 115 from wal mart 100 pak as the price is right, they go bang every time

cm9 is a great gun, do the propper prep thing in the kahr tech section and the kahr lube chart to and u will have a super shoot.

[firefighter305]

I picked up my new CM9 Friday and shot it for the first time Sunday at a CC class. I absolutely love this little gun. Before I took it out and after a lot of reading on the forum I prepped it as follows:
1) Disassembled and cleaned it ( mainly just blew it out with air hose removing some debris but leaving most of the oil )
2) Took a 400 grit emery cloth and deburred the frame ( mainly around the slide rail ) and i knocked down the rough edges on the front of the grip.
3) Deburred the slide mainly where it contacted the frame
4) rounded the top corner of the slide release
5) Disassembled the magazines (6 and 8 rnd) and removed the sharp edges on top and the slot for the magazine release, smoothed the edges and casting marks on the follower and then cleaned them.
6) the only grease I had was some Abu Garcia reel lube with PTFE so I put a little on the slide rails and where the pin goes through the barrel.

After all of that I shot a box of ammo Sunday and nothing but smiles.

[jocko]

nice report, u did well in the prep to. keep smiling.

[firefighter305]

One other note, after prepping the gun and magazine I used the slingshot method every time to load the chamber and it was flawless. I also was able to get the lock pin easier after shooting it as compared to the first time when I had to use a screwdriver handle to tap it out.

[Athensm50]

Ran about another 150rounds down range today....my boss wanted to go shoot my CM9....another happy person will be buying CM9...he loved it!!

One word about this gun.....it has been flawless!.....NO FTF...or FTE....and have been Slingshoting the slide...no issues there either.

guess I may start running some personal Def. ammo thru her!!!!! :)

Any lurkers on the fence about this gun....BUY IT.....you will not be sorry!:cool:


Athens

[Tinman507]

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[Athensm50]

Me too.....and it's just getting started :-)