F350Lawman
02-14-2012, 01:39 PM
Its a long one but here is how I ended up over here, I posted this on another site before I found Kahr Talk. Thanks to this site I discovered my mag spring was backwards from the factory and now the gun seems to feed much smoother(although I haven't shot yet). If I still have and issue, I will try the mag follower sanding mod I saw here as well.
I like Kahrs from a size/firepower standpoint and on the whole they are a well constructed gun. It just seems that they go 99% of the way to making a GREAT gun and then miss something that ruins the entire effort. Here is my story:
I previously owned a PM40 in 2004 or so. The PM40 worked as a shooter BUT would remain (or move later) ever so slightly out of battery. I mean constantly, it would be in the holster slightly out of battery. I don't know what it was..bad springs??? They could not fix the gun and it drove me nuts. Eventually it was returned for good along with my partners PM40 with the same issue. It would function but I can't get around seeing my gun out of battery even if it was 1/16 or 3/32 or whatever (you could see it trust me). In the end Kahr was great and refunded the $$ to the gun shop and I bought my first 1911 variant (on a whim basically). Guess I should thank them I now have 2 and carry one or the other daily
So last week my business partner offers me his PM9 Black Diamond nightsighted model for free (I had been looking for a smaller gun to wear tucked with business attire). The gun was never fired and was sitting for 6 years but was well lubed. I cleaned and re-lubed it for good measure. I put 200 rounds through it yesterday, a mix of 75% 115gr ball (flat and round nose), and some 147 Hydra-Shocks I had left over. Gun runs great..BUT the mags suck. Especially the 6 rounder (everyone else has probs. with the 7 go figure?) The second round often..maybe 10% of the time feeds on a horizontal plane and stops the gun from going into battery. A tap on the slide and it is good to go..but come on, that mag design sux!
I have Glocks, a Taurus, S&W's, a Colt, Rugers, a Grendel and now this Kahr. With the exception of the Glocks and the Rugers all manufactures have had at least one go back to the manufacturers. I am not picking on Kahr...rather my issue is that it is hard to believe nobody at Kahr saw how these mags functioned?? This was a groundball...cmon' now! Funny the PM 40 mags worked fine and they seem to be the same design if I remember correctly?
I see Promag makes aftermarket mags but they are they extended type. I want a flush 6rnd mag because this guns ONLY benefit over my other choices is concealability. Anyone have a solution?? Anyone play with the mags??? Gun shoots great, carries great and is one good mag away from being a fabulously well hidden carry piece
I like Kahrs from a size/firepower standpoint and on the whole they are a well constructed gun. It just seems that they go 99% of the way to making a GREAT gun and then miss something that ruins the entire effort. Here is my story:
I previously owned a PM40 in 2004 or so. The PM40 worked as a shooter BUT would remain (or move later) ever so slightly out of battery. I mean constantly, it would be in the holster slightly out of battery. I don't know what it was..bad springs??? They could not fix the gun and it drove me nuts. Eventually it was returned for good along with my partners PM40 with the same issue. It would function but I can't get around seeing my gun out of battery even if it was 1/16 or 3/32 or whatever (you could see it trust me). In the end Kahr was great and refunded the $$ to the gun shop and I bought my first 1911 variant (on a whim basically). Guess I should thank them I now have 2 and carry one or the other daily
So last week my business partner offers me his PM9 Black Diamond nightsighted model for free (I had been looking for a smaller gun to wear tucked with business attire). The gun was never fired and was sitting for 6 years but was well lubed. I cleaned and re-lubed it for good measure. I put 200 rounds through it yesterday, a mix of 75% 115gr ball (flat and round nose), and some 147 Hydra-Shocks I had left over. Gun runs great..BUT the mags suck. Especially the 6 rounder (everyone else has probs. with the 7 go figure?) The second round often..maybe 10% of the time feeds on a horizontal plane and stops the gun from going into battery. A tap on the slide and it is good to go..but come on, that mag design sux!
I have Glocks, a Taurus, S&W's, a Colt, Rugers, a Grendel and now this Kahr. With the exception of the Glocks and the Rugers all manufactures have had at least one go back to the manufacturers. I am not picking on Kahr...rather my issue is that it is hard to believe nobody at Kahr saw how these mags functioned?? This was a groundball...cmon' now! Funny the PM 40 mags worked fine and they seem to be the same design if I remember correctly?
I see Promag makes aftermarket mags but they are they extended type. I want a flush 6rnd mag because this guns ONLY benefit over my other choices is concealability. Anyone have a solution?? Anyone play with the mags??? Gun shoots great, carries great and is one good mag away from being a fabulously well hidden carry piece