CM9 Sight Accuracy

[NEO Hunter]

I am new to Kahr arms and have recently purchased a CM9. I really like the firearm and it is the light single stack CCW firearm I was looking for. I do have an issue with the firearm shooting low a little. I dont have these issues as much with my glock 19 and I wasnt sure If I am using the sights incorrectly or if I am doing something else wrong? Any suggestions? Both firearms have factory sights on them.Thanks

[Wayne Nelson]

Hi, I had a CM9 (just sold it) that gave me some shooting issues at first. My shots all went low and/or left as well. It took me about 200-400 rounds to figure out what I was doing wrong and what to do to correct it. The first thing that I figured out was that the gun liked to be held only one way to be more accurate, LOOSE! If I gripped it with a firm hold, it shot about 4" low at 5 yards. If I wrapped my weak or off-hand around my strong hand and around the gun, it shot low. To correct this I had to hold the gun just firm enough to hold it and I could only put my off hand under my strong hand and not grip it or the gun. My shots then came up to acceptable groupings once I figured all of that out. The last time that I went to the range with it I was able to put 25 out of 29 rounds into a 3-1/2" circle at 7 & 10 yards. I just replaced it with a Glock 26 GEN4.

[ixer]

Dont let the "dot" touch the "I", Should be a little gap. The points on the rear sight should be in the center of the circle on the front sight, or atleast that's how mine shoots. I kept shooting low but was putting the front sight circle right on top of the rear sight bar.

[Tinman507]

It's a pure grip and trigger issue. Keep shooting it and get used to the trigger. Took me a while to learn it. Pull straight back, don't anticipate the break and relax a little.

[Bronco302]

I don't like the dot bar sights myself, much prefer three dot. Keep at and your groups will tighten up. Just remember it's not a target pistol and any hit on a silhouette target from the crouch to the hair line is getting the job done:eek:. From there it will get better.

Joe W.

[jocko]

I am new to Kahr arms and have recently purchased a CM9. I really like the firearm and it is the light single stack CCW firearm I was looking for. I do have an issue with the firearm shooting low a little. I dont have these issues as much with my glock 19 and I wasnt sure If I am using the sights incorrectly or if I am doing something else wrong? Any suggestions? Both firearms have factory sights on them.Thanks

glock ain't a kahr and ur kahr ain't a glock. one has a loooooong trigger the other not, u just need to shoot more with the kahr andit will get alot better.big difference in size of the GH19 and kahr to. I shooot the eyes out of things with my G19, best gun I ever shot,, I don't do that with my kahr, BUT the glock sits home while the kahr is in my front pocket 24/7.

Try POA SHOOTING AT 7 YARDS AND SHOOT FOR COM. u JUST NEED MORE TIME WITH THE GUN. Most kahr shooters willsoot low before they shoot high and it is the trigger system, not the sights or gun. Get some snap caps about a halfr dozen and thrown them in with 30 live rounds andlet someone load ur magazine so u don't know if u have any snap caps in the magazine, It will show ur shooting lls really fast. U just don't realize it but u are anticipating the bang thing. Dry firing is OK but it won't do much for the anticipation thing, snap caps will show u what Iam talking about.

again ur OK, welcome toto the forum.

The most accurate gun in the world is as worthless as t!ts on a boar if it is not on ur person when u need it.

One dot, two dot, 4 dot, u aint gonna see any dot in a gun fight, get good at POA shooting andit will save ur life, try lining that front sight, riear sight and the BG up in a gun fight and ur probalby gonna be dead. The front sight should always be ur friend, train that way, IMO train with your kahr as a defense gun, when u really want to get serious at the range take that G19 and do the job with it. My range shoots with my kahrs ar 7 yards and under, I try to get fast at that distance andnot that I am totally right here either but POA is a good way to train at that distance..

[APSKahr]

Dry fire is a great way to see what your sights are doing when the striker falls. With an empty gun pick a light colored target like a light switch and dry fire the gun. Carefully watch the front sight and see what it does when the striker falls.

Regarding the sights... as long as there is enough light to see the straight edges of your sights that's what you should be using. If it's low light and you can't see the straight edges, you revert to using the markings on the sights. The human eye is much more capable of lining up straight lines than dots and bars.

Don't limit yourself to specific distances. Once you get good up close, move the target back farther. That will only help your shooting accuracy.

Adam

[JimC]

Let's apply a little old time police recruit DA revolver dry fire training to this scenario.

All of the usual safety precautions apply, remove the mag from the gun, lock the slide back and visibly and physically check to make sure there are NO live rounds in the gun.

In fact, if indoors, you don't need any rounds lying around to begin with. ;)

Now, place a target of your choice at a convenient location. Cock the gun; place a dime on the top of the slide just behind the front sight. Practice your dry firing until the dime stays put on the slide.

Remember, squeeze the trigger straight thru, don’t just pull it to the rear thinking you will be on target.

Good luck.

[Rubb]

Try bench resting the pistol and using the sights like standard target sights (ignore the bar & dot)
Once you identify it hits POA with that sight picture, then you can look at the bar & dot for its correct alignment...then it just comes down to practice.