ScotP7
05-12-2012, 11:08 AM
All,
I'm a long-term K9 owner, and moderate-time lurker, not sure if I've posted before, but wanted to ask about a curiosity. Or maybe I am doing or seeing something wrong or missing something, which happens a lot ... (In which case tell me.)
I've owned a couple of old model K9's from the mid 90's since they first came out, which have been great through 1000's of rounds. The takedown, requiring a mallet or hammer to remove the slide stop pin from right to left (which, when finally struck exactly correctly, pleasantly flew out of the slide about 10' in the air), always struck me as partly a PIA and partly as amusing. It was nice that over time, it "loosened" up, so it could be removed more readily, and so I never thought too much about it, except that it always remained a slight bear to remove.
Fast forward to a couple of years ago, and I finally sprung for a PM9. Great little gun, can't believe I didn't jump before. I was surprised to find how easy it was to remove the slide stop pin with the feature of aligning the witness marks. It also seemed to make for easier re-assembly. I figured the difference in take down was something about this being a polymer gun.
Then, finally, I got a T9, which I'd fondled and thought was great, but never tried to purchase. (Dumb that I delayed.) Wow. What a great heft, feel, and accuracy. Maybe even better than the K9, at least for me. Talk about a hidden gem. When I went to take it down to do pre-shooting clean and lube, I got out my wooden mallet, but was again pleasantly surprised to find those witness marks, which made the take down so much easier. Huh, well, I figured that those witness marks were something added to the later models of Kahr pistols.
Now, more recently, I bought a NIB K9 '03 Elite. As much as I like my models from the 90's, this is really great. I figured it was a newer, 21st century model, so I didn't put the mallet on the table. But no witness marks! It was fun to tap tap and see the pin fly out across the room like the good old days.
My question is whether I am missing something, or whether the take down process (ie the internals) of the K9 and other models are different?
Thanks for all of the iteresting info on this great forum, and for your patience in reading my happy adventures with different models of this great pistol.
Scott
I'm a long-term K9 owner, and moderate-time lurker, not sure if I've posted before, but wanted to ask about a curiosity. Or maybe I am doing or seeing something wrong or missing something, which happens a lot ... (In which case tell me.)
I've owned a couple of old model K9's from the mid 90's since they first came out, which have been great through 1000's of rounds. The takedown, requiring a mallet or hammer to remove the slide stop pin from right to left (which, when finally struck exactly correctly, pleasantly flew out of the slide about 10' in the air), always struck me as partly a PIA and partly as amusing. It was nice that over time, it "loosened" up, so it could be removed more readily, and so I never thought too much about it, except that it always remained a slight bear to remove.
Fast forward to a couple of years ago, and I finally sprung for a PM9. Great little gun, can't believe I didn't jump before. I was surprised to find how easy it was to remove the slide stop pin with the feature of aligning the witness marks. It also seemed to make for easier re-assembly. I figured the difference in take down was something about this being a polymer gun.
Then, finally, I got a T9, which I'd fondled and thought was great, but never tried to purchase. (Dumb that I delayed.) Wow. What a great heft, feel, and accuracy. Maybe even better than the K9, at least for me. Talk about a hidden gem. When I went to take it down to do pre-shooting clean and lube, I got out my wooden mallet, but was again pleasantly surprised to find those witness marks, which made the take down so much easier. Huh, well, I figured that those witness marks were something added to the later models of Kahr pistols.
Now, more recently, I bought a NIB K9 '03 Elite. As much as I like my models from the 90's, this is really great. I figured it was a newer, 21st century model, so I didn't put the mallet on the table. But no witness marks! It was fun to tap tap and see the pin fly out across the room like the good old days.
My question is whether I am missing something, or whether the take down process (ie the internals) of the K9 and other models are different?
Thanks for all of the iteresting info on this great forum, and for your patience in reading my happy adventures with different models of this great pistol.
Scott