CM9 Break-in Range Report

[KingWulfgar]

I picked up both a CM9 (my first choice) and a CW380 (an afterthought) in the Labor Day Palmetto State Armory sale. I was pretty excited to try both and wrote up a long post about the CW380 in the CW forum. I was going to do the same for the CM9 here, but to be perfectly honest, it was flawless. I had zero issues in about 75 rounds (FMJ and a dozen HST hollow points just to make sure they fed well).

I will say that the gun handles very nicely for such a small 9mm. It's a tad snappy, but very controllable. Before I even fired it, I put on a set of decal grips made for the CM/PM series of Kahrs. They don't add a lot of bulk and the rubbery texture helps, but I'm not sure I'm fond of the way the edges feel yet. I think the only negative I can think of is that it's a bit of a pain to field strip and clean. That slide stop lever was hard to get out!

The size of the CM9 is amazing and I can't wait to get the IWB holster I have on order so I can try carrying it. I've been carrying the CW380 in my pocket in the meantime. It's pretty accurate even out to 10-15 yards.

This was 10 yards with 12 rounds of HST:
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All in all, I'm extremely pleased with the CM9 so far and look forward to putting many more rounds down range!

[KingWulfgar]

Took the new Kahrs out at lunchtime and put about 50 more rounds through each of them. The CM9 is still 100% flawless. I do like these little pistols and my accuracy is improving--just have to watch that trigger pull.

[smokersteve]

I also have the cm9 and cw380. Good little guns. I think the cw380 is the best 380 of all the tiny 380s out there. The talon rubber grips helped me control these little guns a lot.
Enjoy

[Bill K]

Nice shooting. Great that your CM9 has been without shooting issues.

Over time the slide lever may get easier to remove. Mine did and I can now without much effort press it out, once the slide is notch aligned, with my index finger.

[CPTKILLER]

Nice shooting.

[Baklash]

Interesting about your difficulty getting the slide stop lever out. I found that my cm9 was easier than my cw9 when it was new.