New Member and New Kahr Owner From Atlanta

[Streetkahr]

Greetings from Atlanta everyone. I just purchased a NIB K9 9mm with night sites. I traded my beloved 3 " barreled SP-101 revolver at my LGS to obtain it and put some cash with it. It was a tough decision, but the K9 fit my hand like it was custom made for me, and the trigger was the best double action trigger I have ever encountered, as good or better than a custom tuned revolver. I prefer appendix carry, but the Ruger was a bit too long for that, but the K9 is perfect. Good range ammo is also $6 to $8 less per box of 50 and much more available.

During my decision making period, I read almost every post in the K9 sub-forum, and the posts were very helpful. This is a very good and intelligent forum. I am glad to have joined. I will be posting regarding this new purchase on the K9 sub-forum as well as ammo and break in questions. I have the new Kahr prep sticky posted by joko on my hard drive and will follow it to the letter.

[b4uqzme]

I too am beholden to a good Ruger revolver so I understand how tough that decision was. But you chose a great gun. Welcome.

[kwh]

Welcome. I am with you 100%. Although,opposite for me. 25? years ago I picked up a 3" SP101. Never held a D/A revolver that fit my hands so well. Traded my pocket Beretta plus cash for it. Several years ago,looking for pocket carry I bought a CM9. SP101 is now regulated to my bed side table. At the gun shows, every time I pick up a Kahr K40 I have a hard time putting it back. Just can't rationalize spending the money. Last week at my LGS he showed me the new SP101 4" barrel .327 6/shot. Same dilemma. Hard to put it down. Both grips are great in my hands but the Kahrs have better "double action" triggers.

[b4uqzme]

... me the new SP101 4" barrel .327 6/shot...

^^^ Oh my, would that be sweet?! But I wouldn't trade my K40 for it. :)

[b4uqzme]

OP. Based on my limited experience with my K40, the K series Kahrs are truly amazing. I tried to post my admiration for them but I won't bore you with my ramblings. Suffice it to say, you got the best of the best. Enjoy it.

I put my (used) K40 through a 700+ round torture test firing cheap range ammo with no cleanings. Many people will claim they've shot a certain gun with ZERO malfunctions but they are probably forgetting a few or discounting some that were operator vs. gun error. But I'm not exaggerating with this K40. Zero malfunctions...even trying to get it to fail. :D

[Streetkahr]

Welcome. I am with you 100%. Although,opposite for me. 25? years ago I picked up a 3" SP101. Never held a D/A revolver that fit my hands so well. Traded my pocket Beretta plus cash for it. Several years ago,looking for pocket carry I bought a CM9. SP101 is now regulated to my bed side table. At the gun shows, every time I pick up a Kahr K40 I have a hard time putting it back. Just can't rationalize spending the money. Last week at my LGS he showed me the new SP101 4" barrel .327 6/shot. Same dilemma. Hard to put it down. Both grips are great in my hands but the Kahrs have better "double action" triggers.

The SP101 is my favorite revolver too. It was really a tough decision to trade it for the K9, but the Ruger still needed action work for me to be able to run it faster than timed fire, and it badly needed better sights. The K9 had a great trigger, and after several nights of dry fire, it was like a custom trigger. It is now more like a trigger on a tuned Browning High Power than a tuned revolver. The K9 has the night sights. This is the first handgun I have ever owned that did not need any gunsmithing at all. It is already like a custom pistol. Although it is not a K9 Elite, it appears to have a polished ramp and chamber.

[Streetkahr]

OP. Based on my limited experience with my K40, the K series Kahrs are truly amazing. I tried to post my admiration for them but I won't bore you with my ramblings. Suffice it to say, you got the best of the best. Enjoy it.

I put my (used) K40 through a 700+ round torture test firing cheap range ammo with no cleanings. Many people will claim they've shot a certain gun with ZERO malfunctions but they are probably forgetting a few or discounting some that were operator vs. gun error. But I'm not exaggerating with this K40. Zero malfunctions...even trying to get it to fail. :D

Hello again, I was the OP. It has taken a while for me to be comfortable with the trade of my SP101 revolver for this K9 with night sights, but the quality of this Kahr combined with the unbelievably great trigger have me sold on the Kahr, and I am now comfortable with the decision. I appreciate your report of the 700 + round torture test of your K40. That makes me even more confident in the Kahr. What made the trade I made even more difficult at my LGS, is that they also put a Browning High Power on the counter next to the K9, and I had to choose between the two! My heart said go with the BHP, but logic said go with the K9. I can strip, clean, and reassemble a BHP in the dark, and I can run one like it was part of my body. However, the K9 had night sights, was easier to conceal, had no safety that could be fumbled, and was +P rated unlike the BPH. I chose the K9, but the BPH still nags at me.

[Bawanna]

Go back and get the High Power too. Life's too short to put up with nagging. SAys the guy that works with violets everyday.

[Streetkahr]

Go back and get the High Power too. Life's too short to put up with nagging. SAys the guy that works with violets everyday.

Good advice, Bawanna. The BHP would be almost $942 with tax, though. Can't afford it right now, but there will be one in my future, as well as a good AR.

[tv_racin_fan]

Hmm traded a Ruger SP101 for a Kahr K9. Interesting delimma there.

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Bawanna carved the grips on the Ruger and soon as I find screws the suit me he might get to carve on some wood for the K9.

[Streetkahr]

Hmm traded a Ruger SP101 for a Kahr K9. Interesting delimma there.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/tv_racin_fan/P1000157_zpsb5ce42af.jpg (http://s302.photobucket.com/user/tv_racin_fan/media/P1000157_zpsb5ce42af.jpg.html)

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Bawanna carved the grips on the Ruger and soon as I find screws the suit me he might get to carve on some wood for the K9.

It was a tough choice. I prefer double action only. Oddly enough, I can run a DOA (including striker fired pistols) faster and more accurately than a single action. Yes, weird. I am a 7x+ survivor of street crime, including a foiled car jacking. Parts of Atlanta can be pretty rough. I was armed during the car jacking attempt. The guy ran away really fast because the 1911 I had pointed at him was a lot bigger than the snubbie he was still trying to draw out of his clothing snags. I was unarmed during the other encounters, except I had a knife during two, and my footwork scared off the attackers (I was a fencer in my younger days). Several encounters involved 3-4 assailants, and that is one of the main reasons I went from the SP-101 to the Kahr K9. Speedloaders do not conceal well for me, but two K9 mags conceal very well. Also, the K9 trigger and sights were much better than the SP-101, so I can run a K9 faster. All of my encounters were inside of six feet, also known as The Hole, and 1/10 of a second is the difference between life and death. I was only not shot during several encounters because my attackers could not be certain there would be no witnesses, and they stated so. I love the little Ruger revolver, and there will be another in my future, as well as a Browning High Power, an AR15, and maybe a Makarov range toy, and a Glock 19 with a grip reduction, but the K9 is serious close range, fast breaking survival based upon the what I have lived through and the lessons I learned. Explode off the X, shoot them to the ground, and win. BTW, love the checkered grip panels on your SP-101.

[berettabone]

With a couple of spring changes, a few shims, a bit of polishing here and there............................................. ...you can get an SP101 to be just as fast and smooth, and have very close to the same trigger feel as the Kahr. I had it done for the wife's, and it is Smoooooooooooooooooooooooooth. Not like my MK, but very close. You could always get another SP101.....................................you don't have to go Gemini on them, to make them nice.

[Streetkahr]

With a couple of spring changes, a few shims, a bit of polishing here and there............................................. ...you can get an SP101 to be just as fast and smooth, and have very close to the same trigger feel as the Kahr. I had it done for the wife's, and it is Smoooooooooooooooooooooooooth. Not like my MK, but very close. You could always get another SP101.....................................you don't have to go Gemini on them, to make them nice.

Yes, I will get another SP 101 in the future. I like them too much to not buy another. They are really fun to shoot. I would have kept it and just bought the K9 outright, but I was short on cash at the time, and I had to do the trade. Finding a new K9 is this city is very rare, and I never see one used, but polymer Kahrs are fairly common. I saw two K9's in 2 1/2 years and one T40. The K9 I bought was one of the two I have ever seen. I jumped on it after a few days of thinking about it and reading every post in the K sub forum. I knew I could always find another SP 101, and I will, either a 3" or one of the newer 4" models with the fiber optic sights.

Speaking of sights, what are those awesome looking sights on your Ruger? Are they Novak? Who did the installation? Most SP 101 owners changing sights just do the front sight (Big Dot, gold bead, fiber optic) and often have it done by Gemini. IMO opinion, the stock rear sight channel is a bit too small, so having your frame cut to dovetail those rear sights in was the way to go. The only other pic I have ever seen of SP 101 rear sights dovetailed in was when Bowen used to make his own sight, but he no longer works on the SP 101.

[Streetkahr]

With a couple of spring changes, a few shims, a bit of polishing here and there............................................. ...you can get an SP101 to be just as fast and smooth, and have very close to the same trigger feel as the Kahr. I had it done for the wife's, and it is Smoooooooooooooooooooooooooth. Not like my MK, but very close. You could always get another SP101.....................................you don't have to go Gemini on them, to make them nice.

Please let me know what sight set you have on your SP 101 and who did the installation. I just have to know. I want another SP 101 but I would want sights like you have. Replacement front sights are fairly common on the SP 101 but I have never seen the rear set that you have. A lucky few have have the Bowen rear sight, but I have never the rear sights you have or any other rear sights other than the no longer obtainable Bowens. Yours are perfect, and I just have to know what they are. Novak?

[CPTKILLER]

Howdy from Austin, Texas.

[Streetkahr]

Howdy from Austin, Texas.

Howdy CPTKILLER, Would not mind visiting Austin one day. Understand the music is really good.