New CM owner in SW Florida

[Kartergreg]

Hi all. Picked up a new CM9 with front night sight this week. Will be shooting it today. Narrowed down my choices to the Ruger LC9S, M&P Shield, Beretta Nano and the Kahr. It really was a toss up between the Ruger and the Kahr but I decided to go with the CM9 mostly due to the size. Hoping I like it as I did not get a chance to fire one prior to buying. Price seemed good. Not sure I am very impressed with the front night sight as it is not nearly as bright as I expected and can barely be seen outside of total darkness. Ordered rubber Talon grips as the front part of the stock grip is so rough it has already made my finger sore while racking the slide several times. I do understand this will not be a "fun" gun but rather a small carry gun that should be easier to conceal. I'll let you know more after I run ammo through it.

[rowdy115]

Welcome! I would consider mine a fun gun, and I am sure you will too after you get to go shoot it :). Mine does not have a front night sight, just stock sights, but I did add a Crimson Trace laser guard recently for low light shooting. Love my CM9. They are awesome. The trigger on mine started to fail to reset after about 350 rounds. Kahr was excellent about it all and had it fixed and back to me in a little over 2 weeks, at absolutely zero cost to me. I have fired almost another 300 through it since then with no problems at all. It had a round nose dive coming out of the mag maybe 2 times in the first 300 rounds, but hasn't done it in a long time. I have added Lakeline metal magazine followers to all my CM9 mags recently and they function well. No issues at all. I can easily sling shot a round into the chamber now with the metal followers which fixed only real gripe about the gun.

I had the rubber Talon grips on mine but took them off. When carrying in a holster on my side I like the feel of the stock grip better than the rubber feel against my skin, but really preferred the rubber Talon's for pocket carry. I might order some more at some point and try again. I can't make up my mind on that one.

I plan to keep, enjoy, and carry mine for many years to come. I really love this little 9mm.

[CJB]

Welcome from da Shwampland.... Think in terms of the very north end of Turner River Road...only worse.

Bawana has locked his cigar box, but the key is in the flowerpot. Feel free to..."inspect" if you like.

CM9s rock!

[CPTKILLER]

Great choice.

[Kartergreg]

Welcome from da Shwampland.... Think in terms of the very north end of Turner River Road...only worse.

Bawana has locked his cigar box, but the key is in the flowerpot. Feel free to..."inspect" if you like.

CM9s rock!


I don't go exploring Turner River Road very often, in fact have only been up a mile or two from 41. Go by
there every month or so headed to the Keys.

Did shoot about 100 rounds today and only one FTF. The cheese grater front of the grip started to irritate
me. Tomorrow I should have my solution for that.

Was more accurate than I expected after a couple of mags to get used to it. Actually all my shots were in a
vertical line on the target. Need to get used to these sights, but I do like them. My bifocals were giving me
problems.....or at least that is my excuse today. The more I shot the better I got. Also need time to get used
to the trigger.

[kwh]

Looks like breaking-in went well. I pocket my CM9 every day. A cut-off bicycle inner tube 1.75" works well for my grip. I feel your pain with bifocals but I do pretty well with the original post/dot sights. I have XS big dot night sight sights on my 40 S&W Shield and it shows up well in the dark.
CM9 not bad at all to shoot for such a small pistol. Muzzle flip very manageable. Trigger takes a little getting used to, then it becomes sweet.
50 rounds is about all I try at a time.
To my way of thinking vertical stringing is preferable defensively. Most effective stops are to the spinal cord ,from brain to groin, and that is indeed a vertical line.

[bonjorno2]

Welcome from the Space Coast.... They are not bad to shoot even with hotter loads. Now a cm40 would be a different story!

[BobK]

I just picked mine up as well and it shot around 250 rnds first time out without a single failure on the part of the gun. It did break the follower in the mag so I ordered a lifeline metal follower to eliminate that happening again.

[rowdy115]

I just picked mine up as well and it shot around 250 rnds first time out without a single failure on the part of the gun. It did break the follower in the mag so I ordered a lifeline metal follower to eliminate that happening again.

I have 4 mags for my CM9. All of them have Lakeline metal followers now!

[CJB]

I don't go exploring Turner River Road very often, in fact have only been up a mile or two from 41. Go by
there every month or so headed to the Keys.

Was more accurate than I expected.....Also need time to get used
to the trigger.

When life deals you a cheese grater, grate some cheese!

If you go all the way up Turner River Road, under Alligator Alley, and keep going till there's a bit of a T in the road, I think they still call that the Bear Island. Take a right, and go up about 1/4 mile or so, and there's a clearing. In that clearing are capped oil wells. Interesting little items. You can also park at the T, walk west, and there are old railroad tracks and such, lots of spikes to pick up if you're so inclined. And do carry, please, when you're back there.

Your expectations of accuracy are too low! Dry fire, over and over. And shoot without dismay. You will begin to limber up that striker spring, as well as the recoil spring, and the whole trigger mechanism will be ".... like buttah..." as they say in Brooklyn.

[Kartergreg]

I expected to do some more shooting today but a 5:30 am tornado changed all our plans for today. No electricity from 5:30 am until 8:30 pm. Spent the day with chain saw in hand. Still more clean up to do. Maybe will shoot next weekend.