Questions regarding sights

[Drew0535]

I am fairly new to shooting and I have a couple question regarding the Kahr's sights. I bought a Bersa 380 about 2 years years ago as my first gun and I have been carrying that. I have purchased a couple others guns and all have the three dot sights. I decided I want something new to carry since the 380 ammo is so expesive and hard to find. I have done some research and I am really interested in the CW9. I went to the range and shot one today and loved everything about it but the sights. I was shooting everything low and slightly left. I switched betweeb a couple of my other guns including one that is a striker fire and was shooting fine. The only thing I can thing of is I had hard time with the sights and was not a big fan of the Kahrs, I am sure just because it is somehting I have never used. I read that they make sights for the CW series but it has to be the new slide style. How can I tell if it is the new style slide before I buy it? Also if you can put new sights on it I am assuming I would have to take it to a gunsmith since the front sight is pinned correct? Or can someone tell me what I might be doing wrong with these type of sight? I assumed I just aligned the dot at the top of the line but again I am a newbie and I am just wrong. Thanks.

[VAguy]

I have a similar pistol in the CW45, and I was also not that comfortable with the Kahr style site system. What I did was just to replace the rear sight with a standard two-dot style, leaving the front sight alone. This was done by simply sending only the slide to Novak and having them install the rear sight and send it back to me. This did not cost a lot of money and was a quick turn around.

[slowpoke]

It may not be the sights. I bought my first Kahr (CW40) not long ago and was also shooting to the left. I found that just getting used to the trigger and using a firm 2 hand hold pulled everything together for me.
Bullet weight & range can affect elevation.

[GOOFA]

Generally if you are a righty and you are new to the Kahr trigger it would be quite normal for you to shoot to the left, low and left is not that uncommon either. This will get better with each outing. I happen to love the Kahr standard sights, just don't blame them for your shooting to the left. As far as the slide goes, A small, machined dimple in the rear, bottom portion of the slide indicates a slide with the new dovetail cut for the rear.

[gb6491]

... I read that they make sights for the CW series but it has to be the new slide style. How can I tell if it is the new style slide before I buy it? Also if you can put new sights on it I am assuming I would have to take it to a gunsmith since the front sight is pinned correct? ...
Welcome to the forums:)
In addition to GOOFA's excellent reply, here's info on how to tell if it's a new style slide:
Kahr Slide Comparison (http://www.kahrshop.com/slidecomparison.html)

In regards to installing new sights, here some info from when I put some on my CW45:
http://kahrtalk.com/15666-post1.html
Regards,
Greg

[jocko]

agree exactly what GOOFA SAID. it is not the sights. yOU HAVE TO GET USEDTO KAHRS LOOOOOONG TRIGGER SYSTEM. It is designed that way for a reason and that being SAFETY. That is your only safety on a kahr. They are super accurate guns,but that being said also IMO not the easiest to shoot like some other guns. your low and lefts are so typical of a right hand shooter. It will get better as you shot the cw more to. that is a super handgun, deadly accurate. Practice close 7 yards and under. This will tighten up your groups more and show you what is going on. A good way to test out what everyone is telling you is to buy some snap caps, maybe half dozen and thrown them loosely in with 30 good rounds. Let some one load the magazine for you so that you don't know how many or if any snap caps are even in that magazine. trust me, you will see first hand what you are doing wrong. best training device I have ever used.

[jfrey]

Installing replacement sights yourself is not a problem, especially if you get them from Dawson Precision. They send everything you need for the staked sights, except a small hammer and visegrips. You simply break off the factory sights with the visegrips and clean out the holes. Put the new sight in the holes and while you support it in a level position, stake in the new one with the tool supplied. Just go slow and be careful but it is just that easy. I replaced both the front and rear sights on my CW9 and the whole process didn't take 15 minutes.

[VAguy]

Installing replacement sights yourself is not a problem, especially if you get them from Dawson Precision. They send everything you need for the staked sights, except a small hammer and visegrips. You simply break off the factory sights with the visegrips and clean out the holes. Put the new sight in the holes and while you support it in a level position, stake in the new one with the tool supplied. Just go slow and be careful but it is just that easy. I replaced both the front and rear sights on my CW9 and the whole process didn't take 15 minutes.

Question, did you have to use a sight pusher for the removal and/or installation of the rear sight?

[jocko]

Installing replacement sights yourself is not a problem, especially if you get them from Dawson Precision. They send everything you need for the staked sights, except a small hammer and visegrips. You simply break off the factory sights with the visegrips and clean out the holes. Put the new sight in the holes and while you support it in a level position, stake in the new one with the tool supplied. Just go slow and be careful but it is just that easy. I replaced both the front and rear sights on my CW9 and the whole process didn't take 15 minutes.

dawson fiber optic adjustable sight son my G19. IMO they make the finest stuff on the market and also Dawson makes the entire sights to. They are top quality, might cost a few bucks more but when you see them, u will be impressed..

[jfrey]

Question, did you have to use a sight pusher for the removal and/or installation of the rear sight?

No, Dawson sends a delron tipped punch with the rear sight. I used that with a small gunsmithing hammer to drive out the rear sight and drive in the new one. It took a couple of good whacks with the hammer at first to get it going but nothing too drastic. You drive out the rear sight left to right in the cut. Obviously, the new one goes in right to left. Their directions say to put a drop of loktite under the sight, but I waited until I shot the pistol to see if the sight needed any windage adjustment. Then I took out the set screw and put loktite on it and put it back in very securely. That's all there is to it.

Jocko swears by Dawson sights and I'm convinced as well. They make a good product and the lady at Dawson told me they now make sights for kahr.

[copterdrvr]

I just replaced the factory sights on my CW9 with the Trijicon Night Sights available from Kahr. Easy install and looks very solid! The instructions from Kahr say to push the rear sight out from right to left and insert the new sight from right to left. I used a brass punch and it was a snap with no marking of either the sight or slide.

I recently installed a CT Laser on my PM9 and it's awesome!