New K9 Range Report

[MikeAvery71]

I picked up my first Kahr on Wednesday, a new K9, and was able to break it in at the range today. I went through 200 rounds in about a 40 minute time period. This handgun is by far the nicest pistol I have ever fired. It performed flawlessly. Not a single hiccup or failure. Absolutely flawless. Extremely accurate and the trigger is everything I dreamed it would be after adjusting the trigger bar spring a bit (see my post in the New Member section about this). I am going to have to stock up on some good reloads, because I could have easily stayed for another 300 rounds. As it was, I purchased Federal 115gr target ammo from the indoor gun range I visited today. I think I could shoot this all day and never stop smiling. The only nitpick I have is an issue that has been discussed many times on this forum, the last round in the magazines tends to want to not seat properly and pop out. So I may order some aluminum followers for the magazines. Overall I would give it a 9.5/10. I deducted a half point due to the magazines not holding the last round securely. Yep, I love it and look forward to more time at the range.

[Islander]

Congratulations on your K9. Mine has been my EDC for quite some time now and I agree with you. I love it!

[MikeAvery71]

I strippped down the K last and cleaned it out good. I ran it pretty wet during the break in period. The frame assembly was dirty as expected, but the slide was not too bad at all. I hosed everything down with Gun Scrubber because that is what I had on hand and flushed out all of the little primer chips. They were mostly concentrated in the grip frame area. The clean-out hole on the slide wasn't dirty at all. I flushed it though, and the firing pin hole as well. Going to order the stainless guide rod and metal mag followers on Monday.

[laserfish]

Same range report everyone gives after shooting the K, me included. Now if they would just make a K-45!! Please!

[MikeAvery71]

Yes, same range report for the past 20 years. I just had to remind you all how good you really have it.

[Bills1873]

Same range report everyone gives after shooting the K, me included. Now if they would just make a K-45!! Please!
Many would like to see Kahr make one, myself included!

[MikeAvery71]

There are some machine marks on my feed ramp, but I don't believe it matters at all. If you take the grips and slide off and insert a magazine, and then put the barrel on the frame where it would normally rest with the full slide assembly installed you will see what I mean. When the barrel tilts the lower and mid section of the feed ramp are not even used to guide a new round into the chamber. I'll post some pics when I hit my 30 requirement.

[MikeAvery71]

The barrel does wear a bit, on the LHS, as it is being tilted up on the frame rail. This is something I noticed. It is like a nick in the upper LHS of the feed ramp where it joins the barrel. Nothing abnormal I'm sure, just part of the break in I believe.