CM 9 Upgrades

[MEJETSKI2000]

Both of these may be in the "no brainer" catagory but I'll ask anyway. Since many of these pistols cycling issues seem to be do to cracking/breaking magazine followers, should I replace them with the Lakeline units ? Second and final (maybe): should I replace the plastic striker guide with Galloway's SS unit ? I don't shoot this gun much but I carry it more than any others I own so it HAS TO WORK, period.

TIA Pete

[berettabone]

Does your firearm work properly????????????? If it does, then why make a change????????Peace of mind????????????

[MEJETSKI2000]

Peace of mind yes. Metal usually outlasts plastic.

[Bawanna]

Most of the follower issues are in the 40's. And I think it's a just a small percentage of the guns where the feed ramp is left just a bit long.
If you do bust one some of the feed ramp should be removed, but the Lakeline followers are the ticket for several reasons. Metal, feeding, just good stuff. If the ramp is left long they will survive better but will get beat up.

I've never heard of anyone having issues with the plastic striker guide. Never heard of the metal replacement. That would fit in the peace of mind category too. Not a bad thing at all. Doubt you'd have issues anyway but might be comforting.

[gb6491]

Most of the follower issues are in the 40's. And I think it's a just a small percentage of the guns where the feed ramp is left just a bit long.
If you do bust one some of the feed ramp should be removed, but the Lakeline followers are the ticket for several reasons. Metal, feeding, just good stuff. If the ramp is left long they will survive better but will get beat up.

I've never heard of anyone having issues with the plastic striker guide. Never heard of the metal replacement. That would fit in the peace of mind category too. Not a bad thing at all. Doubt you'd have issues anyway but might be comforting.
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......oh, I'd also consider replacing the plastic front sight.
Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

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......oh, I'd also consider replacing the plastic front sight.
Regards,
Greg

Plastic front sight would be high on my to do list as well.

[MEJETSKI2000]

Kahr Night Sight already installed : )
Unfortunately mag followers are out of stock : (
For the very modest cost of the striker guide ($15) it's a done deal. They show one out of a .40 with 500 rounds on it and it's pretty beat up. Gentlemen, thank you !

[Bawanna]

Al is never out of the followers for very long. I'm sure he'll have some in fairly quickly.
They must be selling well for him and that's a good thing.

[MEJETSKI2000]

Al is never out of the followers for very long. I'm sure he'll have some in fairly quickly.
They must be selling well for him and that's a good thing.

They must be really good then : )

Thanks Bawana !

[jocko]

can't say I have ever read of a broken striker guide. Plastic followers are in many sei's. My glock 43 has a plastic follower and there is zero reason for one to break unless sumpin is beating it like hell and then you cannot blame the follower. Installing a stell follower with a feed ramping still beating the dog **** out of it will IMO down the road cause issues. They are not supposed to be touching each other.. Send the fokker back tokahr and get it fixed right, then if you feel steel is better than plastic buy the follower and your good to go..The early glock 42 and even 43's had issues with feeding etc and glock made at least two mag changes, and marked the mag so that one will know if he has the laters out.

[Texas48]

This what a long feed ramp will do to metal followers.http://www.kahrtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14631&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1489600209

[trentu]

OUCH!! That looks kinda bad.

[IRLJR]

What is the fix?

[gb6491]

What is the fix?

My CW9 has not had a follower break (I did break one assembling a magazine), but after installing a Lakeline follower I could see where the feed ramp was hitting the follower:
http://i64.tinypic.com/2uivnsz.jpg


The fix for this was to remove some material from the feed ramp where it was hitting the follower (in my case, the lower left corner):
http://i68.tinypic.com/20l02dh.jpg
I've not had any further damage to the follower.

Regards,
Greg

[IRLJR]

Thank you.

[Seven High]

Did you fix the too long feed ramp yourself or did the factory?

[MEJETSKI2000]

WOW !! That's some serious looking contact/interference. I haven't seen anything like that yet but I'll definitely monitor the factory followers before I buy Lakeline's. My feed ramp has a bevel machined into that edge, wonder if that was Kahr's "fix" for this issue. Thanks for posting that !

[Alfonse]

The new ones seem to have less issue with it. I expect some changes were made.

[AugWest]

I updated my cw9 and cm9 mag followers and now consider it an essential upgrade. Its not as noticeable on my cm9, but on my cw9 it solved all sling shot issues. The confidence it gave me is worth the 20 bucks. I still have some minor issues with the 7 rounders in the cm9 though.

[Decado]

I'd like to get lakeline followers just for the fact I would be able to slingshot the slide and a metal front sight, other than that, my CM9 is running fine.

[Decado]

I updated my cw9 and cm9 mag followers and now consider it an essential upgrade. Its not as noticeable on my cm9, but on my cw9 it solved all sling shot issues. The confidence it gave me is worth the 20 bucks. I still have some minor issues with the 7 rounders in the cm9 though.

Thats strange, I have 2/7 round mags and have no issues with them at all, been running them exclusively since the gun was new out of the box, I carry with the 7 round mags as well.

[davec]

I got Galloway's steel guide and spring kit. When I pulled the plastic one out, it wasn't really worn, just a little hammered looking (2000 rounds). I didn't see any cracks or indication that it would break but like you, plastic seems like it might break.

I put the steel one in along with the springs and got a little lighter trigger pull.

[bugs]

I also put a Galloway spring kit in my CM9 for a slight reduction in trigger pull weight;I thought while the slide was apart it made sense to put the SS guide rod in as well. happy with the Galloway kit.

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