Rick from Columbus, OH

[richard.coverdal]

Hi. I just recently was gifted a Kahr CW 45 for my birthday by my brothers. I have never fired a 45 before, and am curious about recoil and the like.

A little about me. I am a USAF veteran. The extent of my firearms experience is firing a 22 a few times as a kid, basic training, I went to the firing range once with some MPS on an Army post. And I have fired a couple shotguns, my friends 9mm and his AR 15. One time. I am eager to learn, and am going to be getting my concealed handgun license as soon as I can.

I am unsure how new my gun is, or if it has been broken in or not. It looks to have been fired a few times at least, but my brothers got it from a friend. It has the manual and the warranty card and everything but I don't know if I can fill that out and send it in. I don't know where it was originally purchased or any of that info.

Any advice, direction, or comments are welcome. Meanwhile I will be reading and watching videos. Feel free to contact me with a comment here or a private message.

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[wyntrout]

Welcome to the forum.

The P and CW sized Kahrs are my favorites. They are very similar to the K9 and fit my hand perfectly.

I don't think that the Kahr .45's are bad with respect to the recoil. My P380 with Underwood +P 90-gr Gold Dots has more recoil.

I sold my K9, PM9, and swapped my PM45 for a P45. I have the P380, P9 with ported barrel, P40 with ported barrel and the P45. I'm still testing the latter with respect to carry ammo.

I love the Polymer and P-sized Kahrs. The P9 weighs 8 ounces less than the K9 and is much easier to carry IWB with my shorts and a real gun belt.

Check the "stickies" for lots of info and how to care for your Kahr.

I haven't updated this link in a long time, but it will get you into the area and help you find a lot of helpful info:

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?17627-Working-folder-for-pictures-from-Kahr-manual&p=224457#post224457

Wynn :)

My wife and I are retired USAF

[richard.coverdal]

Welcome to the forum.

The P and CW sized Kahrs are my favorites. They are very similar to the K9 and fit my hand perfectly.

I don't think that the Kahr .45's are bad with respect to the recoil. My P380 with Underwood +P 90-gr Gold Dots has more recoil.

I sold my K9, PM9, and swapped my PM45 for a P45. I have the P380, P9 with ported barrel, P40 with ported barrel and the P45. I'm still testing the latter with respect to carry ammo.

I love the Polymer and P-sized Kahrs. The P9 weighs 8 ounces less than the K9 and is much easier to carry IWB with my shorts and a real gun belt.

Check the "stickies" for lots of info and how to care for your Kahr.

I haven't updated this link in a long time, but it will get you into the area and help you find a lot of helpful info:

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?17627-Working-folder-for-pictures-from-Kahr-manual&p=224457#post224457

Wynn :)

My wife and I are retired USAF
Wynn,

Thanks. I have been looking over the stickies. I will check out the link you provided.

I understood a bit of what you said but I don't know what all the letters and such mean yet. I am a quick learner though.

I decided that it was time to get serious about protecting my family and so told my brothers I wanted to find a good gun. They originally gave me a Highpoint but...well... I shot that at my friends house and it is only slightly better than horse dung. It jammed on every other shot and I just didn't have confidence in it. I was able to get a pretty tight grouping when it did fire, but I wouldn't bet my family's lives on it.

They got me the CW 45 as a surprise and I have yet to fire it but I love how it feels in my hand.

In the Air Force I was SatCom. I got to go over to Japan and such but never really had a chance to learn about firearms or go shooting. Other than paintball.

We did carry rifles a lot, but never got any other training than what we had in basic. (And most of the time they were just for show. Never did understand what use an unloaded rifle was.)

One issue I am having with my magazine thougg, is that it seems really difficult to load the 6th round. Is that normal?

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[b4uqzme]

One issue I am having with my magazine thougg, is that it seems really difficult to load the 6th round. Is that normal?


Yes, that's normal. The magazine spring compresses with every additional round. By the time you get to the last round, the spring is almost fully compressed. You may want to consider getting a magazine loader. Here's a link to a good one. https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=uplula+magazine+loader&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=55536881&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_23d7qjseat_e

The stickies will help you prepare your new gun for the range. But you may want to take along an experienced shooter to your first session(s) to help with technique and such.

Good shooting. Welcome!

[berettabone]

Welcome..................................

[richard.coverdal]

Yes, that's normal. The magazine spring compresses with every additional round. By the time you get to the last round, the spring is almost fully compressed. You may want to consider getting a magazine loader. Here's a link to a good one. https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=uplula+magazine+loader&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=55536881&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_23d7qjseat_e

The stickies will help you prepare your new gun for the range. But you may want to take along an experienced shooter to your first session(s) to help with technique and such.

Good shooting. Welcome!
Thanks. I definitely will bring an experienced shooter.


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[gb6491]

Welcome to the forum Rick!
I was born and raised in Columbus (near Morse Rd. and Cleveland Ave., then the east side, out by James Rd. and I-70.

In addition to the good advice b4uqzme gave you about the last round being more difficult to load, I might add there could be a chance that the magazine spring is not correctly oriented with the follower. Here are photos that shows how the end of the magazine spring and the follower should be in relation to one another:
http://i39.tinypic.com/15guw0m.jpg
http://i62.tinypic.com/2uqj9mp.jpg

Regards,
Greg

[richard.coverdal]

Welcome to the forum Rick!
I was born and raised in Columbus (near Morse Rd. and Cleveland Ave., then the east side, out by James Rd. and I-70.

Regards,
Greg

Thanks Greg. I'm actually over near that area now, well closer to Schrock Rd and Karl but same general area.

I will disassemble that magazine and check it out. I'm just nervous about messing up. But nothing ventured nothing gained right?

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[downtownv]

Thanks Greg. I'm actually over near that area now, well closer to Schrock Rd and Karl but same general area.

I will disassemble that magazine and check it out. I'm just nervous about messing up. But nothing ventured nothing gained right?

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Give a try, "No guts, no Glory!"

[Monadnock]

Hi and welcome, great to have you here! Imo the best way to get familiar fast is to shoot a few times a week, at least at the start.. also find a cheap place to buy bullets. Here's my current best friends- https://www.outdoorlimited.com/ they have cheap, cheap Federal HST .45 +P, which is a devastating defense round. A box of 50 is cheaper there than I can buy 20 locally at a shop.

After a few outings, after the shock/awe part fades, your muscle memory will start adding new improved facets to your shooting. I think the best way to learn, outside of the range, and maybe equally/ more important is to find some good videos on Youtube on 'how to shoot'. Look for the more frequented videos from big brand sponsored folks, to start.. there's tons of stuff on proper grip, shooting technique, sight alignment, that will accelerate your learning curve... or learning 'curb' as one of my slack-jawed friends says.

I think the 'tribal' knowledge that exist on Youtube, is the most valuable thing on the web. When I go to the range, I'm shocked by the crap technique folk have picked up from some place or another, tea cup grips, odd stances that they saw on 70's era cop shows and replicated. There's some really basic stuff you can do to ramp up your efforts and get to a workable level, faster and none of it comes from making it up as you go along, (my general life modus) or listening to a buddy, unless that person is also a 'good' shooter. I also recently replaced a starter on a 1984 Harley FXRDG using Youtube vids so, win/ win/ win, there.

I had a hi-point .45 a few years back, got it for a present, was intended to be a truck gun. I ran it dirty when I got it for 500+ rounds, never had a failure..it's just the more I shot it, the less I liked it. The slide would slam back like an all steel 45lb plate and make a horrible racket. At some point, I sold it because I couldn't stand to hear the sound of it cycling any longer. As far as a gun, it was a flawless tack driver..

[ESAFO]

welcome aboard enjoy your stay from a fellow BUCKEYE.