DavidR
08-19-2017, 05:06 AM
I owned a CM9 about 3 years ago. It was my first carry pistol and was carried in my right front pocket. The gun was great. Completely reliable although it did break a follower at 500 rounds. Eventually I decided to move to a smaller, lighter 380 for pocket carry so I sold the CM9.
Last summer I decided to work on finding a small 9mm for IWB carry. I'm small, lean, live in a hot climate and generally wear close-fitting clothes so it's difficult to conceal anything of any size. I've found that IWB at 1:30 is my most comfortable carry position but the 9mm Shield that I own is a little too big for that so I began searching for a smaller 9. I'd had a not so great experience with a CW380 so rather than picking up another CM9 I decided to try some other manufacturers.
First up was a Sig P290RS. I really liked how the gun felt in my hand and recoil was mild. It carried perfectly but I could never shoot it well. It has a very long, very heavy DA trigger. It also turned out to be the most unreliable firearm I have ever owned. It went back to Sig 3 times (trigger reset, extraction failure, extraction failure) and after the third trip back to Sig it developed a new problem. Relegated to the sell/trade pile.
Next up was a Beretta Nano. This one, in FDE with a black slide really looked nice and functioned well for the first 400 rounds. On my last outing I put 50 rounds through it and the trigger failed to reset twice. The bigger problem was that it felt really weird in my hand. I never felt like I had a good grip on it. Always felt like it was going to squirt out of my hands while firing. Relegated to the sell/trade pile.
Time for a CM9. Last week Buds had the CM9 for $262 so I decided it was time again. At that price it's hard to go wrong. Right out of the box the gun looked really nice. The polymer frame was clean, no metal shavings, a little packing grease and a little residue from test firing. I cleaned it well including flushing out the striker channel with non-chlorinated brake cleaner. I didn't lock back the slide overnight, didn't rack the slide a bunch of times and didn't polish the feed ramp or chamber before taking it to the range.
Yesterday I slapped a Pearce extension on the magazine and headed to the range. So far so good - 125 rounds (50 Blazer Brass FMJ 124 gr, 50 Spreer Lawman 124 gr and 25 Federal HST 124 gr) fed, fired and ejected perfectly. Feels really good in my hand but I consistently shot left of where I was aiming so obviously I need more time with the trigger and the different sight picture. So far so good! :)
http://i.imgur.com/oaj4DYd.jpg?1
Last summer I decided to work on finding a small 9mm for IWB carry. I'm small, lean, live in a hot climate and generally wear close-fitting clothes so it's difficult to conceal anything of any size. I've found that IWB at 1:30 is my most comfortable carry position but the 9mm Shield that I own is a little too big for that so I began searching for a smaller 9. I'd had a not so great experience with a CW380 so rather than picking up another CM9 I decided to try some other manufacturers.
First up was a Sig P290RS. I really liked how the gun felt in my hand and recoil was mild. It carried perfectly but I could never shoot it well. It has a very long, very heavy DA trigger. It also turned out to be the most unreliable firearm I have ever owned. It went back to Sig 3 times (trigger reset, extraction failure, extraction failure) and after the third trip back to Sig it developed a new problem. Relegated to the sell/trade pile.
Next up was a Beretta Nano. This one, in FDE with a black slide really looked nice and functioned well for the first 400 rounds. On my last outing I put 50 rounds through it and the trigger failed to reset twice. The bigger problem was that it felt really weird in my hand. I never felt like I had a good grip on it. Always felt like it was going to squirt out of my hands while firing. Relegated to the sell/trade pile.
Time for a CM9. Last week Buds had the CM9 for $262 so I decided it was time again. At that price it's hard to go wrong. Right out of the box the gun looked really nice. The polymer frame was clean, no metal shavings, a little packing grease and a little residue from test firing. I cleaned it well including flushing out the striker channel with non-chlorinated brake cleaner. I didn't lock back the slide overnight, didn't rack the slide a bunch of times and didn't polish the feed ramp or chamber before taking it to the range.
Yesterday I slapped a Pearce extension on the magazine and headed to the range. So far so good - 125 rounds (50 Blazer Brass FMJ 124 gr, 50 Spreer Lawman 124 gr and 25 Federal HST 124 gr) fed, fired and ejected perfectly. Feels really good in my hand but I consistently shot left of where I was aiming so obviously I need more time with the trigger and the different sight picture. So far so good! :)
http://i.imgur.com/oaj4DYd.jpg?1