KahrCarry
11-24-2010, 09:01 PM
Just a relevant FYI. I'm a pretty serious person when it comes to focusing on any task at hand, and tonight was my dedicated break in run with my new CW9.
Basically, my intent was to fire at least 200 rounds (I ended up firing 240 rounds), and also, to try to induce a malfunction.
Why try to induce a malfunction? Because the world isn't some controlled environment, whereby everything goes smoothly, and it's smart and good, IMO, to interject some adverse conditions to what otherwise would be a very controlled environment range session. One will never be able to replicate the stress of a real life or death situation at the range, but it's good to at least to do something - anything - to make things more challenging (while paying strict adherence to safe weapon handling protocol).
I fired 200 rounds of Winchester White Box Value Pack Ammunition, 9mm, 115 grain, and 40 rounds of Speer Gold Dot, 124 grain 9mm, with Zero failures of any kind. No failures to feed, eject, fire or any other issues of any kind.
Here is my testimony, itemized:
1) I used only one factory supplied 7 round magazine, reloading the same after each 8 round volley.
2) I intentionally chambered one round from a full magazine via racking the slide, rather than using the slide stop method recommended by Kahr (not because it will cause damage, but because Kahr maintains this is the best way to ensure that the slide returns to full battery), and I then reinserted a full magazine. This did not cause any issues chambering cartridges, but I was sure to utilize a firmly seated magazine, and to use sufficient force racking the slide.
3) I - not the weapon - was shooting low and left at first, but this is because I was utilizing poor trigger control, and because I also was flinching a bit in anticipation of each detonation. Accuracy improved significantly by the third magazine, with quite a few quarter sized groups at 15 feet and 21 feet. By round 100+, I was obtaining relatively decent groups center of mass at approximately 35 feet, which was the maximum distance I used during this first range session, and I even had some decent groups in the head region of the paper target.
4) Again, I had zero malfunctions of any kind, even when I tried to intentionally limp wrist the weapon. No failures to fire, feed or eject were observed.
5) Felt recoil was far less stout than I had anticipated, based on the fact that this weapon has a polymer frame, and only weighs about 20 ounces loaded, and under 16 ounces unloaded.
6) Speer Gold Dots JHP fed, fired and ejected flawlessly.
7) Contrary to reports of abuse to the hand because of recoil and aggressive checkering on the front and rear grip points of contact, I experiences absolutely no such issues. This was the most surprising development (or non-development, if you will) for me.
Overally, I am very impressed with these results.
The magazine did not drop free, but only dropped about an inch, and I had to manually remove the magazine from there. I am not sure whether I will seek to achieve drop free status given the flawless performance of the weapon, as Kahr advises this would mandate a return trip of the entire weapon to Kahr, which they agreed to cover the shipping for both ways, should I choose to try and have them remedy this issue.
I am going to fire another 240 rounds next week. If I get similar results, I will then order spare magazines, a Don Hume IWB or similar holster, and night sites, and utilize this weapon as my EDC.
Basically, my intent was to fire at least 200 rounds (I ended up firing 240 rounds), and also, to try to induce a malfunction.
Why try to induce a malfunction? Because the world isn't some controlled environment, whereby everything goes smoothly, and it's smart and good, IMO, to interject some adverse conditions to what otherwise would be a very controlled environment range session. One will never be able to replicate the stress of a real life or death situation at the range, but it's good to at least to do something - anything - to make things more challenging (while paying strict adherence to safe weapon handling protocol).
I fired 200 rounds of Winchester White Box Value Pack Ammunition, 9mm, 115 grain, and 40 rounds of Speer Gold Dot, 124 grain 9mm, with Zero failures of any kind. No failures to feed, eject, fire or any other issues of any kind.
Here is my testimony, itemized:
1) I used only one factory supplied 7 round magazine, reloading the same after each 8 round volley.
2) I intentionally chambered one round from a full magazine via racking the slide, rather than using the slide stop method recommended by Kahr (not because it will cause damage, but because Kahr maintains this is the best way to ensure that the slide returns to full battery), and I then reinserted a full magazine. This did not cause any issues chambering cartridges, but I was sure to utilize a firmly seated magazine, and to use sufficient force racking the slide.
3) I - not the weapon - was shooting low and left at first, but this is because I was utilizing poor trigger control, and because I also was flinching a bit in anticipation of each detonation. Accuracy improved significantly by the third magazine, with quite a few quarter sized groups at 15 feet and 21 feet. By round 100+, I was obtaining relatively decent groups center of mass at approximately 35 feet, which was the maximum distance I used during this first range session, and I even had some decent groups in the head region of the paper target.
4) Again, I had zero malfunctions of any kind, even when I tried to intentionally limp wrist the weapon. No failures to fire, feed or eject were observed.
5) Felt recoil was far less stout than I had anticipated, based on the fact that this weapon has a polymer frame, and only weighs about 20 ounces loaded, and under 16 ounces unloaded.
6) Speer Gold Dots JHP fed, fired and ejected flawlessly.
7) Contrary to reports of abuse to the hand because of recoil and aggressive checkering on the front and rear grip points of contact, I experiences absolutely no such issues. This was the most surprising development (or non-development, if you will) for me.
Overally, I am very impressed with these results.
The magazine did not drop free, but only dropped about an inch, and I had to manually remove the magazine from there. I am not sure whether I will seek to achieve drop free status given the flawless performance of the weapon, as Kahr advises this would mandate a return trip of the entire weapon to Kahr, which they agreed to cover the shipping for both ways, should I choose to try and have them remedy this issue.
I am going to fire another 240 rounds next week. If I get similar results, I will then order spare magazines, a Don Hume IWB or similar holster, and night sites, and utilize this weapon as my EDC.