sheepdog22
05-11-2011, 08:08 AM
Well yesterday I went down to my range and went through roughly 300 rounds to loosen up the new Kahr CW9. My range adventure started at the Walmart where my new friend Joe and I had a good conversation about guns. I picked up 300 rounds of Federal 115g FMJ's. I also got some CLP and Hoppes #9. :image035:
I got to the range and they set me up in the back corner, cool. As probably some of you others here, I am a broke college student and decided to print my own targets from home that I found online. Anyways got the target hung and sent it down to 20ft. I followed the Stickys recommendation to rack, rack , rack til your arm falls off. Everything went well through the first magazine, second magazine, and so on. Whew! I had some fears since I have read a number of posts about peoples new CW9s not feeding properly.
Here is the first target that was 0-50 round count:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/5710025896_406e7ebe29_z.jpg
Opened up a new box and kept going. The pistol felt great in my hand and was surprised on the lack of recoil. I expected a little more from such a small and light gun.
Im not sure where the target for 50-100 rounds went but here is 100-125:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/5709459251_e7a643b792_z.jpg
Looks alright I guess for a novice left handed shooter during the break in period. my point of aim was always dead center if it means anything. I felt good with the gun. It felt good in my hand, seems very accurate, and didnt have one malfunction. At about 200 rounds I decided to try and get some better grouping, slow my breath, work on trigger control, basically go slower. To be honest I have never really tried to see how accurate I could be. I have always gone to the range with my girlfriend or other friends and ended up being the safety teacher then the actual shooter. I began to get frustrated with my grouping. I printed some "cheat sheet" targets that have what you are doing wrong on them. Heres around 250 rounds through the gun and my accuracy from ~25ft.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/5709459187_b122a4df6e_z.jpg
It seems going low right was a big problem for me. At that point the CW9 was hot and I decided to break out my FNP9 to see if I could do any better with a full size pistol.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/5709459321_aaa429662d_z.jpg
Nope. Still have a good amount that managed to get low right on the paper. The more I thought about not have a tighter group the more frustrated I got. At this point the range got pretty crowded and I had a new group out people next to me who thought the range was a playground. I decided to put a new target down range and do 14 shots slooooooowly. I think I might rush myself and that could attribute to my lack of skills. Who knows. Heres the result of slow meticulous shooting:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/5709459321_aaa429662d_z.jpg
Better I guess. Lastly I decided to cycle my Gold Speer Dots 124g +P Short Barrel JHPs to make sure they functioned. I lost one of the targets but here is a 5-shot group for the Speer Dots:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/5710022972_20dae3514b_z.jpg
Id say it was the best group of the day. Maybe the Federal ammo is just not very accurate. Hopefully some of you guys can chime in on it. All-in-all it was a good day. Im very impressed with the CW9. I forget to add I did cycle some WWB 115 FMJ through without issues as well. Only complaint I have is the cheese grater style grip on the rear of the pistol. At the very end of the day my hand was raw and it still is a bit tender this morning.
I got to the range and they set me up in the back corner, cool. As probably some of you others here, I am a broke college student and decided to print my own targets from home that I found online. Anyways got the target hung and sent it down to 20ft. I followed the Stickys recommendation to rack, rack , rack til your arm falls off. Everything went well through the first magazine, second magazine, and so on. Whew! I had some fears since I have read a number of posts about peoples new CW9s not feeding properly.
Here is the first target that was 0-50 round count:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/5710025896_406e7ebe29_z.jpg
Opened up a new box and kept going. The pistol felt great in my hand and was surprised on the lack of recoil. I expected a little more from such a small and light gun.
Im not sure where the target for 50-100 rounds went but here is 100-125:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/5709459251_e7a643b792_z.jpg
Looks alright I guess for a novice left handed shooter during the break in period. my point of aim was always dead center if it means anything. I felt good with the gun. It felt good in my hand, seems very accurate, and didnt have one malfunction. At about 200 rounds I decided to try and get some better grouping, slow my breath, work on trigger control, basically go slower. To be honest I have never really tried to see how accurate I could be. I have always gone to the range with my girlfriend or other friends and ended up being the safety teacher then the actual shooter. I began to get frustrated with my grouping. I printed some "cheat sheet" targets that have what you are doing wrong on them. Heres around 250 rounds through the gun and my accuracy from ~25ft.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/5709459187_b122a4df6e_z.jpg
It seems going low right was a big problem for me. At that point the CW9 was hot and I decided to break out my FNP9 to see if I could do any better with a full size pistol.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/5709459321_aaa429662d_z.jpg
Nope. Still have a good amount that managed to get low right on the paper. The more I thought about not have a tighter group the more frustrated I got. At this point the range got pretty crowded and I had a new group out people next to me who thought the range was a playground. I decided to put a new target down range and do 14 shots slooooooowly. I think I might rush myself and that could attribute to my lack of skills. Who knows. Heres the result of slow meticulous shooting:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/5709459321_aaa429662d_z.jpg
Better I guess. Lastly I decided to cycle my Gold Speer Dots 124g +P Short Barrel JHPs to make sure they functioned. I lost one of the targets but here is a 5-shot group for the Speer Dots:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/5710022972_20dae3514b_z.jpg
Id say it was the best group of the day. Maybe the Federal ammo is just not very accurate. Hopefully some of you guys can chime in on it. All-in-all it was a good day. Im very impressed with the CW9. I forget to add I did cycle some WWB 115 FMJ through without issues as well. Only complaint I have is the cheese grater style grip on the rear of the pistol. At the very end of the day my hand was raw and it still is a bit tender this morning.