Free mag offer with CM9

[Michael W.]

Just wanted to report that I sent in my free mag form when I bought
the CM9 on Sep 16th via email. Got an immediate confirmation response
via email telling me it would be processed right away and despite
the "Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery" mine arrived in less than 3 weeks.

Like the 6 rd mag that came with the gun neither of the mags was drop
free so I pushed the follower down and held it in place with a punch
and used a pair of channel locks and squeezed the lips in the middle where
it was rubbing. Walla, two drop free mags for my CM9:)

Also, I hear a lot of folks having issues with the 7 rd mags but both
this new one I got and my old one that came with my PM9 have been
perfect. Never had any problems with them. Not sure what I'm doing
wrong.....heh.

Lastly, as some of you who have been following my CM9 purchase may
recall, this gun was intended for my wife to carry as an alternative to her
Ruger LC9. After putting about 400rds through it to totally satisfy
myself that it was reliable, I finally got out to the range with her
to let her have a go with it.

Here's the results......

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k599/mwong61/IMG_0045.jpg?t=1318051512

She wound up making pretty much one ragged hole at 7 yards
with about 40 rounds. That woman scares me sometimes..........:)

Suffice to say she loves the gun and especially loves the Crimson Trace
laser. It's hard for her to see the sights without her reading glasses
and the laser is turning out to be an excellent solution.

My biggest concern was her ability to work the slide but we came up with
a pretty good drill when she loads a mag to try to slingshot first and if it
doesn't drop immediately smack the bottom of the mag which will always
drop the slide. She was able to successfully slingshot most of the time
but the few times it didn't drop she was able to fall back to the backup
drill.

So the irony is that after all this commotion with the CM9, she shot
her Ruger LC9 today also and shot it just as well as the Kahr, heh....so
we'll probably keep both guns.

Michael-

[JBarbaresi]

i had a similar experience with the free mag promo. the only difference was i received mine in 2 or 3 days, i think i was one of the first to email in the coupon. glad your wife likes the gun, now you will probably have to buy one for yourself.

[Michael W.]

i had a similar experience with the free mag promo. the only difference was i received mine in 2 or 3 days, i think i was one of the first to email in the coupon. glad your wife likes the gun, now you will probably have to buy one for yourself.

I already have the PM9, it's been my EDC 90% of the time for the past
2 years. Absolutely love it.

M-

[hoghunter]

I bought my CM9 about a week and a half before the free mag promo started but went ahead and sent in the coupon anyway. I have no idea if they will honor it, but we'll see. All it cost me was a stamp. Based on the reports I get on the 7 rd mags I am not sure if I would even use it anyway!

[BrewerGeorge]

Got mine yesterday!

[Michael W.]

I bought my CM9 about a week and a half before the free mag promo started but went ahead and sent in the coupon anyway. I have no idea if they will honor it, but we'll see. All it cost me was a stamp. Based on the reports I get on the 7 rd mags I am not sure if I would even use it anyway!

I'd test it first before writing it off. As I said both of mine seem to
work fine. Have not had any of the nose dive issues with it.

Hey, where in Central Fl are you? Didn't realize we were neighbors.

Michael-

[Benaiah]

It took 2 weeks for me to get my free magazine. I was pleasantly surprised!

[BrewerGeorge]

Got mine yesterday!
Shot it Saturday and got my first nose dive. Over 300 through the original mag with no problems, and the new one dives during the first 7. :32:

Range magazine, I guess.

[wm36]

I read that the 7 rd mags seem to have more problems than the 6 rd. The 7 rd is not as nice for carry. Apparently you can mail a 7 rd back to Kahr and they will exchange it for a 6. Anyone know if you can just request a 6 rd as your free mag with this deal?

[ToneSurfer]

One week turn around for me on the free mag offer. Emailed last Wednesday. Came in the mail today.

Thanks Kahr!!!!!!

[GTM]

Shot it Saturday and got my first nose dive. Over 300 through the original mag with no problems, and the new one dives during the first 7. :32:

Range magazine, I guess.

Same here. The magazine arrived dripping in oil. I cleaned it and reinstalled everything correctly. I was shooting WWB FMJ and it nose-dived on the third round of the first magazine-full. I put in WWB Personal Defense and had the same problem happen again. Disappointing! I've not had any problems with my 6-round magazines. I can't trust it for personal defense. I guess I'll have to resort to my 6-rounders.

[jocko]

I don't like the 7 round magfazines but bering u mentioned the 3rd round, go to the kahr tech secrtion and and hit on propper prepping of ur new kahr and scroll on down until u see a thing on magazine fix. U might have a follower grabbing that magazine release button around round 2-3. this is easily fixable and easily diagnosed to. I would be that is where the issue is at. Personally one buys a cm9 or PM98 for concealability , so why would one want a longer magazine. buy a cw9 if one wants a longer mag that doesnt look butt ass ugly like the extended mags do.

also try this to if the follower is not grabbging that magtazine release. put ur 6 round mag spring in the 7 round magazine and test it out. some have shortened the 7 round mag spring on coil with good results. no sense in doing that though if the 6 round mag spring won't do the job. again ur not harming anything, just trouble shooting the possable issues..

[JFootin]

I don't think Kahr is doing themselves any favors giving away those extended mags because they cause so many problems. But, according to them, there is absolutely no credibility to stories of problems with those mags, and sanding the follower or any of the other fixes are nonsense! Can anyone say "denial" or "spin"?

[mikeg26]

Although I bought my CM9 3 days too early, I received a 7 rnd magazine from Kahr a few days ago, dripping in oil, cleaned it and went to the range yesterday. Fired six full magazines with no issues.

But, my finger pinches between the base plate and the pistol frame. Ouch!

I can use the follower and base plate from this 7 rounder for experimentation.

Now have over 1300 rounds of NO ISSUES with this pistol.

I do throughly clean and relube after each range session and slam the magazine down to insure that all rounds are at the rear after loading with my Uplula.

I have improved my shooting it to being able to shoot many magazines and keep the shots within eight inches at fifty feet.

Like this pistol!!!!

[JFootin]

Very cool!

[wyntrout]

The 8-round extended grip models have been flawless for me. I just don't use that 7-rounder. I carry an 8-rounder spare for my PM9 and my K9 is a "house gun" so it's always loaded with the 8-round extended grip mags with two spares at hand. I have 4 of those so I can carry one as a reload for the PM9.
I don't know if you can pick which one you get for the 9mm, but I would take the K920G which will fit anything but the T-models.

PIX of mine: http://kahrtalk.com/showthread.php?t=2944&highlight=9mm+magazines

Wynn:)

[jocko]

I don't think Kahr is doing themselves any favors giving away those extended mags because they cause so many problems. But, according to them, there is absolutely no credibility to stories of problems with those mags, and sanding the follower or any of the other fixes are nonsense! Can anyone say "denial" or "spin"?

Ihad read that reply from kahr to. but wer know that some followers do hang up on the mag release, and we do know that many have sanded thefollowers to allow freee traqvel of the follower past that mag release button and it has solved their issues. so I guess the bottom line is : DRUM ROLL PLEASE: We don't know what the fokk we are saying.:banplease:

[hoghunter]

I bought my CM9 about a week and a half before the free mag promo started but went ahead and sent in the coupon anyway. I have no idea if they will honor it, but we'll see. All it cost me was a stamp. Based on the reports I get on the 7 rd mags I am not sure if I would even use it anyway!

Well, based on how fast everyone got their mags I would have to assume they denied my request for a free mag. Worth a shot I guess.

[GTM]

I don't like the 7 round magfazines but bering u mentioned the 3rd round, go to the kahr tech secrtion and and hit on propper prepping of ur new kahr and scroll on down until u see a thing on magazine fix. U might have a follower grabbing that magazine release button around round 2-3. this is easily fixable and easily diagnosed to. I would be that is where the issue is at. Personally one buys a cm9 or PM98 for concealability , so why would one want a longer magazine. buy a cw9 if one wants a longer mag that doesnt look butt ass ugly like the extended mags do.

also try this to if the follower is not grabbging that magtazine release. put ur 6 round mag spring in the 7 round magazine and test it out. some have shortened the 7 round mag spring on coil with good results. no sense in doing that though if the 6 round mag spring won't do the job. again ur not harming anything, just trouble shooting the possable issues..

The nose of the bullet was catching on the bottom of the feed ramp. This happened on both WWB FMJ and WWB PD ammo.

I'll play around with the mag springs per your suggestion the next time I have a chance and see if that helps.

I was planning on using the 7-rounder as a spare, since I always carry at least one spare magazine for whatever firearm I happen to be carrying. Thankfully when I bought the CM9 the owner already had two 6-round magazines.

[GTM]

Well, based on how fast everyone got their mags I would have to assume they denied my request for a free mag. Worth a shot I guess.

Mine took about two weeks. I purchased my CM9 four days before the promo started. I typed up a nice letter and included it with the paperwork and Kahr was nice enough to include me.

[hoghunter]

Mine took about two weeks. I purchased my CM9 four days before the promo started. I typed up a nice letter and included it with the paperwork and Kahr was nice enough to include me.


I guess your nice letter was likely better than me begging :D.