My 23 year old Kahr K9 threw its front sight during a range session. A local gunsmith wouldn't touch it due to the risk of damaging the slide and suggested I return it to the factory. I sent it back to Kahr for repair and it was returned today - no charge! Thank you Kahr!
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sparkyv
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Nice! Good hearing about good firearms customer service.
troy fairweather
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Good on kahr but don't see why the gunsmith wouldn't touch it.
Deus Machina
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I've heard Kahrs tend to have super tight sights, and he might be afraid of gouging it up taking a punch to it.
Still, I'd assume a gunsmith would have a sight pusher that could still handle it.
Still, I'd assume a gunsmith would have a sight pusher that could still handle it.
edwardware
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Tight dovetails can be sliced (saw or mill) almost through to relieve the fitting pressure. This is standard practice at some shops working on Kimbers (legendary for impossibly tight rear sights). It's so easy it's cheating.
He tried pushing it out but bent his punch. Not wanting to damage the slide by using more force, he suggested return to the factory.
Sight pushers push the sight. Since the sight was gone all that was left was the tiny sight base.
This gunsmith didn't charge me for his attempt nor did he charge me for the last 10 minute repair that he did for me. Top notch guy!
I'm guesstimating 3,000 - 5,000. Also had a striker break in 2011, fortunately during qualification and not on the street.
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