Took me almost 6 weeks of waiting for my Kahr CM9 to arrive at the gun shop where I ordered it. It was worth the wait. I was a YouTube junkie in the mean time watching everything I could find on either the PM9 or the CM9.
I love the size & weight of this pistol, and it rides nicely in a High Noon IWB holster, at the 4 o'clock. Car's bucket seats and seat belt buckle don't even know the gun is there. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Took me an extra day before I could go shoot. But that didn't stop me from dry-fires and rapid cycling. I followed Kahr Forum's recommended break-in and lube steps while I envisioned some happy bang-bang time.
Once at the backyard range of a buddy's house, I set up for initial shooting at 21 feet (7 yds). Nothing fancy, 9-inch paper plates with a drawn-in 2 inch circle in the middle (using a can of BreakFree CLP and a Sharpie to trace around it). I was after a good function test and simply wanted to get some rounds downrange.
With such small dimensions on this handgun, I could hold this thing any way I wanted but eventually settled-in with a nice two-hand hold, thumbs together and pointing downrange. I had two mags loaded with Federal Champion (115 grain FMJ RN) and plenty more of this ammo sitting off to the side. BTW- I separately online-ordered an extra magazine (model MK-620) because I knew the CM9 only came with one mag.
Like an awesome omen, my very first shot went inside that two-inch circle. The rest of that first mag did not. Of the 80 (or so) shots yesterday, only a few went unaccounted for, off the paper plates. We eventually had the range pushed out to about 40 feet. The CM9 never gave me a failure and it didn't care which magazine I was feeding it. (I hate it sometimes when an autoloader can be mag-sensitive).
I had no fatigue, and I can't even put the word "snappy" into any sentence. This was a real nice experience. I like the butter-smooth long trigger and didn't even think about it when doing a couple of back to back double-taps.
I can't think of a single thing to say negatively about this CM9 and I look forward to putting this into service as my summertime CCW after some more rounds go through it.
I love the size & weight of this pistol, and it rides nicely in a High Noon IWB holster, at the 4 o'clock. Car's bucket seats and seat belt buckle don't even know the gun is there. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Took me an extra day before I could go shoot. But that didn't stop me from dry-fires and rapid cycling. I followed Kahr Forum's recommended break-in and lube steps while I envisioned some happy bang-bang time.
Once at the backyard range of a buddy's house, I set up for initial shooting at 21 feet (7 yds). Nothing fancy, 9-inch paper plates with a drawn-in 2 inch circle in the middle (using a can of BreakFree CLP and a Sharpie to trace around it). I was after a good function test and simply wanted to get some rounds downrange.
With such small dimensions on this handgun, I could hold this thing any way I wanted but eventually settled-in with a nice two-hand hold, thumbs together and pointing downrange. I had two mags loaded with Federal Champion (115 grain FMJ RN) and plenty more of this ammo sitting off to the side. BTW- I separately online-ordered an extra magazine (model MK-620) because I knew the CM9 only came with one mag.
Like an awesome omen, my very first shot went inside that two-inch circle. The rest of that first mag did not. Of the 80 (or so) shots yesterday, only a few went unaccounted for, off the paper plates. We eventually had the range pushed out to about 40 feet. The CM9 never gave me a failure and it didn't care which magazine I was feeding it. (I hate it sometimes when an autoloader can be mag-sensitive).
I had no fatigue, and I can't even put the word "snappy" into any sentence. This was a real nice experience. I like the butter-smooth long trigger and didn't even think about it when doing a couple of back to back double-taps.
I can't think of a single thing to say negatively about this CM9 and I look forward to putting this into service as my summertime CCW after some more rounds go through it.
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