UPDATE TO THREAD
Hello everyone!
I just wanted to update the thread as I made a decision on a pistol. Much thanks to Unclemunzie (and others) for encouraging me to take a closer look at the Kahr pistols. I ended up purchasing a Kahr S9 last week and was able to shoot it yesterday. It is absolutely sweet and performs exactly as I desire in a pistol! I just did not like any of the other striker fired guns triggers, period. The pull and feel varies on all of them which I do not like.
They are all excellent guns, just not my personal preference in a trigger.
The Kahrs have a longer pull BUT the trigger is absolutely consistent, extremely smooth and they don't have that ridiculous wall prior to the break! The gun just fires after some unbeknownst point which I am more accustomed to. I prefer this type trigger because it encourages you to stay on target. Absolutely sweet!
Anyhow, here is my impression of the Kahr S9.
1. It is a good looking gun.
2. It feels good in the hand and a very nice weight for a ccw.
3. It is an excellent size for a ccw. The gun actually seems more like a full size than a smaller ccw to me, which is a good thing. It however will conceal very well, especially given it is only .90in. wide.
4. Recoil was excellent. It jumps slightly more than my Bersa Bp9cc but only slightly. That is impressive considering it is smaller and quite a bit lighter than the Bersa.
5. The gun is highly accurate! Keep in mind, I had never shot a Kahr nor a gun with bar-dot sights as mine mistakenly arrived with. So I was really happy with my results on my first outing. All shots are free hand and one take so I didn't cherry pick results. The makeshift bullseye on the board targets is right at 2in.
**At 15 ft my 7 shot grouping was 2in. These were my first shots and I wasn't sure exactly how to aim with the bar-dots. The lower right shot was a pulled shot, btw. I considered this an excellent start to the range session.
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*At 20 ft my 14 shot grouping was about 2 1/4 in.
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*At 50 ft my 7 shot grouping was 3 in. Oddly, I was pulling those to the right but again I was trying to figure out the bar-dot sights. No matter, consistency/groupings is all I was interested in. This got me real excited because my groupings with my Bp9cc was extremely poor at around 14 in or so, if lucky. This type grouping is comparable to what I get with my Bersa Thunder 380's in single action mode.
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*At 90 ft my 7 shot grouping was 6 1/2 in on the silhouette target. I shoot from that distance on occasion mostly for kicks and giggles but also for precision purposes. It tells me a lot about a gun and it makes the bullseye from 20ft and 30ft seem basketball size. So it generates a lot of confidence when you step up to shorter distances. I always practiced with my compound bow in this manner.
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6. Rapid fire and quick fire at 15ft was excellent as well, the gun points well. This was one of my major concerns with the longer Kahr trigger pull but I had absolutely no issues with it at all! I could shoot it as quickly as I desired and it remained on target. My results with rapid/quick fire was impressive because I expected it to be slower but it wasn't at all. I also never had an issue with trigger reset. My Kahr S9 pull weight is about 6.25lbs.
7. I ran about 100 rds through it yesterday using Fiocchi FMJ 115gr and American Eagle FMJ 115. In all those rounds, I only had two shots that I'd consider trigger jerks. Even with those two flyers they were still within inches of where I was aiming.
All in all, I was extremely pleased. I plan on adding some three dot night sights and I may install the Galloway spring kit in order to get the pull weight around 5lbs.
God Bless,
Ralph