I took my girlfriend down to the local shooting range and gave her a few guns to choose from for her early Christmas present :santaclaus:. She looked at the Glock 26 and 27, the Kahr pm9 and pm40, and the S&W J frames. I tried to talk her into the .40, but ultimately settled on the 9mm. The place I bought the gun from also has an indoor shooting range, so we decided a break-in session was in order.
The good:
To my surprise, I was able to shoot tighter patterns with this little guy than I can with my Glock 27 with extended +0 mag. This gun has a much longer trigger pull than the glock 27, comparable to my S&W sigma 9mm, except much smoother. At 12 yards, my girlfriend (a novice shooter) was able to consistantly put 6/7 rounds in the center orange section of the silohette target. Recoil was less harsh than my glock 27, and about the same as my sigma. I was pleasantly surprised by how managable the gun was, even in my girlfriend's hands (5'5", 115lbs).
Ok,... the bad:
The 6th round FTE, followed by the 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th. Overall, out of the first 40 rounds, 20 malfunctioned. Forgive my lack of knowledge on proper terms, but several times, the gun would not fire the round in the chamber (winchester white box), and racking the slide back wouldn't eject the live round. After battling these problems, after about 40 rounds, the gun simply would not fire anymore. A gunsmith on site wasn't able to disassemble the gun, as something had broken off, or become lodged internally. Needless to say, my girlfriend was not impressed with the initial reliability of this gun. Over 500 rounds through my new glock, and nearly 1000 rounds through my sigma without a single malfunction. After inspection by the gunsmith, it appears that a piece of the primer became lodged around the firing pin. A Kahr specialist is supposed to come by tomorrow to check it out. I'm aware of the advised break-in period for these guns, but this gun will require a little more attention.
The guys at the gun range were very helpful, and knowlegdable, and eased my mind with their efforts to find a solution to my problem with the gun. Customer service makes all the difference. :yup:
While we were waiting for the pm9 to be repaired, we were given a pm40 to shoot. Whoa, whole different animal. I must admit that this would have been the wrong choice for my girlfriend. Niether of us were able to achieve the same accuracy that we had attained with the PM9. Recoil was much more noticable, although not rediculous. The PM9 was such a sweet shooting gun that I don't have any regrets about not going with the larger cartrige of the PM40. My girlfirend was excited when we left the range, and asked me about what was involved with acquiring a CCW permit.:duh: Made my day.
Thank you guys for this great site. :hand10:
The good:
To my surprise, I was able to shoot tighter patterns with this little guy than I can with my Glock 27 with extended +0 mag. This gun has a much longer trigger pull than the glock 27, comparable to my S&W sigma 9mm, except much smoother. At 12 yards, my girlfriend (a novice shooter) was able to consistantly put 6/7 rounds in the center orange section of the silohette target. Recoil was less harsh than my glock 27, and about the same as my sigma. I was pleasantly surprised by how managable the gun was, even in my girlfriend's hands (5'5", 115lbs).
Ok,... the bad:
The 6th round FTE, followed by the 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th. Overall, out of the first 40 rounds, 20 malfunctioned. Forgive my lack of knowledge on proper terms, but several times, the gun would not fire the round in the chamber (winchester white box), and racking the slide back wouldn't eject the live round. After battling these problems, after about 40 rounds, the gun simply would not fire anymore. A gunsmith on site wasn't able to disassemble the gun, as something had broken off, or become lodged internally. Needless to say, my girlfriend was not impressed with the initial reliability of this gun. Over 500 rounds through my new glock, and nearly 1000 rounds through my sigma without a single malfunction. After inspection by the gunsmith, it appears that a piece of the primer became lodged around the firing pin. A Kahr specialist is supposed to come by tomorrow to check it out. I'm aware of the advised break-in period for these guns, but this gun will require a little more attention.
The guys at the gun range were very helpful, and knowlegdable, and eased my mind with their efforts to find a solution to my problem with the gun. Customer service makes all the difference. :yup:
While we were waiting for the pm9 to be repaired, we were given a pm40 to shoot. Whoa, whole different animal. I must admit that this would have been the wrong choice for my girlfriend. Niether of us were able to achieve the same accuracy that we had attained with the PM9. Recoil was much more noticable, although not rediculous. The PM9 was such a sweet shooting gun that I don't have any regrets about not going with the larger cartrige of the PM40. My girlfirend was excited when we left the range, and asked me about what was involved with acquiring a CCW permit.:duh: Made my day.
Thank you guys for this great site. :hand10: