Calling all Kahr shooters

[RebelRabbi]

The Kahr is a high tolerance gun. Meaning it is milled to very close fit. A loose fit helps make a gun more reliable such as the AK-47. I have a CW9 and I had a minor problem with the Slide Lock spring, replaced it and trouble free. Honestly, I would pick the Glock 36 over the P-45. Unless you can afford a Rohrbaugh, nothing is in the class of the PM9.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[LeChuck]

I'd disagree with you rebel. Rohrbaugh makes a fine gun, but they really don't offer anything that Kahr doesn't have at a smaller price (though Kahrs aren't cheap either). I own a K9 and a MK9, carry the MK9 daily (in the winter I carry it as a BUG) and gotta say I'll take it over a R9 any day. It's heavier, by a large margin but then again you expect that with a steel frame. It also helps dampen the recoil significantly.

[amready]

My PM9 has worked perfect with 300 rds fired.

[GregDepot]

if it hasnt been said use grease on the slide it helps

[02PSD4ME]

Here is my Kahr story having to do with my P45 and Kahr's Customer service.

My post is not about the PM9 but about Kahr's Customer service.

I took my Kahr P45 to the range for the first time hoping to have a good range session, it did not happen. On my 49th rd, something smacked me in the forehead. After clearing the gun I looked around on the ground and found a spring and pin. After looking at the book I got with the gun, I found it to be the extractor pin and spring, could not find the extractor.

I contacted Kahr on Monday and they told be to send it back and they would cover it. Sent in in on Wed. and I got it back on the following Mon. They replaced the whole slide, keeping my barrel, upgraded the mag release and installed a new set of night sights, I sent mine in with standard sites.

Since I got it back I have put 600 more rds thur it with NO problems, it is a very nice and Accurate shooting gun.

I have to say that their Customer service was EXCELLENT in my case, and I would not hesitate to purchase another one.

I am now thinking about swapping out my EDC, which is a Taurus PT-145 with the Kahr P45.

[harley2007]

I have a PM9 that I have had for about 7 years....love it and trust it, and for me, it shoots as well as any of my others. Remember to take what you read on the net with a grain of salt....sure there are other slim pistols...like my PPS....but the PM series is in a class by itself for size....pocket carry rocks with it....and no other gun that is readily available will fit like the PM...unless you drop to a 380.

[crzy4guns]

I have the Kahr CW9 that I purchased recently and I have over 200 flawless rounds through it already. I would venture to say you would be safe buying a Kahr pistol.

[CLASS3NH]

if it hasnt been said use grease on the slide it helps

Soooooo That's what the sticky stuff on my gun was when I bought it <just kidding>
When I first got the gun, I thought the previous owner may not have known how to maintain the gun, but I guess I was wrong. I stripped the gun down, cleaned it up, and spread a little more "sticky stuff' on the rails. Works like a charm

[Paymeister]

"Grease on the rails", huh?

OK, better to show ignorance than continue in it:

If I get a CW9, I am inclined to use Gunzilla (my choice of gun cleaning elixirs) to clean it thoroughly. Once I've done that, a certain amount of lubrication is provided by Gunzilla itself. What more should I add, and to which parts?

I would appreciate actual brand recommendations, too: when one says, "Grease the rails" I would be inclined to use automotive wheel-bearing grease. I'm not sure that's what is meant.

[tkruf]

"Grease on the rails", huh?

OK, better to show ignorance than continue in it:

If I get a CW9, I am inclined to use Gunzilla (my choice of gun cleaning elixirs) to clean it thoroughly. Once I've done that, a certain amount of lubrication is provided by Gunzilla itself. What more should I add, and to which parts?

I would appreciate actual brand recommendations, too: when one says, "Grease the rails" I would be inclined to use automotive wheel-bearing grease. I'm not sure that's what is meant.

I also am not sure what they mean by grease. Like you, I think auto wheel bearing grease. I have a CW9 and I did like you, I use gunzilla to clean it, then I just put a small drop of Hoppes oil on each rail on the frame and on the rail grooves in the slide. I put a drop on the barrel and wipe lightly with a cloth.

[targus]

I am very pleased with my PM9. It has never had a failure and is my EDC

Same here.

[tokerblue]

I have a CW9 and I did like you, I use gunzilla to clean it, then I just put a small drop of Hoppes oil on each rail on the frame and on the rail grooves in the slide. I put a drop on the barrel and wipe lightly with a cloth.

- This is the same EXACT thing I do. I clean the Kahr thoroughly with Gunzilla and then and drop of Hoppes Lubricant on the rails. I have used Gunzilla alone for lubricant and it's run fine. I do like the extra slick feeling of the Hoppes Lubricant, so I use just a little.

[mfcmb]

"Grease on the rails", huh?
If I get a CW9, I am inclined to use Gunzilla (my choice of gun cleaning elixirs) to clean it thoroughly. Once I've done that, a certain amount of lubrication is provided by Gunzilla itself. What more should I add, and to which parts?.

For the first two years I owned my CW9 I used Eexoz for both cleaning and lubrication. During this time I shot around 3,000 rounds and made several thousand dry-fire clicks.

For most of that time I was entirely satisfied with Eezox, but towards the end of that period I noticed that the action had started to have a loose feel. Nothing overt, just my sense of how operating it felt.

Recently I've switched to Weapon Shield, which seems like a thick oil. I don't have enough experience with it to either reccommend or discourage it's use, but the action now feels just right.

[targus]

I use Breakfree CLP and Militec metal conditioning grease exclusively on my PM9. No problems after thousands of rounds.

[GregDepot]

moly slide paste i used on the rails