Kahr CW9 melt job?

Stoble · November 3rd, 2009, 06:16 PM

Purchased my first Kahr today and wondered if anyone had done a melt job on the slide? Filing, sanding, then polishing would be a labor of love project. Looks like it just asks for the modification. Thankfully it is stainless.

TX-JB · November 3rd, 2009, 07:46 PM

I don't know about the slide, but you can probably melt the frame in the oven...

Stoble · November 3rd, 2009, 08:08 PM

Plastic frame oven melt must just be a Texas thang. Never heard of it in N.C.

ASHTXSNIPER · November 3rd, 2009, 08:11 PM

Isnt that already done on the P9?

Stoble · November 3rd, 2009, 10:25 PM

The CW9 does not. Part of the way it was sold cheaper.

Gunney · November 3rd, 2009, 11:55 PM

I have done a melt job on my Kahrs (CW9, PM9 and K9) Using 800 grit emory cloth I rounded the edges at the rear of the frame, the slide release and the trigger guard on the PM and CW9s. Also sanded down the "knobs" on the front of the grip and put skateboard tape on the area. Did the same to slide release and trigger guard on the K9.

dam294 · November 4th, 2009, 12:06 AM

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!!

Stoble · November 4th, 2009, 12:58 AM

Thanks Gunney, seems to be going well as you have been on a roll.

TX-JB · November 4th, 2009, 02:25 AM

Be sure to let us see it when you're done... I may have to do it to my CW9....

Gunney · November 5th, 2009, 10:50 PM

Really didn't do anything that would show up well in pictures, even if I could do that with my limited ability with a camera. All I did was gently break the sharp edges and round the corners. I like the Kahrs, as you can tell, but they do come stock with some pretty sharp edges. I rounded the left rear of the frame of the CW and PM because it was impacting the base of the thumb during recoil. I smoothed the right side of the trigger guards just to help my trigger finger slip into the guard a little easier. The pimples on the front of the grip would dig into my fingers and really did not seem to keep the CW or PM for twisting slightly under recoil. The skateboard tape solved that nicely.

November 3rd, 2009, 06:16 PM	#1
Stoble Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC Posts: 34	Kahr CW9 melt job? Purchased my first Kahr today and wondered if anyone had done a melt job on the slide? Filing, sanding, then polishing would be a labor of love project. Looks like it just asks for the modification. Thankfully it is stainless.

November 3rd, 2009, 07:46 PM	#2
TX-JB VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 3,145	I don't know about the slide, but you can probably melt the frame in the oven... __________________ *"We're in Texas....Things are different here."* *NRA Life Member*

November 3rd, 2009, 08:11 PM	#4
ASHTXSNIPER Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 29	Isnt that already done on the P9? __________________ Proud houlder of a Texas Open Carry License.

November 4th, 2009, 12:06 AM	#7
dam294 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: N. Georgia Posts: 86	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!! __________________ __________________ Member: http://www.GeorgiaCarry.org/

November 4th, 2009, 02:25 AM	#9
TX-JB VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 3,145	Be sure to let us see it when you're done... I may have to do it to my CW9.... __________________ *"We're in Texas....Things are different here."* *NRA Life Member*

November 3rd, 2009, 08:08 PM	#3
Stoble Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC Posts: 34	Plastic frame oven melt must just be a Texas thang. Never heard of it in N.C.

November 3rd, 2009, 10:25 PM	#5
Stoble Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC Posts: 34	The CW9 does not. Part of the way it was sold cheaper.

November 3rd, 2009, 11:55 PM	#6
Gunney Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Raleigh Posts: 133	I have done a melt job on my Kahrs (CW9, PM9 and K9) Using 800 grit emory cloth I rounded the edges at the rear of the frame, the slide release and the trigger guard on the PM and CW9s. Also sanded down the "knobs" on the front of the grip and put skateboard tape on the area. Did the same to slide release and trigger guard on the K9.

November 4th, 2009, 12:58 AM	#8
Stoble Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC Posts: 34	Thanks Gunney, seems to be going well as you have been on a roll.

November 5th, 2009, 10:50 PM	#10
Gunney Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Raleigh Posts: 133	Really didn't do anything that would show up well in pictures, even if I could do that with my limited ability with a camera. All I did was gently break the sharp edges and round the corners. I like the Kahrs, as you can tell, but they do come stock with some pretty sharp edges. I rounded the left rear of the frame of the CW and PM because it was impacting the base of the thumb during recoil. I smoothed the right side of the trigger guards just to help my trigger finger slip into the guard a little easier. The pimples on the front of the grip would dig into my fingers and really did not seem to keep the CW or PM for twisting slightly under recoil. The skateboard tape solved that nicely.

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