Kahr CM9 vs Shield

[9mmContagion]

So, I will have to stick with my self make Kahr Covert.

Love my CW9 Covert.. best of both worlds! Easy concealment with a longer sight radius!

I also believe the CW9 is more comparable with the Shield

[DNA]

I didn't have much of a learning curve with my CW9 when I had it. The trigger pull WAS long, but it was just so buttery smooth that I adapted pretty quickly. But, yeah, there is that 200-250 round break in period. Then there is the issue of the inability of the gun to slingshot the first round into the chamber (not sure if any other Kahrs are like this)-an oddity more than a problem. I'd buy another!

Agreed, the trigger on my MK9 was and still is the best DAO trigger I've gone across. Buttery smooth, metal trigger, good solid feel.

Both my MK9 and Shield never had "break in" issues and just ran, both have had at least 1k rounds a piece without malfunction unlike some Glock 43s. The shield won out in the end due to lighter weight, higher capacity magazines and much cheaper mags.

Dan

[KahrMan]

One is available off the roster, he other isn't?

[Jimi Jah]

I'll stick with S&W, Kahr has too many issues over the years.

[AKA15]

I'll stick with S&W, Kahr has too many issues over the years.

What issues are these?

[vintagearms]

What issues are these?

Failure to eject, failure to fully go into battery, slide peening. Those are the ones I dealt with on my PM9. Got so bad that Kahr exchanged my PM9 for an MK9 at no additional charge. Sold it a few years later and now have the Shield.

[stormvet]

Failure to eject, failure to fully go into battery, slide peening. Those are the ones I dealt with on my PM9. Got so bad that Kahr exchanged my PM9 for an MK9 at no additional charge. Sold it a few years later and now have the Shield.

Sounds like you got a bad one. I bought my PM9 in 2008, it has been pretty darn reliable from day one. It only has a a little more then 2000 rounds fired, don't shoot it a bunch and besides the occasional couple of mags of carry ammo has been feed my 124 gn reloads almost exclusively.

I have read reports of people having problems with them, but have no first hand experience with it. Every manufacturer puts out a lemon or two from time to time, I believe there are way to many happy owners to condemn Kahr with making a bad product.

I will say they can be temperamental, it's in the design. I know with mine, the mags do not always drop free, the slide lock lever must be used to feed a round. Sling shot method will almost always cause a failure to feed malfunction with the round nosediving. I don't know if this is the case with all models.

I bout mine as a BUG, deep concealment gun. I always carry with a round in the chamber and although I carry a spare mag it is not exactly gonna be accessed quickly. It works more then fine for my purpose with the gun, the size and it's reliability with 9mm fire power is why I keep it.

[heidad01]

If you go with Kahr, you gotta go all stainless. K series.

[AKA15]

I assume the Kahr is off roster? or just the CM9?

[tbc]

I assume the Kahr is off roster?

Not the PM9, which is just a fancier variant of a CM9.

[ExpendableYouth]

Sig P938 for the win!

[mievil]

Love my CW9 Covert.. best of both worlds! Easy concealment with a longer sight radius!

Did you buy your Covert?

[CJJohn]

I had a CM 9 and ended up selling it. I don't shoot revolvers much so the trigger was a no go for me. I know I could have trained through it, but I honestly didn't want to.Yes, I have Shields...... 9mm and 45, and have not looked back.

That's not saying it wasn't a good gun, it just wasn't for me.....

[stormvet]

I had a CM 9 and ended up selling it. I don't shoot revolvers much so the trigger was a no go for me. I know I could have trained through it, but I honestly didn't want to.Yes, I have Shields...... 9mm and 45, and have not looked back.

That's not saying it wasn't a good gun, it just wasn't for me.....

Copy that John, I was fine with the long smooth trigger pull. It was the loooong reset that took me awhile to get use too. It can be real easy to not let the trigger out far enough for reset and then attempt to fire another round and get nothing.

[floogy]

Not a big fan of Kahrs. A CW9 was my first carry gun, still on my permit. But the long trigger pull isn't my cup of tea. I much prefer my Shield and Glock. I find the typical striker triggers more predictable and like the shorter pull.

Nothing wrong with the Kahr, I'm sure the P series and the metal frame guns are nicer, but I know the trigger is the same.