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I came across this article on another forum, its from The Bang Switch on the Military Channel Blog. It seems some of the Kahrs, especially the CM9 can have a problem when holstering the weapon, it can be rendered inoperable. This may not be a problem for your gun, but you should read the article and be sure yours doesn't do this.......The flaw I’m talking about is the guide rod slightly protruding from the front of the slide, which occurs when the weapon is holstered. While it seems as though this is perhaps nothing more than cosmetic inconvenience, it’s actually quite a bit more serious than what you may think. This condition will occur when you either ride the slide home gently, or worse, when you push the slide back slightly while it’s loaded and ready to go (or so you think). Why is this a problem? With the firearm in this condition it’s non-functional. If you pull the trigger the striker will fall forward taking the slide home with it and forcing the tip of the guide rod to fall back into alignment with the face of the slide. The only problem is that this robs the striker of critical inertia and doesn’t leave it enough oomph to ignite the primer. Not a big deal, right? Just “sling shot” the slide, or use the slide stop to release the slide per the instructions in the user manual when you load the gun and all should be good.
Not quite. If you place the pistol in a holster and the friction from it being inserted causes the slide to move back ever so slightly, the tip of the guide rod will pop into this state and render the firearm inoperable. You won’t be able to tell the gun is in a non-functional state until you remove the gun from the holster. That means once you holster the pistol you never know if it’s going to work with you draw it. If you carry the gun in a pocket without a holster (not advisable) you can easily knock the slide back causing the weapon to enter this disabled state.
Thinking perhaps this was something unique to my CM9 I checked out a few more at the gun shop. Sure enough, both that I handled had this same issue to various degrees. One would solidly perch the slide on the tip of the guide rod every time it was slightly retracted and no amount of forward pressure would dislodge it. The other pistol would do it occasionally but not quite as firmly. A slight bump to the back of the slide would dislodge it and return the gun to its normal state.
I’ve not sent the gun back to Kahr yet but I probably will at some point. I believe if a slightly steeper bevel were applied to the cap on the guide rod, or to the hole in the slide in which it rests, the problem would disappear. Perhaps later production models have incorporated this fix, as I mentioned earlier this is one of the first guns off the production line.
It’s interesting to note that the larger CW9 pistol has a straight guide rod, sans the cap on the end, and thus doesn’t suffer from this affliction. I’m not sure what the purpose of the cap is on the CM9, but I would prefer another solution to whatever problem it presumably solves be found.
I don't know how valid this is but its worth a look see by anyone who carries the weapon, to be sure you are always safe !!!!!!!
Not quite. If you place the pistol in a holster and the friction from it being inserted causes the slide to move back ever so slightly, the tip of the guide rod will pop into this state and render the firearm inoperable. You won’t be able to tell the gun is in a non-functional state until you remove the gun from the holster. That means once you holster the pistol you never know if it’s going to work with you draw it. If you carry the gun in a pocket without a holster (not advisable) you can easily knock the slide back causing the weapon to enter this disabled state.
Thinking perhaps this was something unique to my CM9 I checked out a few more at the gun shop. Sure enough, both that I handled had this same issue to various degrees. One would solidly perch the slide on the tip of the guide rod every time it was slightly retracted and no amount of forward pressure would dislodge it. The other pistol would do it occasionally but not quite as firmly. A slight bump to the back of the slide would dislodge it and return the gun to its normal state.
I’ve not sent the gun back to Kahr yet but I probably will at some point. I believe if a slightly steeper bevel were applied to the cap on the guide rod, or to the hole in the slide in which it rests, the problem would disappear. Perhaps later production models have incorporated this fix, as I mentioned earlier this is one of the first guns off the production line.
It’s interesting to note that the larger CW9 pistol has a straight guide rod, sans the cap on the end, and thus doesn’t suffer from this affliction. I’m not sure what the purpose of the cap is on the CM9, but I would prefer another solution to whatever problem it presumably solves be found.
I don't know how valid this is but its worth a look see by anyone who carries the weapon, to be sure you are always safe !!!!!!!
