Did substantial prep of a new Kahr PM9 over the past week. It paid off, and thanks again to jocko and other members, including but not limited to, gb6491 (Greg).
First outing: shot 150 rounds range ammo (115gr FMJ) consisting of 100 Freedom Munitions and 50 of Federal Champion Aluminum-cased.
Only 1 FTF- a nose dive, with the 7-rd magazine shooting Freedom. Just pulled back on the slide a bit and it fed in. There were no other issues.
Back home, I sanded a bit more off the follower of that magazine. There is a specific area on the right leading edge of the follower that passes through the open side window on
the magazine. That open side window has been referred to as the 'magazine latch window'. Confirm the area on follower that passes through that window best as you are able.
Do not sand the entire right side of the follower. Instructions are in 'Proper prep of a new Kahr' under 'Magazine Fix' at end of post #1. I performed the recommended test there and all three magazines initially failed. All my magazines now pass jockos test as described in that paragraph.
There is also a photo of the area in this thread: http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...sues-and-fixes . Scroll down to 3rd and 4th set of photos in post #2, but I did not find it necessary to cut away any area on the follower. I just sanded the whole area that he cut away as well as the area he rounded. Greg duly notes that after those photos and states: "*If you are doing this mod to eliminate nose dives, you may not need to remove as much material as shown here. Try removing just enough material to allow the follower to pass the magazine latch without issue. You can usually see where the latch is being scrapped by the follower...".
I do believe the magazine test is not essential or mandatory but there's little doubt in my mind that had I not sanded down the followers on these mags it would've been a far less enjoyable range session. It is likely, though, that this issue would work itself out merely by breaking in of the gun, but it might take a while. So I do recommend doing jocko's 'Magazine Fix' test (http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...-of-a-new-kahr ) prior to the first range session and if mag(s) do not pass it go ahead and sand the followers.
And do heed the proper orientation of the magazine spring when it is attached to the follower. See, post #6 in this thread: http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...ards-from-Kahr
Used the three magazines that came with the firearm- two 6-rd, and the 7-rd. Shot more or less equal number of rounds out of each.
LOVE the pistol!
Thanks!