CW9 - what has been your experience?

[Gebe]

As stated in another thread, I've been wanting a Kahr for years. Finally went for a CW9. Upon receipt I field stripped it like I always do with new pistols. It was the dirtiest pistol inside I've ever seen! Pieces and flashings of plastic everywhere.

After around 3 hours of removing all the grit, I took it to the range. It ran perfect through several magazines. Loaded it up with one last magazine and after the last shot, I noticed the front sight was gone! It had blown right off.

Contacted Kahr and they sent a new one right out. The front sight is held on by 2 plastic posts that fit through holes in the slide and the posts are heated and mushroomed on. This time, I epoxied them on along with the heating and mushrooming and no problem through many rounds.

All these aside, I just love this pistol! So light and thin. The double action trigger pull is long but silky smooth. Takes a little getting used to but is easily mastered.

I've since added a stainless guide rod to replace the plastic stock one and is probably not necessary but I just trust the stainless over the plastic.

This thing has never hiccuped even once and feeds and fires everything I run through it. Even with the initial issues, this is a gun I am proud to own and so glad I bought it.

[Tjironhorse]

As stated in another thread, I've been wanting a Kahr for years. Finally went for a CW9. Upon receipt I field stripped it like I always do with new pistols. It was the dirtiest pistol inside I've ever seen! Pieces and flashings of plastic everywhere.

After around 3 hours of removing all the grit, I took it to the range. It ran perfect through several magazines. Loaded it up with one last magazine and after the last shot, I noticed the front sight was gone! It had blown right off.

Contacted Kahr and they sent a new one right out. The front sight is held on by 2 plastic posts that fit through holes in the slide and the posts are heated and mushroomed on. This time, I epoxied them on along with the heating and mushrooming and no problem through many rounds.

All these aside, I just love this pistol! So light and thin. The double action trigger pull is long but silky smooth. Takes a little getting used to but is easily mastered.

I've since added a stainless guide rod to replace the plastic stock one and is probably not necessary but I just trust the stainless over the plastic.

This thing has never hiccuped even once and feeds and fires everything I run through it. Even with the initial issues, this is a gun I am proud to own and so glad I bought it.

Just fired my new CW9 yesterday. 200 flawless rounds through 4 different magazines, along with different bullet weights.
I. Curious. My gun has a steel guide rod, not a plastic one. Not a stainless one, but def not plastic. Did Kahr use plastic on older models, assuming yours is an older gun?

[Gebe]

Just fired my new CW9 yesterday. 200 flawless rounds through 4 different magazines, along with different bullet weights.
I. Curious. My gun has a steel guide rod, not a plastic one. Not a stainless one, but def not plastic. Did Kahr use plastic on older models, assuming yours is an older gun?

So sorry for the misinformation. I should have said "steel guide rod" not plastic! Like you Tjironhorse, other than my thorough cleaning of my brand new CW9, (shouldn't happen in a new gun!), and the front sight blowing off, it ran like a champ! Upon field stripping it after many rounds, I noticed the stock steel guide rod had some scars on it. Whether this was a detriment or not and would maybe effect further shooting, I didn't care for it.

I did some research here and found out that Lakeline made a nice hardened stainless steel guide rod. I went for one, installed it and put some more rounds down range and field stripped the gun again, and there were no more scars.

Not saying the original steel guide rod won't be good enough and last a lot of rounds but the LL SS guide rod is so smooth and so hard, I'm glad I bought it!