(Update: HERE!)Still waiting for my K9 to ship (🙁) so I’m buying another one tomorrow

[rms2324]

Hey folks. Got a random message from a friend saying he wants to sell his K9, asking $325. He just replaced the grips and recoil spring, comes with 2 extra recoil springs as well as 2 mags. Meeting him tomorrow. Too good of a price to pass up. Can anyone tell me the difference between this model without the frame contour compared to the new model with the frame contour? Thanks for the help

Pictures in Imgur link below
https://imgur.com/a/RvAT2XF

[ripley16]

From what you describe as no "frame contour", that would be a very early carbon steel model. The "original" K9. Great gun for that price. It will almost certainly have the original/standard long trigger pull. Other than that very similar to today's K9. Enjoy.

Similar to this.

[Canine Dave]

That's pretty cool. I would be tempted to tell Kahr Co to keep your old beater and just send your $1200 back, adjusted for inflation.

This is a link to the thread that shows many of the differences...

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...frame-K-series

[Canine Dave]

Ironically posted by ripley16 as a young man.

[rms2324]

That's pretty cool. I would be tempted to tell Kahr Co to keep your old beater and just send your $1200 back, adjusted for inflation.

This is a link to the thread that shows many of the differences...

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...frame-K-series

Thank you! I got it for $760 new so not a terrible price lol

[rms2324]

That's pretty cool. I would be tempted to tell Kahr Co to keep your old beater and just send your $1200 back, adjusted for inflation.

This is a link to the thread that shows many of the differences...

http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...frame-K-series

Honestly depending on how I like this one, I may end up selling my new K9, we’ll see. I doubt I’ll get anywhere near what I paid for it. Nothing set in stone yet though

[rms2324]

Update: got it, took it to the range, ran great no problems at all with aluminum and brass. Unbelievably smooth shooter. I had my EDC, my Sig P365 XL with me and I wanted to compare recoil. Huge difference, the 365 XL had much more pronounced, “snappy” recoil compared to the K9, I mean fairly dramatic difference. The K9’s trigger has the longer pull but still smooth as ever, like a nice DA revolver. Really made me focus on trigger control

I damn near had a heart attack when re-assembling the gun before shooting at the range.

I put the pin in with the slide too far back. The slide and barrel would not move forward, only back and the barrel was about halfway in the slide. I was freaking out, thought IÂ’d have to sent it back to Kahr but I got it with the olÂ’ magazine disassembly trick. Got a scratch on it with the mag when trying.

Can that scratch be covered by rebluing the effected areas? Not worried about the scratches but I would like to reblue some surface scratches soon

[JohnR]

From what you describe as no "frame contour", that would be a very early carbon steel model. The "original" K9. Great gun for that price. It will almost certainly have the original/standard long trigger pull. Other than that very similar to today's K9. Enjoy.

Similar to this.

Are those blued cases, too?

[Canine Dave]

Are those blued cases, too?

With matching Walnut bullets?

[Bawanna]

Update: got it, took it to the range, ran great no problems at all with aluminum and brass. Unbelievably smooth shooter. I had my EDC, my Sig P365 XL with me and I wanted to compare recoil. Huge difference, the 365 XL had much more pronounced, “snappy” recoil compared to the K9, I mean fairly dramatic difference. The K9’s trigger has the longer pull but still smooth as ever, like a nice DA revolver. Really made me focus on trigger control

I damn near had a heart attack when re-assembling the gun before shooting at the range.

I put the pin in with the slide too far back. The slide and barrel would not move forward, only back and the barrel was about halfway in the slide. I was freaking out, thought IÂ’d have to sent it back to Kahr but I got it with the olÂ’ magazine disassembly trick. Got a scratch on it with the mag when trying.

Can that scratch be covered by rebluing the effected areas? Not worried about the scratches but I would like to reblue some surface scratches soon

Birchwood Casey makes a pen that basically applies cold blue. It may or may not match perfectly but covers up the shiny scratch. If this is on the newer gun I'm not sure how well it will work as its stainless under the blue.