wyntrout
10-07-2012, 01:00 PM
Well, I finally made it the dealer Saturday and picked up the P9 DLC with Novak NS.
I think that Lucky13 got his dealer to send it USPS Priority Mail Tuesday and it got into town late Wednesday. The USPS tracking said they tried to deliver on Thursday and did on Friday. I went in Saturday and got it. What a great little pistol! It's like my K9 without the extra half pound or so!
It was in great shape and very dry lube-wise. I took care of that today and tore down the slide and the magazines. I shot NCBC through the striker and extractor tunnels and then a quick shot of WD40 through the extractor tunnel. I cleaned up the overspray and then lubed everything with Tetra oil. I cleaned all of that off the striker and parts, leaving only a little oil on the spring and the safety block... and the entire extractor train, of course. That all went back together with no drama during the entire process... nothing went flying!
The mags were dirty and I ran a large, tight patch through the tubes and then cleaned and lubed the internal parts. The springs and tube were dusty and I found a good-sized dust bunny in each tube.:eek:
I did use some Flitz to polish the feed ramp and the underside of the slide aft of the "stripper". While I had the slide apart, I went ahead and put my last (of 3) Wolff 5-lb striker springs in it to reduce the trigger pull and racking force for my wife. Ostensibly, this is my wife's get-home pistol. :rolleyes: I still have to get an OWB holster and set up a belt for her. I already have 4 mags, so there are 6 for it and the K9... and I have unassigned 8-round extended grip mags that I can give her one for a carry spare, too.
I used Tetra grease on the rails... front and rear, as well as pre-loading the front grooves on the frame. I put a little Tetra oil on the plastic rails, and on everything else that needed oil. I got it all back together and wiped it down a few times before making a bike tube grip cover. I still have about 2/3 of that 1.75" tube left... after making 6 grip covers and maybe a bad one or two. This one was just right on the first attempt. I washed the cover, dried it and shot some silicon spray all over it. Then I dried that off and put it on easily. It looks and feels great.
There was a little bevel on the "stripper" part of the slide, but it's not critical on the 9mm... plenty of room behind the top round in the magazine for the stripper to fit behind... unlike the .45's, where the stripper might rest on top of the cartridge rim, rather than behind it.
There was also no "notch" in the slide's front receptacle for the recoil spring assembly. I looked closely and saw no sign of wear or damage where the recoil assembly might be beating against that area, so I'll just watch it.
The rear sight is definitely Novak, but I'm not sure if the dovetails are different from the regular Kahrs'. I'll try to compare the dimensions later. I don't know what all I'll be doing to the pistol for my wife... whether she will need more visible sights... fiber optic, or what... her eyesight is worse than mine... and her arms are not long enough... if you know what I mean... holding stuff out far enough to read without glasses. I'll still thinking about having it Mag-na-ported, too, and maybe then some different sights. SHE will have to shoot it and see how she likes it.
Well, now a few pages of pictures. I'm on my Ubuntu machine and I don't have the familiarity or software to manipulate the photos as I normally would, so I'll see how it goes.
First a pictures of the pistol with magazines, then a few of the sights, and then the front inner rails... no "chip"!
Wynn:)
I think that Lucky13 got his dealer to send it USPS Priority Mail Tuesday and it got into town late Wednesday. The USPS tracking said they tried to deliver on Thursday and did on Friday. I went in Saturday and got it. What a great little pistol! It's like my K9 without the extra half pound or so!
It was in great shape and very dry lube-wise. I took care of that today and tore down the slide and the magazines. I shot NCBC through the striker and extractor tunnels and then a quick shot of WD40 through the extractor tunnel. I cleaned up the overspray and then lubed everything with Tetra oil. I cleaned all of that off the striker and parts, leaving only a little oil on the spring and the safety block... and the entire extractor train, of course. That all went back together with no drama during the entire process... nothing went flying!
The mags were dirty and I ran a large, tight patch through the tubes and then cleaned and lubed the internal parts. The springs and tube were dusty and I found a good-sized dust bunny in each tube.:eek:
I did use some Flitz to polish the feed ramp and the underside of the slide aft of the "stripper". While I had the slide apart, I went ahead and put my last (of 3) Wolff 5-lb striker springs in it to reduce the trigger pull and racking force for my wife. Ostensibly, this is my wife's get-home pistol. :rolleyes: I still have to get an OWB holster and set up a belt for her. I already have 4 mags, so there are 6 for it and the K9... and I have unassigned 8-round extended grip mags that I can give her one for a carry spare, too.
I used Tetra grease on the rails... front and rear, as well as pre-loading the front grooves on the frame. I put a little Tetra oil on the plastic rails, and on everything else that needed oil. I got it all back together and wiped it down a few times before making a bike tube grip cover. I still have about 2/3 of that 1.75" tube left... after making 6 grip covers and maybe a bad one or two. This one was just right on the first attempt. I washed the cover, dried it and shot some silicon spray all over it. Then I dried that off and put it on easily. It looks and feels great.
There was a little bevel on the "stripper" part of the slide, but it's not critical on the 9mm... plenty of room behind the top round in the magazine for the stripper to fit behind... unlike the .45's, where the stripper might rest on top of the cartridge rim, rather than behind it.
There was also no "notch" in the slide's front receptacle for the recoil spring assembly. I looked closely and saw no sign of wear or damage where the recoil assembly might be beating against that area, so I'll just watch it.
The rear sight is definitely Novak, but I'm not sure if the dovetails are different from the regular Kahrs'. I'll try to compare the dimensions later. I don't know what all I'll be doing to the pistol for my wife... whether she will need more visible sights... fiber optic, or what... her eyesight is worse than mine... and her arms are not long enough... if you know what I mean... holding stuff out far enough to read without glasses. I'll still thinking about having it Mag-na-ported, too, and maybe then some different sights. SHE will have to shoot it and see how she likes it.
Well, now a few pages of pictures. I'm on my Ubuntu machine and I don't have the familiarity or software to manipulate the photos as I normally would, so I'll see how it goes.
First a pictures of the pistol with magazines, then a few of the sights, and then the front inner rails... no "chip"!
Wynn:)