Is It Just Me, Or Do Any Of You Have A Difficult Time Shooting Kahrs?

They shoot fine for me (PM9 and P380). I find the PM9 is easy to shoot accurately. I like the long trigger pull, and also double action revolvers.
 
Nothing beyond the same trouble I have with all small guns.

Everybody's hands are different, and will have different preferences on ergonomics. Most people love the PPQ's ergos, but I find that rear hump rather uncomfortable in my hand. If it doesn't work for you, move on instead of trying to 'make' it work based on somebody else's experiences.

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Weird maybe they are just not the right fit for you or you just need a ton of dryfire. Maybe they are Your firearm kryptonite if you will. :D



I shoot most things passably (not great by ANY STRETCH) from mouseguns to beltfeds I can run anything passably................................except the Beretta Tomcat/Bobcat/itty bitty things. DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN if you don't want to get shot by me with one of these, stand directly in front of me. I might as well just throw the darn things.
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I loved my Kahr P40. Shot slow, it shoots fine...great! Shot relatively fast, gun in hand, I'm reasonably accurate.

Draw and shoot accuracy was miserable. I got better, even good, but I lacked confidence in a potentially stressful condition.
 
Just the reverse. I shoot my CW9 very well. In fact it shoots better than one would expect for a compact pistol.
 
I've noticed that few gun shops stock any of the steel framed Kahr's and all people get to handle are the polymer framed models.
This leads them to think that all Kahr's handle and feel the same...they don't.

I bought an early stainless steel K9 and it's a world different then the polymer models.
The rubber grips make it feel very much like a miniature Browning Hi-Power, and the steel weight allows much better trigger control.
Since I grew up with and did a lot of shooting with Colt revolvers and later S&W revolvers, the transition to the K9 was almost seamless.

I shoot it very well and accurately, with the understanding that the Kahr's are not target pistols, they're people shooters.

The steel K series are not pocket pistols, and they need a holster, but before writing Kahr off, try a steel "full size" model.
 
I have an MK9, which is the smaller version of the K9. Stainless as well.

It's disturbingly accurate, if it does shoot quite a bit low. The trigger stacks right before it breaks, which makes it very predictable and shootable.

I haven't done a lot of fast shooting with it, but that's on the list for the next range trip.
 
I have medium and large Kahrs. They are easier to grip, especially the steel models. The polymer models get some brand of grip sleeve as it feels a tad small for my hand. That helps. As to the trigger, I just don't try to stage it. One smooth pull. It isn't a target gun. My personal favorite is the TP9. Gets acceptable accuracy and soft recoil. The P9 is similar to the TP, just a bit slower to shoot rapidly. I also do Militec 1 treatment on them and that seems to help smooth out the trigger with a drop of tw25b on the cam.

Kahrs take some getting used to. Where you place your finger on the Kahr trigger may matter. Unlike other guns, I place more finger on the trigger... to the end of the first digit. That feels more natural to me especially near the end of the pull.
 
It's not you. The trigger on my CM9 has a long stroke and I traded it for a Ruger LC9S. Kept pulling my shots with the CM9.
 
Not you. It stacks at the end.

Therefore, I have no idea why people describe it as revolver like. I haven't shot a revolver that stacks at the end in double action...In fact, a good revolver doesn't.
 
It's not you. The trigger on my CM9 has a long stroke and I traded it for a Ruger LC9S. Kept pulling my shots with the CM9.
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Not you. It stacks at the end.

Therefore, I have no idea why people describe it as revolver like. I haven't shot a revolver that stacks at the end in double action...In fact, a good revolver doesn't.
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If it's a problem with the gun's trigger why does mine shoot fine?
 
I don't recall stating you couldn't shoot yours well.

I said the often thrown around comparison of the Kahr trigger to a great DA revolver pull makes no sense for anyone who owns a Kahr or a revolver.

I didn't say, but will now say I don't care for the "i" sights that are rather large. I under stand the size for such a gun, just don't care for "i" dots.
 
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No worries with my CW45...

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I said the often thrown around comparison of the Kahr trigger to a great DA revolver pull makes no sense for anyone who owns a Kahr or a revolver.
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A Kahr trigger has absolutely no stacking the pull weight is extremely linear, all DA revolvers stack to some degree as the trigger loses leverage advantage on the spring as it's compressed. Colt's while smooth as butter stack at the end because the lockwork allows the trigger to also push the pawl into the cylinder.

As to the OP's issue stop trying to stage the trigger and learn to stroke thru the pull without disturbing the gun.
Easy way to practice is to use a laser pointer attached to the gun and dry fire while holding the laser perfectly still on a target (Or crimson trace is you can afford it)
 
Op, I agree I too have a hard time with the triggers on Kahr's even though I like the way they feel in my hand.
I'm sure it is just a problem between my ears and more training would fix it, but I've found other guns that I don't have a problem with so I will just stick with them.
 
If I haven't shot my MK98 in a while I have a tendency to not let the trigger reset, if I'm trying to shoot with any speed, because it's longer than my other pistols.
 
Kahrs are good pistols

I had the CM9 for awhile

But.......

Doing accurate doubletaps with the extremely long trigger and extremely long reset

Was beyond my skillset

I do much better with M&Ps
 
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