Kahr Poll

How do you rate KAHR's you have owned?

  • No problems at all

    Votes: 58 69.9%

  • Minor problems that worked out after break in

    Votes: 16 19.3%

  • Had to return the gun to the shop once, then no more problems

    Votes: 4 4.8%

  • Had to return more than once

    Votes: 2 2.4%

  • Sold gun in disgust

    Votes: 3 3.6%
  • Total voters
    83
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Texas Tornado

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Those of you that do or have owned any Kahr handguns, how would you rate the performance of the gun?

Personally I have not yet put the 200 break in rounds through my P-9, and as yet no problems except for the feeding of the first round which they tell me will clear up. (I hope to shoot it today, and will try the other suggestions in the other thread. Could be Im just trying to treat it too gingerly)

Thanks for your thoughts!
~Phyllis
 
I just picked up a p-40, saturday I put 200rds of magtec 180 fmj, 20rds speer golddot 165g jhp and 20rds of fed. 155g hi-shoks.

Expensive day but fun. no malfunctions, very plesent to shoot which suprised me a little, excellent accuracy. Kahr seems to have solved the problems with there polimer line, mine has none of the problems other folks have had with earlier models,(trigger pin, frame rails etc.)
 
No problems at all!

I own an MK9, and have been thrilled with it. Small and easily conceled, it has eaten everything I fed it, with the exception of one round that I didn't get into the magazine all the way, which wsa my fault. Other than that, it's been utterly reliable.

My MK9 page
 
I have a P9 since August and have 1000 rounds through it. I experienced absolutely no problems for the first 350 rounds firing mostly Winchester white box FMJ. I carry it with Winchester JHP. After the initial 350 rounds I started to experience an ocassional fail to eject. This inceased until around 800 rounds were it was occuring at the rate of about 1 in every 20 rounds. I clean my guns after every time they're fired. I was told that after about 800 rounds there probably is some crud under the extractor that doesn't get out with normal cleaning. I now make sure I get behind the extractor with compressed air and compressed degreaser. Last time out I had no problems. Keep the extractor clean. I love the gun and will continue to have it be my primary carry weapon. By the way, I had none of the early P9 problems always mentioned.
 
As Ive said elsewhere, this is my first semi-auto. The thought of cleaning is intimidating me a bit. (Im not usually intimidated, but I am usually better at taking things apart than putting them back together) :) Ive never even seen somebody else take one apart. Guess I will have to get the local gunsmith to show me how. How often do ya'll recommend it?
 
I have a MK40 I bought used. It used to lock open on me a lot with all diffrent types of ammo. I contact Kahr and ordered heavier springs from Wolff and Kahr send me a new slide lock and spring, ever since both I can't get it to fail.
 
I have owned a P9 since last Fall and have had no problems. I quit counting the number of loads I've shot after 1200, but I guess that I have about 1500 or so. I have yet to have a failure of any kind even though the gun has been fed nothing but reloads. My main reload is a Rem JHP and it eats them like candy.

I have one caveat, though. I know someone with an older P9 that was a royal pain. Kahr finally gave up and replaced it. The replacement has been flawless.

I love my P9 and enjoy shooting it.
 
No problems at all with my MK9. But then I bought it used so it was slightly broken in already.

I've shot everything from Corbon 115gr JHP's to Nato spec 124gr FMJ's without a problem.

Good Shooting
RED
 
My MK9 had one non-function-related flaw - the trigger pivot and cocking cam pivot pins had heads on them, but the holes weren't countersunk, so the heads stuck up above the surface. Kahr replaced both pins with headless ones the right length (2 or 3 weeks, IIRC). No function problems at all, even during the break-in.

The only regret I have is not buying one before the California "list" came out. At that time, the dealers were dumping them at or below cost. Now, they're on the list (with no changes, Kahr says), and dealers are charging like they're trying to make up for the ones they sold cheap.
 
I've bought four Kahrs, and never had a burp from any of them. The MK 40 (bought used) have had a lot of use, with never a problem. Great guns. Gary
 
My P9 has been working just fine for the last 1000 rounds. I did notice the rails are slightly tweaked but that ahsn't affected functioning. I also noticed my trigger pin walking out slightly ever few hundred rounds, but it's easy to press it back in place. I am annoyed by my early slide stop lever though, which digs into my thumb whenever I shoot it. I may call Kahr and "pretend" that it's locking back on me just so I can get the new style lever. ;)
 
Tornado:

The Kahr pistol is very easy to take apart and put back together. Even if you are mechanically "challenged". The Kahr customer service should be able to "talk you through" the process.

You should clean the pistol after each shooting. Here are the supplies I recommend:

Bore brushs for your gun's caliber (one in NYLON and one in phosphor-bronze)
Bore brush rod (preferably bronze or stainless - not aluminum)
Bore cleaning jag (very important - ask if you don't know what this is)
Cleaning patches (lots of these)
Gun de-greaser (Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber II or similiar)
Bore cleaning solvent (Birchwood Casey Bore Scrubber or similiar)
Lubricant (I recommend Militec - others use Break Free CLP)

Sounds like a lot, doesn't it? Well, it is! But cleaning done right isn't a 30 second process.

Peter Gunn
 
mk9

I just got back from the range with my new hardly used Mk9. Shot 75 rounds with no problems at all. What a fun pistol too shoot and the accuracy was pretty good for first time firing it. I am very impressed.
 
I have a K9 stainless which was my first auto, and after stripping, cleaning lubing and reassembling it the first time it becomes very easy. No problems so far!
 
I have owned a Kahr E9 for about two years. It gave me some feeding problems until 200 rounds were fired. At that point this little pistol came into its own. The more I shoot and carry it the better I like it. Have I done any modifications? Yes, skateboard tape on the front of the grip and Hogue grips. Any druthers? Yes, I am sorry I didn't buy the more expensive model with metal sights. To replace my sights with Novaks is an expensive project. Any other thoughts? Yes, I wish the blue finish would hold up better and did you know the K9 pistols fit well in Colt Officer sized holsters? Regards, Richard
 
No problems with my steel "Lady K-9" after several years. Also good reports from several students who have bought steel Kahrs after shooting mine. One lady had pin probs similar to post above with polymer version. Kahr did not used to provide the little orange widget for proper slide alignment for taketown, but a friend recetly got me one and it really helped. Hope you enjoy owning a Kahr as much as some of the rest of us.
 
As much as I hate DA/striker/trigger cocking or whatever you want to call that heavy trigger I have to rate my Kahr MK40 as an equal to my 1911's and P-35s in quality of workmanship and reliability. My gun had exactly one problem which was premature slide lock caused by the ogive of the bullet engaging the slide stop, slightly filed down the stop and gun has since been trouble free. Very accurate too once the trigger is figured out.
 
Some models of Kahr have had problems early in the production runs. My K40 Covert ad been trouble free as has my MK9, but MK9's early in the GA serial number range, under 1000, have had problems.
 
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