Kahr Triggers

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Kermit

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I've spent the last couple of days trying to track down a local shop w/ Kahr pistols (haven't even held one yet :rolleyes:) Yesterday, I wandered into a small shop and the owner tells me, "Sure they're pretty guns, but their triggers are crap!" What are the Kahr triggers really like? I'm looking at either a P9 or MK9 :confused:
 
The shop owner wanted to sell you a gun. You wanted a Kahr, which he didn't have. He said the triggers are crap. Sounds to me like he just wanted you to buy something he had in stock. Kahr triggers are a little rough when new, but a couple hundred rounds later and the trigger is much better. It isn't a crappy trigger though.
 
The trigger is easily manageable once you get used to it, but long-fingered users like myself have to be careful not to let our thumb get in the way. I actually have to hold it high just to keep it from preventing my index finger from pulling the trigger all the way through its stroke. The grip is that small.
 
dsk - Try using just the pad of your index finger on the trigger instead of wrapping your finger around the trigger.
 
Kermit, the gun store guy had it wrong. They're supposed to say Kel-Tec triggers are crap and Kahrs have a 200 round break in period "before they work right." THEN, he's supposed to sell you a CZ or something else. The reason is that they can't get Kahrs or Kel-Tecs very easily.

Fact is that Kahr triggers are bragged on by reviewers out of the box and owners get downright gushy about them after a few hundred rounds. New Kel-Tecs routinely go through an owner performed Fluff & Buff before syrupy bragging begins.

However, neither a Kahr nor a Kel-Tex trigger is ever going to feel short, light, and silky because they're DAO, which means they will always have a heavier trigger than an SA/DA in SA mode after cocking.

Don't blame the gun store guy TOO much because he can't sell what he doesn't have. But I wouldn't give his advice much credence either....

I've been waiting all month for a P11 I ordered to come in, but my dealer does have Kahrs and P40s.
 
I bought a Kahr K40 -- because -- of the trigger !! Sure its double action but its SUPERB - even from the start. And it gets better the more you use it. The Kahr is my personal carry gun.

Raider
 
I couldn't imagine anyone having a problem with the Kahr's trigger. My K9 has a butter-smooth pull, not too heavy and not too light.

I have to agree completely with Blades67 on this issue.
Try a different shop.
 
I have a Kahr P9 with the "elite" trigger. It is DAO, so each pull of the trigger has an 7-9 Lb. (my estimate, not measured) pull. however, it is smooth and even throughout the stroke and it surprizes me every time when it fires (this is a good thing - anticipation of the shot kills accuracy). I have never felt a double action trigger as good, but I've never shot a nice DA revolver with a trigger job.

The shop owner either has a strong personal preference against DAO or he was giving you a line of crap.
 
I have a P9 with almost 1K rnds thru it so far. The trigger was nice out of the box, and now is very nice. Yeah, it's DAO, but it's smooth, consistent and not too heavy - very shootable. The grip is a bit small for my big paws, but as blades67 pointed out, if you use the pad of the first joint, no problem.

Sounds like the guy was just sorry he couldn't sell you what you asked for.
 
DAO is okay...Real men can shoot DAO ;)...Just concerned about the quality of the trigger. I can put up with a lot of faults, but a crappy trigger deters from one's ability to shoot properly & accurately.
 
My wife's house gun is a K-40. She loves it, & I always find an excuse to take
it along to the range, "just to make sure it's in good shape". It's got a
sweet trigger for DAO, is quite accurate and fun to shoot. By the way, we bought
ours slightly used, online at GunsAmerica. I see quite a few at the various auction
sites. That way you don't have to listen to the counter-warrior say that a fine gun has a crap trigger! :D
 
I think that my K40 trigger is sweeeeeet.

I have never tried the Elite trigger that they offer, but others says it's even sweeter.

btw, an old brochure I have for Kahr says the trigger pull is 7.5 pounds. This is on all pistols. I think the Elite just shortens the length of the trigger pull.
 
What Mike Irwin said... After getting used to the feel, really do like my K9 SS Elite. Nice smooth trigger.
 
Kermit:

I have 3 Kahrs: K9 Stainless Elite, MK9 Stainless Elite, and K40 Black-T (discontinued) with the Elite trigger retrofitted. Can't say as I understand what folks are talking about when they say the trigger needs to be broken in. Mine were great from the start. Think of them like the lightest, smoothest DA revolver trigger pull that you've ever imagined.

Note that it is a relatively long trigger pull with a relatively long reset. In contrast, the standard Glock trigger pull is both shorter and has a shorter reset. The difference, of course, is that you can call the Glock trigger lots of things, but smooth is not a word that comes to mind :barf:. Yes, I do hate Glock triggers -- excellent guns, but I don't like the triggers.

M1911
 
Kahr Trigger Break In

I don't think a snap cap will break in a Kahr the way the owner's manual intends. It might "break in" the trigger, but the idea is to break in slide to frame contacts, recoil spring, rod, etc. to ensure reliable function when fired.

Kahr triggers are as previously described: lighter, smoother, and shorter than the best revolver DAO trigger I've tried. And anything but crap. I've not noticed much change over use on my Kahr trigger, it started out perfect.

The differences are splitting hairs, but I've found the triggers on electroless nickel Kahrs to be ever so slightly smoother than the stainless models. My sample population is so small that could just be gun to gun variation though.
 
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