Fieldstripping a Kahr K9?

[almark]

I borrowed my aunt's Kahr K-9 and I'm now trying to clean it... got the manual and everything and the process seems straightforward... I cannot, for the life of me, get the slide lock pin out of the gun! I pulled the slide partly back, pushed with my finger, pushed with a screwdriver handle, tapped with a screwdriver handle, beat with a screwdriver handle... is there something I'm missing here? The pin doesn't budge at all... are Kahrs just always this tight at first? Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Dfariswheel]

You HAVE to have the slide lined up JUST right, and at least until the gun is broken in better, you will have to give the pin a tap with a screwdriver handle.

Note that I said "Tap". NOT hammer it.

 

[Nail Shooter]

Read the manual again. Do EXACTLY as the instructions say, it should come apart. There is a witness mark on the frame, and one on the slide. These need to be lined up before you push on the pin.

NS

 

[almark]

Thanks guys! Y'all weren't kidding about holding it in just the right position... a sixteenth of an inch and an extra pair of hands made all the difference.