Just got back from my first trip to the range with my Kahr PM9.
The gun was purchased on 10/30/02, and had been at my dealer less than a week.
Before heading to the range, I had wiped the gun down, used grease on
the rails and underside of the slide, and put a few drops of synthetic oil in strategic places.
Here are the stats:
Winchester 115gr fmj
(Walmart 100ct) - 63
Winchester 115gr jhp - 37
S&B 115gr fmj - 50
Norinco 115gr fmj - 12
Speer 124gr +P jhp - 6
Fed. HydraShok 124gr jhp- 6
Total = 174 rounds
(Dangit! Won't be broke in for another 26 rounds!)
Failures, jams, ftf, fte = 0
Yep. Zero. Nada. Zip.
I was shooting the 6 and 7rd mags that came with the gun, plus an extra MK mag I already had.
The gun certainly jumps around a little more than my MK9 did, but
it is not uncomfortable to shoot at all.
The trigger did not seem quite as smooth as my MK9 trigger was, but I had put about 600ds through it. (Before it was traded on the PM9.)
I did notice that the extended mag will pinch your pinky.
No big deal, but irritating.
That never happened on the MK9.
The 7rd mag was also more "sticky" when ejecting from the mag well.
The gun was accurate with +P ammo, but follow up time took a big hit.
As with my MK, I plan on carrying standard pressure ammo in this gun.
I was just trying to get the gun broken in, so I wasn't really shooting
for groups at this point. The group with the +P ammo was larger than the other ammo though.
I was surprised when I compared the Win. jhp to the Federal.
I planned on carrying the Winchester, because it is cheaper, but the 6 shot group from the Federal ammo was only about 2".
The Winchester jhp was easily twice that.
I'll test some more, but the gun seems to favor the heavier Federal round.
There were no feed failures of any kind.
I did notice something that someone else had mentioned about their PM:
If you pop in a full mag, with the slide locked back,
and "slingshot" the slide, it sticks open.
You have to bump it with your hand to get it to close.
If you depress the slide release lever, it chambers a round every time.
I'll see if that gets easier as the gun breaks in.
All pins stayed in place through the entire session.
No parts fell off.
At 10ft, I was able to punch out a 2" stick-on dot, using cheap ammo.
At 6 yards, shooting as fast as I could find the front sight, I put six out
of seven rounds in the head of a B27 target.(Whitebox ammo again.)
All of the hollow point ammo that I used had a rather long, slender bullet, with a small hole.
I have read where some guns have had trouble with JHPs that have a large hole.
Mine didn't hiccup on any of the hollow points.
I really could not have asked for better out-of-the-box performance out of this gun.
I was certainly nervous, after reading about the many problems with new PMs.
At this point, this gun has performed as well as my MK9 did.
I am looking forward to a long and productive relationship.
The gun was purchased on 10/30/02, and had been at my dealer less than a week.
Before heading to the range, I had wiped the gun down, used grease on
the rails and underside of the slide, and put a few drops of synthetic oil in strategic places.
Here are the stats:
Winchester 115gr fmj
(Walmart 100ct) - 63
Winchester 115gr jhp - 37
S&B 115gr fmj - 50
Norinco 115gr fmj - 12
Speer 124gr +P jhp - 6
Fed. HydraShok 124gr jhp- 6
Total = 174 rounds
(Dangit! Won't be broke in for another 26 rounds!)
Failures, jams, ftf, fte = 0
Yep. Zero. Nada. Zip.
I was shooting the 6 and 7rd mags that came with the gun, plus an extra MK mag I already had.
The gun certainly jumps around a little more than my MK9 did, but
it is not uncomfortable to shoot at all.
The trigger did not seem quite as smooth as my MK9 trigger was, but I had put about 600ds through it. (Before it was traded on the PM9.)
I did notice that the extended mag will pinch your pinky.
No big deal, but irritating.
That never happened on the MK9.
The 7rd mag was also more "sticky" when ejecting from the mag well.
The gun was accurate with +P ammo, but follow up time took a big hit.
As with my MK, I plan on carrying standard pressure ammo in this gun.
I was just trying to get the gun broken in, so I wasn't really shooting
for groups at this point. The group with the +P ammo was larger than the other ammo though.
I was surprised when I compared the Win. jhp to the Federal.
I planned on carrying the Winchester, because it is cheaper, but the 6 shot group from the Federal ammo was only about 2".
The Winchester jhp was easily twice that.
I'll test some more, but the gun seems to favor the heavier Federal round.
There were no feed failures of any kind.
I did notice something that someone else had mentioned about their PM:
If you pop in a full mag, with the slide locked back,
and "slingshot" the slide, it sticks open.
You have to bump it with your hand to get it to close.
If you depress the slide release lever, it chambers a round every time.
I'll see if that gets easier as the gun breaks in.
All pins stayed in place through the entire session.
No parts fell off.
At 10ft, I was able to punch out a 2" stick-on dot, using cheap ammo.
At 6 yards, shooting as fast as I could find the front sight, I put six out
of seven rounds in the head of a B27 target.(Whitebox ammo again.)
All of the hollow point ammo that I used had a rather long, slender bullet, with a small hole.
I have read where some guns have had trouble with JHPs that have a large hole.
Mine didn't hiccup on any of the hollow points.
I really could not have asked for better out-of-the-box performance out of this gun.
I was certainly nervous, after reading about the many problems with new PMs.
At this point, this gun has performed as well as my MK9 did.
I am looking forward to a long and productive relationship.