Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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Almost a month ago I posted about a burst 9mm case while I was firing a Kahr CW9.
http://www.kahr.com/Pistols/Kahr-CW9.asp
A friend & fellow officer was at the range qualifying and had just shot a perfect score with it, on our "off-duty/backup" course. He was very pleased with the pistol and handed it to me to try. On my first shot, Ka-Boom. Parts flew, my hand hurt, my face was stinging, but no real injuries.
Oh, the shot went right smack in the center of the target too. :grin:
We had been using commercially reloaded bulk 9mm training ammo I'd bought for the police department long ago. We've shot thousands of rounds of that stuff through various handguns & submachineguns w/o a problem. This one burst.
The only piece that seemed to have come off was a sort of "cover" on the the gun. We found it, and nothing really looked broken. My buddy called Kahr, sent the pistol back to them. They told him it had done exactly what it was supposed to do with an over-pressure round - direct that pressure out, blowing off the cover. Huh. Cool. There was no damage to the pistol. They inspected and reassembled it for free and returned it to him. I think it was gone about two weeks.
I've got to hand it to Kahr, and I've always admired their pistols, this one is a real peach. It shoots great, is very accurate, the pistol took care of me, and Kahr took care of the pistol and my buddy.
All in all, I'm impressed. Except with the ammo.
Guy
http://www.kahr.com/Pistols/Kahr-CW9.asp
A friend & fellow officer was at the range qualifying and had just shot a perfect score with it, on our "off-duty/backup" course. He was very pleased with the pistol and handed it to me to try. On my first shot, Ka-Boom. Parts flew, my hand hurt, my face was stinging, but no real injuries.
Oh, the shot went right smack in the center of the target too. :grin:
We had been using commercially reloaded bulk 9mm training ammo I'd bought for the police department long ago. We've shot thousands of rounds of that stuff through various handguns & submachineguns w/o a problem. This one burst.
The only piece that seemed to have come off was a sort of "cover" on the the gun. We found it, and nothing really looked broken. My buddy called Kahr, sent the pistol back to them. They told him it had done exactly what it was supposed to do with an over-pressure round - direct that pressure out, blowing off the cover. Huh. Cool. There was no damage to the pistol. They inspected and reassembled it for free and returned it to him. I think it was gone about two weeks.
I've got to hand it to Kahr, and I've always admired their pistols, this one is a real peach. It shoots great, is very accurate, the pistol took care of me, and Kahr took care of the pistol and my buddy.
All in all, I'm impressed. Except with the ammo.
Guy
