I finally stopped carrying it as it was so "snappy" to shoot. While I do not know for sure, the last set of followers I got never broke, so I have to assume they fixed the issue.
KAHR MK9 PROBLEMS FULL
It was such an issue the LE Distributor kept a drawer full of followers to give to officers who used them. Sometimes it kept working, other times it would not feed. It had a weak point and I broke one to three EVERY time I qualified with it. The original PM40 (don't know if they have fixed the issue) had a design flaw in manufacturing the follower. I never had any more issues with the GUN. Several weeks later I got it from the factory. He told the production manager not to send it back until it worked. He took a PM40 out of the display case and sent it to the factory along with four boxes of our duty ammo. The LE Distributor I got it from said that the guns should run and called the factory. I bought a PM40 many years ago to carry as a duty/off duty gun.
I have no issue using any of the Kahr 9s as an off duty carry and a P380 as a backup and if I could get away with it, I would consider carrying a K9 or T9 on duty (plain clothes). Picked up a like new MK9 the other day for $325.00 Upside is that I frequently find incredible bargains on these guns because they are relatively unpopular. Also, I think their mags are not the best, but tend to work fine and can be improved with metal followers if one is so inclined.Īlthough I hear people whine about it, the break in is no issue to me, I would not carry a gun, or at least not a semi auto, until it had processed a few hundred rounds of ammo anyway. In fairness, a few bad apples do slip through and need to go back for work/replacement, but I know of no brands exempt from that.
I guess they never shot a revolver or a DA Sig or Beretta. I see people post all the time about how incredibly long the trigger pull is and that they therefore can't shoot the gun well.
I think a lot of people who have problems with them have one of two issues.(1) Not giving them a chance to break in and doing it wrong (best for them to be well-lubed for first few hundred rounds), and (2) people who for some reason just can't use a trigger that has more and a millimeter of travel. Have several and a couple have become my most frequent carry guns.