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I put 4-5000 rounds through a P40, and really wanted to like it, but finally gave up. Barrel hood peening and failure to return to battery, mostly. They went back to Kahr repeatedly, with Kahr replacing nearly everything, but they were unable to solve the problems. The biggest was a failure to return to battery.
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I tried them, loved the size, trigger, everything but the ongoing malfucnctions and problems. I had a star firestar that I carried frequently concealed at the time, and it was a brick too.so the steel Kahr didn't seem an imposition. I loved the size, trigger, feel, function, everything. The first one I shot, probably 25+ years ago, impressed me enough that I bought one. I have several Kahrs in my safe, but haven't shot one in quite a while.
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If you really wring out the MK9 and find it to your liking, you'll no doubt find it to be surprisingly accurate for its size, very comfortable from a recoil standpoint with carry ammo and extremely reliable. Again, that is an acquired personal preference. With a good holster and belt, there are few situations where I find my MK9 preferable to my K9. It wasn't due to quality or function issues, I just felt more comfortable with something in Commander size or bigger in that type of platform. The Sig P938 never appealed to me, for example. I had no issue with the weight of the K9 and found it far more comfortable in my hand and much easier to get and stay on target with than the MK9.Īfter much reflection, I chalked this up to a personal preference for carry guns which did not shrink below a certain size relative to their larger cousins for most normal self-defense usage. Instead, I found it to be far less comfortable from a handling standpoint relative to any benefit from decreased size and increased concealability. The MK9 was purchased based on the above using the reasoning that the smaller package would be an advantage in certain carry situations. At the time I bought it, I had several Kahr K9's and a T40 which I found to be very accurate and comfortable to handle. I have an MK9 but it mostly sits in my safe.