Glad to hear you have a Kahr that works! That is a nice T9. I am trying to work the kinks out of my PM45. Great report.
A small update on this review. I made a few changes to the set up. It has been to C&S since the last time i wrote it up for some extra touches. I had the following work done:
Front strap stippled
Radius and Tension Extractor
Throat and Polish Feed Ramp
I now have Straight 8’s on both T-9’s:
I attended a local pistol class with MDTS in October. I fired around 400 rounds during the course of the day with no issues. The small size of the grip earned me corrections from two of the AI’s on my grip. After I showed them there was no pocket to put the palm of my support hand in they let me drive on. That and I was shooting tight groups. I choked on the walk back drill at about 20 yards and missed the target. Note to self shoot at distance more often. I both dropped the mags in the dirt and from retention. While the mags did get gritty, they were not filthy be any strech.
THe lack of any Re-Set on the trigger means that you have to run the trigger the full range to break a shot. Again this sort of means swapping between the Kahr line and something like the Glock or 1911 is a big switch. In this class I felt no trouble maintaining a high tempo and tight groups. At a more advanced class who knows. I am however used to this triggers quirks.
Overall it was a solid entry level course with a broad set of skills from the students. Chris managed them well and I learned several new things, while doing ok in the class. I had hoped this was going to be a warm up for the Super Dave class in PA, but sadly that was not in the cards. It would have been very interesting to see if the Kahr would make it through his class, but I most likely would have taken the M&P to be safe.
I’ve since spent two more sessions at the range with no issues. This puts the total round count at about 4,500 rounds. Since the Challange I have cleaned it at around 500 rounds between sessions. I have not changed the recoil spring again.
Accurate Iron modified the grip for my second T-9. Need to shoot it some more before I have the first T-9 similury modified.
I’m also working on a new base plate with a freind. If we ever make it work I will add a photo.
nice looking pistol, I have never had the chance to experience one, but I can see the appeal. The reset would probably drive me nuts since I shoot 1911s, Glocks, and Sigs (with SRT), and I constantly short stroke Sigs without the SRT.
What a gorgeous gun. I have only handled a T9 once, a new one. It wasn’t something I was interested in for the price they were asking. I did like it a lot though. It is just such a classically beautiful gun, up there with 1911’s, BHP’s, and CZ75 Tacticals as far as looks go. I sure would love to shoot one.