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Excaliber wrote:
FWIW, my PM40 took about 200 rounds to break in to the point of zero malfunctions. How much of that was Kahr's fault and how much was mine is hard to say because many of the malfunctions were due to collisions between parts of my big mitts and the little controls on the pistol.

My newer PM45 took about 50, quite possibly due to the fact that I've gotten the grip adjustment techniques for the little Kahrs down to a habit.

I have a PM9 and feel the same way. It is a small tight gun and needs to be handled as such. I've put over 900 rounds through mine and it just swallows the ammo now. I know when to clean it to keep it maintained. It starts to get finiky at about 180 rounds.

I replaced my Glock 27 with it. I never even considered that the Glock wouldn't be reliable and didn't worry about a cleaning schedule. The Kahr is quite a bit smaller and I have to baby it a bit more but it is worth it.

03Lightningrocks wrote:Something to consider. The Kahr has been known to function best after about 500 rounds. That is a crazy amount for a break in period but true.

That's what I was told too. That's why I'm rather methodical when I take it to the range; making note of feed issues and saving the targets. First I run 5 rounds of my daily carry ammo though it then reload with white box Winchester and pound away. Its fun to shoot it and it really feeds well so far. The mag issue is now something to pay attention to.

I used to have a G26 several years ago so I've got 9mm dies but I didn't save any cases. I'm using the break in process to collect brass

heeler wrote:I bought a PM9 at the end of January and stocked up on 1300 rounds of different brands of fmj to see what it likes.
It likes anything I have put into it.
The one and only issue I have had is when using the supplied seven round extra magazine.
If you load all seven rounds in it the second round that cycles will fail to feed and is in a nose dive position.
Put six rounds in the magazine and it works perfectly fine.
Zero issues at all with the standard supplied six round magazine in 300 rounds.
Over at Kahrtalk several have also mentioned issues with the supplied extended seven round magazine.
Solution,ask Kahr for another standard six round magazine and send back the unreliable seven rounder.
I simply LOVE my PM9.
It is destined to be one of those guns you never part with.

Good info. I've not looked into Kahrtalk; sounds like a place to lurk for a bit.

I tend to alternate between the 7 round and 6 round mag. I'll full load the 7 on this week's range trip. My range habits for this gun are to put 5 rounds in each mag and to fire all 10 in a timeframe allowed by the range (not exceeding two seconds per shot). Then I stop, pick up the brass, and do it again. I am shooting 100 rounds per visit. I've only had mine since first of March and last week's range visit was devoted to shooting with my wife and her guns.

The PM9 replaces a G27 as my daily gun. I know its not that much smaller but it feels tiny IWB.

I love it too and since I've gotten rid of few of only a few of my guns in my life (and regretted every sale), I know this one will be in my estate inventory

After continued reading of this thread, I took a look at my Kahr magazines. The stops are metal or have a metal insert (I've not examined it with a magnifier; may do this today).

Like I said earlier, I've had it less than a month and I'm still breaking it in (for me that is 500+rounds). I did rent two Kahr's (a PM9 and a P9) prior to buying this one and had no problem with either.

With this new gun, I had initial FTF's but only a couple in the first couple of magazines. Since then I have had one after my second range trip and at about round 85; cleared it and kept shooting. I really like the gun.

I think it is feeding fine. It just hasn't had a problem since then but, like I said, I'm still running rounds through it to get it used to me and me used to it. I''ll bookmark this thread and update after the next range trip.

This is great info. I bought a PM9 around the first of March and have only put 300 rounds through it but it shoots great and feeds great. I'm glad to hear the support is strong. Thanks for the post.