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Hi, everybody. I'm Richard with gunsholstersandgear.com, and today I'm here to talk to you about the
Kahr CM9. Kahr CM9 is a subcompact nine millimeter pistol, very small, very compact, a little
larger than maybe the size of the average hand. It is only 0.9 inches thick at the widest
point. Even though it is so small, it holds six in a magazine, plus one more in the chamber,
for a total of seven rounds on tap.
It is less than a pound unloaded with the magazine, so we're talking about something
that would be very good as either a pocket carry, ankle carry, maybe as a backup gun
on a police officer's vest, or even as a primary concealed carry inside the waistband holster,
maybe off body carry in a purse or a safe pack, or something like that. The CM9 actually
comes with a single flush-mount magazine that holds six. But it also will take an extended
seven-round magazine, as you can see that I have here.
It locks in there just like the regular flush-mount, but it actually gives you a little more length
here allowing your pinky to hold on to it. As far as shooting, I do prefer to have the
extended magazine, but quite frankly either one is very comfortable to shoot. The nine
millimeter doesn't have a lot of recoil to start with. So, when you're dealing with a
smaller pistol, it's a little easier to shoot than a .40 or .357 magnum.
The extended magazine, it's a little easier to shoot, gives it a length a little closer
to the CW9. But with the flush-mount magazine it's still very controllable, very easy to
shoot. You get a solid two fingers, the pinky kind of wraps around underneath, and you still
have a very good grip on it. Shooting this with the flush-mount magazine, accuracy was
very good.
The sights on the CM9, typical for what the Kahrs have, generally they have the post with
the white dot up front and in the rear notch with the bar back here. Sights are very good,
they line up easily. It points very well. No problems with accuracy whatsoever. At 15
yards, you're holding all of your shots in center mass area, seven yards or so, it tightens
up very nicely.
I shot this pistol with a variety of ammunition, a variety of ball, Winchester and Remington
ball, some Federal American Eagle in there. All of it shot and fed 100% reliably. I also
shot a variety of self-defense ammo that I have here on hand. Some of the Winchester
PDX 147 grain, that shot extremely well. The Federal HST, Speer Gold Dot, all of it shot
100% reliably, all of it shot very well.
One of the kind of more interesting loads that I found with this particular firearm
is I have a quantity of inexpensive Remington jacket and hollow points. The 115 range is
the green and white box set that I think you can pick up at Walmart, 100 round boxes, I
think about $35 or so. It's a jacketed hollow point. I didn't have a chance to run it across
a chronograph with this pistol.
But the pass with a Glock 19, which has a little bit of a longer barrel than this Kahr's
three-inch barrel, the Glock 19 was doing about 1,100 feet per second, which isn't too
bad for a standard pressure nine. With this, I would expect something probably along the
lines of 1,025, maybe a touch faster than that. That's for a hollow point round, so
if you're in a position where money is a little tight, it's something to look at, because
at that price it's almost at ball ammunition practice round prices.
But, you can get 100 rounds of it, reasonably priced. You can put enough through it to make
sure that it in fact functions reliably and you can carry it. It's a decent hollow point.
It's just a standard hollow point. There's none of the fancy engineering, so it's going
to rely a lot on speed to make it open up and everything. It's not a bad choice if money
is a little tight.
I found that round to be very, very accurate out of this pistol. Muzzle flash a little
bit more than some of the self-defense loads that are out there. But it's no big deal.
Shooting at the range, indoors and outdoors, you could tell there's a little more muzzle
flash, but it wasn't bad. So, that's just an option that's out there.
The CM9 is from their budget line. As you know, Kahr has some of the nicer pistols,
and then they also have some on their budget line. There are just some small differences,
things that a lot of people aren't going to notice. For example, your slide stock is going
to be a [inaudible 00:05:12] part rather than a machine part. Your sights are going to be
fixed up here, rather than dove-tailed in. It's going to be of a little different engraving
rather than the roll markings and whatnot.
The barrel is going to be conventional rifling in there, instead of the other [inaudible
00:05:32] that normally Kahr does. But, it's a very accurate pistol. I found that it was
a 100% reliable. This really is going to fit well into my firearms inventory. This is one
that Kahr did send me as a test and evaluation model, and I'm telling you right now, this
one's staying with me. I'm sending them a check. I'm not sending them this gun back.
I like this a lot. This is going to work out great for me both in conceal carry and as
a backup piece on-duty in my law enforcement job. So, I really like this Kahr. It's the
Karh CM9. Retail price is about $517. You can probably get it - I've seen it on GunBroker
going for about $425 at some of the places, so below $450, you can get this pistol. It's
a great pistol. I highly recommend it, the Kahr CM9. Check out the full review at gunsholstersandgear.com.
Have a safe day.