yhtomit
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A few years ago, a gun-shop visit and counter conversation led to the purchase of an excellent-condition Kahr CW9; that was shortly before a move, and I kept putting off giving it a test run at the range until that long-intended outing slipped mostly out of mind.
And about a month ago, I purchased the oldest (shootable) gun I own from another THR member.
Yesterday, I finally got a chance to give both of them a whirl (no serious accuracy check, this was shooting at 7 or so yards for function and familiarity). My very brief impressions:
1) Kahr CW9 is a small(ish) gun firing 9mm; it's not really uncomfortable to fire, but it took some getting used to for me. Fired just a few mags through it; no mechanical problems expected, none encountered. Fun to shoot, but a few mags was enough at a time
I need to get more practice with it; the long trigger is amazingly smooth, but I need to mitigate a slight pull to the left.
Loading the mags, though, was a bear. I decided I value my fingers enough that I called 5 rounds per mag sufficient until I get a loading assistant!
2) S&W Model 14-2: a different beast altogether. Beautifully smooth, great trigger, classic look and feel. The wooden grips looked small to me (the only other revolver I own now is a 625 with big rubber Hogues), and felt small, too I see now why so many people have grip extensions on the old revolvers. And yet, it's a nicely weighted gun firing 38 Special, so I wasn't suffering to choke down my grip a bit. Great fun!
Unexpectedly, my accuracy seemed no worse in DA than SA with the Mod 14 -- not that my accuracy will win any contests, but my best group was actually one alternating SA and DA.
Pictures eventually ...
timothy
And about a month ago, I purchased the oldest (shootable) gun I own from another THR member.
Yesterday, I finally got a chance to give both of them a whirl (no serious accuracy check, this was shooting at 7 or so yards for function and familiarity). My very brief impressions:
1) Kahr CW9 is a small(ish) gun firing 9mm; it's not really uncomfortable to fire, but it took some getting used to for me. Fired just a few mags through it; no mechanical problems expected, none encountered. Fun to shoot, but a few mags was enough at a time
I need to get more practice with it; the long trigger is amazingly smooth, but I need to mitigate a slight pull to the left. Loading the mags, though, was a bear. I decided I value my fingers enough that I called 5 rounds per mag sufficient until I get a loading assistant!
2) S&W Model 14-2: a different beast altogether. Beautifully smooth, great trigger, classic look and feel. The wooden grips looked small to me (the only other revolver I own now is a 625 with big rubber Hogues), and felt small, too
I see now why so many people have grip extensions on the old revolvers. And yet, it's a nicely weighted gun firing 38 Special, so I wasn't suffering to choke down my grip a bit. Great fun! Unexpectedly, my accuracy seemed no worse in DA than SA with the Mod 14 -- not that my accuracy will win any contests, but my best group was actually one alternating SA and DA.
Pictures eventually ...
timothy
