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amygdala · November 29, 2012, 07:04 PM

Sold my PM9, asap. Manual says to load only using the slide lever. On the Kahr, the lever is too small, too sharp, and too difficult to depress (with a mag inserted). Had mine smoothed, but it did not help. The manual says not to rack the slide. In defense of Kahr, some say racking the slide is fine. But the manual says NOT to do this and I can testify that it leads to jamming and other problems. Are the pro-Kahr folks just unaware of this problem? Do they assume that the manual is simply wrong? Normally, we assume that the manual is correct. Who wants to load the chamber with a badly-designed slide release? Just don't get it when there are so many other great pistols w/o this design flaw.

November 29, 2012, 07:04 PM	#60
amygdala Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Posts: 16	No, Kahr has feeding problems! Sold my PM9, asap. Manual says to load only using the slide lever. On the Kahr, the lever is too small, too sharp, and too difficult to depress (with a mag inserted). Had mine smoothed, but it did not help. The manual says not to rack the slide. In defense of Kahr, some say racking the slide is fine. But the manual says NOT to do this and I can testify that it leads to jamming and other problems. Are the pro-Kahr folks just unaware of this problem? Do they assume that the manual is simply wrong? Normally, we assume that the manual is correct. Who wants to load the chamber with a badly-designed slide release? Just don't get it when there are so many other great pistols w/o this design flaw.