MK9 Wood Grip Question

[mercury40]

Kahr's web site states that: MK9, 9mm pistols, which begin with the prefix "Gaxxxx" cannot accept the MK-Series wood grips.

Does anyone know why this is?

[sambeaux2249]

There were some changes made to the grip frame after the GA
series. Some sort of reinforcement? Anyway, supposedly a
substantial enough change to make the grips incompatible.
What kind of grips do you have? I might be interested in a
trade.

Sam

[mercury40]

sambeaux2249,

Thanks for the info.
Mine has, what appears to be, hard rubber black grips.

Do you have a set of wood grips for a GA-series gun?

[sambeaux2249]

Yes I do. I've been looking around for a set of the hard rubber grips. As you know, the new ones don't fit.

Sam

[sambeaux2249]

Here's a pic of my Kahrs:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/sambeaux/DSC_0106.jpg

Sam

[sambeaux2249]

I guess you're not interested in a trade, then.

Anybody know where I can get plastic or rubber grips for an
older model ( GA17** ) MK9 pistol? Thanks.

Sam

[mercury40]

sambeaux2249,

I'm considering getting a set of wood grips, and I'm not sure about a trade just yet.

I'd probably keep the rubber so that I could switch back and forth.

Currenly it's back with Kahr for evaluation of a cracked slide.

[sambeaux2249]

Ah, cool. I'll keep my eye out for another set of rubber grips then. Thanks.

Sam

[jggonzalez]

Originally posted by mercury40
Currenly it's back with Kahr for evaluation of a cracked slide.

Where is the crack? Is it between the muzzle and guide rod openings on the front end of the slide? I just had to replace the slide on my MK9 for that reason. Here's a link to the thread http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=636358 so you can see the pic I posted. I'm wondering if this is a more common issue than I thought.

[mercury40]

jggonzalez,

That looks just like mine! I haven't heard of many failures of this type, yours was the first.

Kahr stands behing their products. I'm waiting to see how they handle it.