Got a good PM9

[Pima Pants]

I recently traded a couple of "safe queens" for a used PM9. I took it to the range last week and put about 150 assorted rounds through it, Gold Dots, WWB and Blazer. It worked flawlessly. The deal included a Kramer horsehide pocket holster, a High Noon pocket holster and a kydex IWB rig with leather tabs and kydex belt clips (unmarked and I don't know the brand).

I am familiar with Kahr products and the problems others have had with the PM9 but I guess the previous owner may have worked out the bugs, if any, on this particular gun. No barrel peening and a VB 2XXX serial number. It's a bit of a handful to shoot, but I wanted reliability in something smaller than my G26.

So far, so good. I guess I got lucky.

[The Cigarman]

Mine weas used also (VA serial). It has been perfect. It seems from posts I've read here and other places, though that problems are less frequent than good ones. I figure most people witgh problems will post somewhere and complain and those with good ones just accept that fact and only respond if asked. I figure there are 10-1 Good over bad of just the ones who post, so the ratio must be higher than that.

[Pima Pants]

I think you are right. If a PM9 works fine, there is no reason to post that fact on the Internet. But if you get a bad one, then I certainly understand being completely PO'd after spending upwards of $700 on a gun that doesn't work, paying exorbitant shipping fees to send it back to the factory and then wondering if it was really fixed. I would post it all over the Internet too.

I will practice with my PM9 but for extended range sessions, I'll shoot my G26 or one of the many other guns I own. I just know I'm not going to get the mileage out of my Kahr that I will from my Glocks. I consider my PM9 a "specialty" carry pistol whose main attribute is ease of concealment. I will treat it differently than my other guns. If I want to beat the hell out of a gun, I'll use a Glock because I know it can take it.