FrankenKahr - swapping slides - will an older K9 slide work on newer CW40 lower???

[Rusty Phillips]

From looking at pictures - I understand that the CW / P's have hash marks on slide & frame for disassembly & tiny cutout for tail on slide stop (& slide stop has no raised tab on pivot end but one further back) whereas the K9, E9, T9 have a tab on the slide stop that you push out thru the cutout on the slide.....

My question is - if I find a cheap CW40..... can I swap slides and slide stops between a CW40 and a (mid 90's) AE series K-9??? Are the slide stops held in place differently for the polymer frames vs the steel frames?

Anyone try this?

I dont have a CW or P available to tear apart & play with (yet).

Thanks

Rusty

[kansas]

The slide stops are held in differently on the K9 and the polymer frame pistols. What you want to do "may" work with a K40 frame and a K9 slide with a K9 slide stop. The K40 slide stop will not work with the K9 slide.

[AZ Traveler]

Polymer Frame slides have slots in the dustcover area for the steel rails in the dustcover. Steel frame slides do not have have these slots and therefore will not fit on a Polymer Frame.

[Rusty Phillips]

thanks