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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: MAUSERMAN on November 06, 2016, 11:49:02 PM
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Just put money done on a CW9 today. Its feels good in hand and I like the trigger. Any suggestions on sight options and holsters.
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Mauserman,Go to the Kahr website they have some factory options on sites and leather.
https://www.kahr.com/accessories/accessories.asp
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Thanks just ordered a black outside the waist band holster. Looks awesome :D
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I picked up a CW45 last year - because "It's junk" according tot he previous owner.
Junk translated in to a mag follower key for slide lock back was loose in the mag.
After an empty mag it would walk out preventing loading and re-insertion.
Replaced the mag - more than 2,000 rounds in a year - flawless operation
Congrats on a great gun. I moved from a S7W .38 J- frame 642 to the .45 CW45
I started with t a N82 "tactical" and migrated to a Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 3.0
My eyes suck so I added Crimson Trace LG-434 laser
Daily carry and LOVE it
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Reply to my post - sent the Alien Gear holster back and reverted back to the N82 holster. The Alien Gear pushed too much on the most lower outer right bottom, sitting is OK but standing / walking put too much pressure on the top of my butt very annoying.
Also sent the mag carrier back it has too many sharp angles the poked IWB or OWB - and OWB it slid around on the belt - even their belt (which I will say is very nice for the price) and I ended up using my own ingenious mag pouch - why spend $35+ for some kydex stab-O-matic and went with the following:
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/we3/IMG_7790_zpsrcsibvj2.jpg)
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/we3/IMG_7791_zpsdf9g5huf.jpg)
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/we3/IMG_7792_zpsk5ium42h.jpg)
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/we3/IMG_7793_zpsail4wljr.jpg)
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I like the idea of using the Leatherman pouch for the mag but how do you carry the Leatherman? I have a different brand of multi-tool that's too big to fit any of the pouches I've seen. I carry it in my front pants pocket and and a bunch of stuff in the other front pocket. It took awhile to get used to it but now I don't even notice it.
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While this is a picture of a MUT - I carry the Leatherman Wave with the pocket clip in my right rear pocket
Picture attached for example:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/jooliesews/Bobbys/Reviews/MUTreview29.jpg)
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RTFM, I have carried and recommended carrying spare mags in knife pouches for years. It works well and no one is the wiser. As for finding the proper size, I have always found a size I needed at gun shows. Takes a little looking sometimes but I guess I have been lucky. If you don't have the time to go, ask a trusted friend to look for you. If you need a certain size and don't want to send an extra mag, cut a piece of wood to size and send that. If you do use/send a mag, make sure it is unloaded. Most shows frown on loaded mags. Good hunting.
Richard
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That last picture made me think. (Dangerous) Why doesn't someone make a folding clip that either folds away or falls away from the magazine when pulled out of the pocket that looks like a knife clipped into place in the pocket to hold magazines. Maybe something that attaches to the floorplate of the mag but folds over to hold the mag inside the pocket???
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Because it wouldn't fit in the pistol with a clip on the magazine.
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If a clip was wide enough to clear the side of a pistol it would be too loose to hold onto your pocket. I don't know how to make one that hangs on tight then folds out of the way. I don't think it could be done but it's an interesting idea.
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How about this.
A button on the side/front/back of the magazine base plate. When squeezed, it pivots a clip out of a recess or cutout in the body of the magazine?
When the magazine is pulled from wherever it is clipped, the clip springs back into the magazine body.
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Need to be careful it doesn't interfere with the cartridges in the mag
Patent the idea now then perfect it.
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Because it wouldn't fit in the pistol with a clip on the magazine.
If it swung out of the way or dropped all the way off it would not have to fit in the pistol.
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Maybe just a snap on the bottom of the mag. Pull the mag out and the clip releases from the snap and drops away??
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another idea.
How about a hoop sized to fit snug around the mag butted against the base plate...with the clip that slips over the mag and it stays clipped to where it is placed...like a skeletal mag pouch..
might have to be a two part clip..like a clothespin to stay clamped to the pocket when the mag is removed
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another idea.
How about a hoop sized to fit snug around the mag butted against the base plate...with the clip that slips over the mag and it stays clipped to where it is placed...like a skeletal mag pouch..
might have to be a two part clip..like a clothespin to stay clamped to the pocket when the mag is removed
Yep. Also started thinking.... AGAIN... Why not a magnetic strip on the belt to hold the mag in place??? Just a simple rare earth magnet with a velcro loop to hold it on your belt where you want the mag to be??
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Yep. Also started thinking.... AGAIN... Why not a magnetic strip on the belt to hold the mag in place??? Just a simple rare earth magnet with a velcro loop to hold it on your belt where you want the mag to be??
I like that...no mechanical parts moving.
Two thoughts
1 magazine will have to be steel..or have enough steel for the magnet to hold it.
2 i don't know how strong that magnet is, but might it need help if you are jumping or brush against something to hold the magazine in place?
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USPSA shooters use magnets to hold mags so they are strong enough to take a lot of movement and bumping and banging.
FWIW
Richard
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I like that...no mechanical parts moving.
Two thoughts
1 magazine will have to be steel..or have enough steel for the magnet to hold it.
2 i don't know how strong that magnet is, but might it need help if you are jumping or brush against something to hold the magazine in place?
They sell those magnetic strips to hold mags on a wall and I know rare earth magnets are pretty strong. As far as getting knocked off maybe wear inside the waistband?? I have some of those magnets made to hold up to 25 pounds. I may do some Xpermenting''''' To be a good a good redneck maybe I should start with "hold my beer and watch this"!
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Check your pistol for Short Slide Syndrome - as it is a polymer frame gun, and while Kahr knows about the issue, does not make it widely known.
After carrying and shooting my CW45 for quite a while, (and not knowing about Short Slide Syndrome myself) I fell pray to it
- See my post here: http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=32229.0
I contacted Kahr and in less than a minute on the phone with them and just barely starting to describe the problem I had an RMA for return and replacement of my frame.
They received my gun on a Monday and it took less than a week for them to return the new frame with my slide back to me. No more issues.
If nothing else, their customer service is right on it when contacted.
Apparently can still happen to polymer Kahr's to this day.
Only takes a second to check.