Not at all bad for a compact pistol with a 3.5” barrel. SIG’s new V-Crown 124-grain JHP yielded a 5-shot measurement of 2.95” with the last four shots in about half that, 1.45”, and the best three in 1.20”. The same brand’s 147-grain subsonic FMJ did 2.55” for the best 5-shot group, with the last four in 2.10” and the best three in 1.20”. Shots 2 through 5 landed in 2.55”, and the best three of those, in only 1.80”. From the 25 yard bench and a Matrix rest, this test K9 put all five in 3.40” with Winchester’s economy white box 115-grain FMJ. I’ve always found Kahrs to be subject to “4+1 syndrome,” with the first hand-chambered round landing away from subsequent automatically-cycled ones. The frame lets me get all the fingers onto the grip-frame, while still being extremely concealable in a forward tilt holster.
The soft “rubber” grips on the K9 feel sweeter to my hand than the other Kahrs. I do know, however, of one department that found their super-hot Winchester 127-grain +P+ was beating up the Kahrs in constant qualification shooting, and switched to 124-grain +P Winchester bonded to solve the problem. It seems to handle those hot loads with aplomb. Almost 20 years later, having seen 147-grain subsonic ammo make great advances in loads like the Winchester Ranger-T and the Federal HST performing well “on the street,” I’m still seeing such impressive wound channels and police satisfaction with 115-grain +P+ and Speer’s 124-grain +P that I’m more comfortable carrying a 9mm Kahr with that kind of ammo.
Years after meeting Justin Moon, he told me that he had read my writing and that of Evan Marshall, and based on that had built these guns to run with hot +P+ 9mm ammo. It’s surprising how little more the polymer Kahrs kick, but if absolutely minimal recoil is one of your concerns, the all-steel Kahr should meet your needs. At 25 ounces unloaded, the stainless K9 ($880) was comfortable enough to carry that circa 1996, I was carrying one all-steel K9 in an Alessi ankle holster and the other on my hip in a Ted Blocker LFI Concealment Rig, and felt pretty darn comfortable with both, and of course a spare mag or two.
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