Love mine, thanks for the review, mine doesn't have the scalloped safety lever on the right side, it's the same as on the left, but I don't mind. CCI Blazer Brass works great in mine, what you experienced was an out of battery detonation I haven't had any, it can happen in all straight blowback rifles, it's usually because the round didn't seat all the way into the chamber so the bolt isn't 100% closed and then the brass blows out at the back, for some people they'll get a failure to feed and causes a jam, then it deforms the brass and the person instead of ejecting the failure to feed and examine the brass, then shove the messed up round into the chamber and it causes the out of battery detonation, I had the Ruger PC9 Tactical and I prefer the K9, way nicer and less chunky, as I said out of battery detonations can happen in all straight blowback rifles, even the FX9, the Ruger, JR Carbine and all other pistol caliber straight blowbacks, even higher end ones like a Scorpion Evo (Banned in 2020). Make sure that the screws are tight, if they loosen you can get blue loctite for the screws and I've only heard of one person who had their barrel loosen so give it a twist by hand left to right once in a while to check on it, I doubt you'll need to, it's also common for stuff to loosen on pistol caliber rifles if it's not properly torqued or doesn't have loctite on the screw threads, besides that I love it, excellent choice and 100% Canadian made! Don't let anyone tell you it's "Canadian made crap", welcome to the club and make sure to vote Conservative in your riding and Poilievre for Prime Minister next election and get a membership for the Conservative Party so we can get Turdeau and the criminal Liberals out of power and get those gun bans undone and clean up the mess the Libs made!
@@Scotttt34 I don't have that much hands on experience with the pc9 appart from during a few mags through one but they Handel very similarly. The pc9 is almost half the price if you get the standard version and a few hundred bucks cheaper if you go with the tactical version and has a pic rail attachment for the stock so you are able to customize the gun with Sig folding stocks as well as the fact it has a quick detachable barrel. I enjoy shooting both guns a lot but definitely prefer the ergonomics of the k9
I received my K9 on Wednesday. Took it apart this afternoon and gave it a cleaning, it was already clean but can’t be too careful. I had the same issue when putting it back together, the rear pin wouldn’t insert into the hole of the bolt. The alignment was off. After watching a couple videos on the take down and reassembling I noticed something. The rear of the 2 guide rods are not completely round. They are “shaved” and must be inserted through the removable part of the bolt in a certain way, the part where you insert the take down pin. The left rod must have the “shaved” edge at a 2 o’clock position and the right at a 10 o’clock position. At that point you just insert the entire bolt as usual. Yes you will have to pull back on the charging handle, lock it back it will make it a lot easier. Then push the pin though the bolt assembly, no need to use a rubber mallet, it inserts effortlessly.
planning on making a follow up video on the k9 ran into some issues with the gun and had to reach out to kodiak for some replacement parts. ill make a note of this and try and include it in part 2
Good objective comments. I really like my K9, so far about 75 rounds. Did one field strip & clean. I asked Kodiak Canada twice for a manual and didn’t get a response… so not impressed with their customer support/ service. Shooting mine with an Sig Romeo 5 red dot which has been good at 25 & 50 ranges. The firearm is smooth and accurate. Mags are stiff past 3-4 cartridges so I bought a Mag Loader. Overall happy with the product but relatively new to sport shooting and my other LG is a GSG so not a big sample size. Appreciate the review, all the best.
I just had my first encounter with their customer service one of the screws holding the handguard backed out at the range and fell out i contacted kodiak and within a week had 5 replacement screws in the mail
@@CandaianMinuteman Don't know if you read my original comment, loctite will stop the screws from getting loose, what size allen or hex head size do the screws use? I don't have the proper ones so I want to buy a set of them so I don't strip any of them.
To get that rear takedown pin out, you just have to flip your rifle upside down on table or hard surface, and squeeze you upper and lower receiver together, then push the pin out at the same time.
@@CandaianMinuteman I also had trouble with the rear take down pin. Disassembly wasn't too bad but pushing it back in was a pain in the ass. I figured out that I needed to pull the charging handle all the way back to make the holes align (it's kind of weird when you're used to an AR). Too bad Kodiak Defense didn't write a manual for this rifle, it would have saved me from a lot of swearing.
if your safety is really loose you might have damaged or lost the spring goes into your grip they are relatively affordable to replace. check out my newest video on the trigger replacement it you will see what im talking about when i remove the grip on the wk180
This is a garbage gun. Out of the box it had no manual, also no manual online and when I called Kodiak defence to ask about that, they said we don’t have a manual for it and it’s just like an AR 15 for breakdown well I don’t have an AR for breakdown and not everyone does so this is really unacceptable. Next problem was the gun literally fell apart when I was shooting it the screws in it require that you add Loctite or they will literally fall apart. I was shooting the gun and the hand guard fell off. The butt stock fell off, like it literally fell apart in every way and when you pay over $1000 for a gun and it falls apart while you’re shooting it that is completely unacceptable. They should either stop making it or fix that or find everybody who bought that weapon and return their money in full because it is the worst gun I’ve ever bought and it is definitely not worth $1000 or more. It might be worth 100 but probably not even that because if you’re in a fire fight and your gun falls apart while you’re shooting it you’re dead. This is the worst gun of all time that I’ve ever owned, and I will never own another Kodiak in my life and I suggest that you don’t either because it requires so much improvement in terms of self self work in terms of like putting the Loctite on the other screws and all sorts of upgrades it’s some is the cheapest made most expensive gun I’ve ever paid for and I regret it so much. I can’t believe that they didn’t include an owners manual that is standard. I know that a lot of guns come out of the box without sites anymore, and I can accept that, but to have no owners manual and to literally fall apart while shooting it after only having shot less than 100 rounds through it, I’m trying to be polite here, but this guy is a piece of crap and anyone who buys it will regret it if you’re not buy this gun or you will regret it and you should ask for your money back
yes, this is stated multiple times that these issues are likely just a break in period. and that I haven't had any issues sense the initial 50ish rounds
This is a garbage gun. Out of the box it had no manual, also no manual online and when I called Kodiak defence to ask about that, they said we don’t have a manual for it and it’s just like an AR 15 for breakdown well I don’t have an AR for breakdown and not everyone does so this is really unacceptable. Next problem was the gun literally fell apart when I was shooting it the screws in it require that you add Loctite or they will literally fall apart. I was shooting the gun and the hand guard fell off. The butt stock fell off, like it literally fell apart in every way and when you pay over $1000 for a gun and it falls apart while you’re shooting it that is completely unacceptable. They should either stop making it or fix that or find everybody who bought that weapon and return their money in full because it is the worst gun I’ve ever bought and it is definitely not worth $1000 or more. It might be worth 100 but probably not even that because if you’re in a fire fight and your gun falls apart while you’re shooting it you’re dead. This is the worst gun of all time that I’ve ever owned, and I will never own another Kodiak in my life and I suggest that you don’t either because it requires so much improvement in terms of self self work in terms of like putting the Loctite on the other screws and all sorts of upgrades it’s some is the cheapest made most expensive gun I’ve ever paid for and I regret it so much. I can’t believe that they didn’t include an owners manual that is standard. I know that a lot of guns come out of the box without sites anymore, and I can accept that, but to have no owners manual and to literally fall apart while shooting it after only having shot less than 100 rounds through it, I’m trying to be polite here, but this guy is a piece of crap and anyone who buys it will regret it if you’re not buy this gun or you will regret it and you should ask for your money back. Because of the horrible quality and ridiculous horrible customer service in that they told me they weren’t making a manual for it and there was no manual online. There’s no annual in the box and just do it like an AR 15 as if they assumed that everybody in Canada has an AR 15 when they should know very well that nobody is allowed to have an hour 15 anymore so I no longer renewed my license and I just can’t put up with shit like this. Excuse me I can’t put with absolute garbage like this so I I think I’m done with gotten this, but I no longer have a pal, and I think in order to restore their reputation Kodiak arms should find me and return all my money that I put on it I don’t expect them to put on the pay for the accessories, but I do expect them at least at least I would hope that they would return my money. I paid it over $1000 just over $1000 with taxes for it and it was a piece of garbage and it fell apart completely and if I had been in a fire fight, which probably will never happen and never happened never has happened and never will happen in Canada. They just totally drop the ball on this guy. This is the worst scan I’ve ever seen I’ve ever used I’ve shot SKS is I’ve shot guns that are hundreds of years old. I’ve shot antiques and they were all vastly superior to this piece of crap that they put out. It looks good. That’s why I bought it and it seemed like a good price, but you’re not be fooled by the looks and do not be fooled by the price you will be disappointed. You will have to put in thousands of dollars of upgrades if you wanted to work and not fall apart and also if you want to live if somebody start shooting at you and you have to fire back, you’re gonna need thousands of dollars of upgrades because this gun is the worst gun I’ve ever come across and there’s no question about it. They drop the ball they have horrible customer service and I just cannot say enough bad things about it. Please consider anything but this gun the canine is a piece of crap. It falls apart literally it falls apart, like pieces started falling off when I was shooting it and this was out of the box I had shot less than 100 pounds on it and I’d put a few accessories on it and I’d put them on properly. I could not believe how inferior this fire was and it is ridiculous that a fire like this is not even allowed to be put on the market because it’s gonna get someone kills and I don’t mean the person at shooting I mean the person that’s using it. I’m getting shot at shame on you, Kodiak arms and get better or start returning the money for the people who have had experiences like I have because you guys are giving yourselves a horrible game and I know at least three other people who have had the same experience I don’t care what UA-cam says about it. These people I just simply haven’t had the problems that I’ve had yet but they will this. This is Auto crap and you guys cut quarters everywhere is the cheapest most piece of garbage gun I have ever come across and to charge $1000 for it or more is Highway robbery a more appropriate price would be $20 or zero dollars at all you should give them a free give them away free or even better yet you should just scrap the whole thing altogether because it’s dangerous and it’s garbage and you should start all over in the drawing board and this time stop using such garbage partsand seriously take some pride and what you do
Love mine, thanks for the review, mine doesn't have the scalloped safety lever on the right side, it's the same as on the left, but I don't mind. CCI Blazer Brass works great in mine, what you experienced was an out of battery detonation I haven't had any, it can happen in all straight blowback rifles, it's usually because the round didn't seat all the way into the chamber so the bolt isn't 100% closed and then the brass blows out at the back, for some people they'll get a failure to feed and causes a jam, then it deforms the brass and the person instead of ejecting the failure to feed and examine the brass, then shove the messed up round into the chamber and it causes the out of battery detonation, I had the Ruger PC9 Tactical and I prefer the K9, way nicer and less chunky, as I said out of battery detonations can happen in all straight blowback rifles, even the FX9, the Ruger, JR Carbine and all other pistol caliber straight blowbacks, even higher end ones like a Scorpion Evo (Banned in 2020). Make sure that the screws are tight, if they loosen you can get blue loctite for the screws and I've only heard of one person who had their barrel loosen so give it a twist by hand left to right once in a while to check on it, I doubt you'll need to, it's also common for stuff to loosen on pistol caliber rifles if it's not properly torqued or doesn't have loctite on the screw threads, besides that I love it, excellent choice and 100% Canadian made! Don't let anyone tell you it's "Canadian made crap", welcome to the club and make sure to vote Conservative in your riding and Poilievre for Prime Minister next election and get a membership for the Conservative Party so we can get Turdeau and the criminal Liberals out of power and get those gun bans undone and clean up the mess the Libs made!
Cheers 🍻
How would you compare the k9 to the Ruger pcc?
@@Scotttt34 I don't have that much hands on experience with the pc9 appart from during a few mags through one but they Handel very similarly. The pc9 is almost half the price if you get the standard version and a few hundred bucks cheaper if you go with the tactical version and has a pic rail attachment for the stock so you are able to customize the gun with Sig folding stocks as well as the fact it has a quick detachable barrel. I enjoy shooting both guns a lot but definitely prefer the ergonomics of the k9
Got mine! haven't shoot it at the range yet
glad to hear it. make sure you put some lock tight on all the screws before you take it out to the range!!!
I received my K9 on Wednesday. Took it apart this afternoon and gave it a cleaning, it was already clean but can’t be too careful. I had the same issue when putting it back together, the rear pin wouldn’t insert into the hole of the bolt. The alignment was off. After watching a couple videos on the take down and reassembling I noticed something. The rear of the 2 guide rods are not completely round. They are “shaved” and must be inserted through the removable part of the bolt in a certain way, the part where you insert the take down pin. The left rod must have the “shaved” edge at a 2 o’clock position and the right at a 10 o’clock position. At that point you just insert the entire bolt as usual. Yes you will have to pull back on the charging handle, lock it back it will make it a lot easier. Then push the pin though the bolt assembly, no need to use a rubber mallet, it inserts effortlessly.
planning on making a follow up video on the k9 ran into some issues with the gun and had to reach out to kodiak for some replacement parts. ill make a note of this and try and include it in part 2
@@CandaianMinuteman It's common for screws to get loose on PCC's, blue loctite will fix that.
Good objective comments. I really like my K9, so far about 75 rounds. Did one field strip & clean. I asked Kodiak Canada twice for a manual and didn’t get a response… so not impressed with their customer support/ service. Shooting mine with an Sig Romeo 5 red dot which has been good at 25 & 50 ranges. The firearm is smooth and accurate. Mags are stiff past 3-4 cartridges so I bought a Mag Loader.
Overall happy with the product but relatively new to sport shooting and my other LG is a GSG so not a big sample size. Appreciate the review, all the best.
I just had my first encounter with their customer service one of the screws holding the handguard backed out at the range and fell out i contacted kodiak and within a week had 5 replacement screws in the mail
@@CandaianMinuteman Don't know if you read my original comment, loctite will stop the screws from getting loose, what size allen or hex head size do the screws use? I don't have the proper ones so I want to buy a set of them so I don't strip any of them.
To get that rear takedown pin out, you just have to flip your rifle upside down on table or hard surface, and squeeze you upper and lower receiver together, then push the pin out at the same time.
I'll have to give that a try next time I clean the gun thanks for the tip
@@CandaianMinuteman I also had trouble with the rear take down pin. Disassembly wasn't too bad but pushing it back in was a pain in the ass. I figured out that I needed to pull the charging handle all the way back to make the holes align (it's kind of weird when you're used to an AR). Too bad Kodiak Defense didn't write a manual for this rifle, it would have saved me from a lot of swearing.
hi, do you have any issue with changing the grip, after I changed my grip, the safety selector was so loose
if your safety is really loose you might have damaged or lost the spring goes into your grip they are relatively affordable to replace. check out my newest video on the trigger replacement it you will see what im talking about when i remove the grip on the wk180
Out of battery discharge
This is a garbage gun. Out of the box it had no manual, also no manual online and when I called Kodiak defence to ask about that, they said we don’t have a manual for it and it’s just like an AR 15 for breakdown well I don’t have an AR for breakdown and not everyone does so this is really unacceptable. Next problem was the gun literally fell apart when I was shooting it the screws in it require that you add Loctite or they will literally fall apart. I was shooting the gun and the hand guard fell off. The butt stock fell off, like it literally fell apart in every way and when you pay over $1000 for a gun and it falls apart while you’re shooting it that is completely unacceptable. They should either stop making it or fix that or find everybody who bought that weapon and return their money in full because it is the worst gun I’ve ever bought and it is definitely not worth $1000 or more. It might be worth 100 but probably not even that because if you’re in a fire fight and your gun falls apart while you’re shooting it you’re dead. This is the worst gun of all time that I’ve ever owned, and I will never own another Kodiak in my life and I suggest that you don’t either because it requires so much improvement in terms of self self work in terms of like putting the Loctite on the other screws and all sorts of upgrades it’s some is the cheapest made most expensive gun I’ve ever paid for and I regret it so much. I can’t believe that they didn’t include an owners manual that is standard. I know that a lot of guns come out of the box without sites anymore, and I can accept that, but to have no owners manual and to literally fall apart while shooting it after only having shot less than 100 rounds through it, I’m trying to be polite here, but this guy is a piece of crap and anyone who buys it will regret it if you’re not buy this gun or you will regret it and you should ask for your money back
Take your low round reviews, and shove em. That’s a break in period, not a review.
yes, this is stated multiple times that these issues are likely just a break in period. and that I haven't had any issues sense the initial 50ish rounds
This is a garbage gun. Out of the box it had no manual, also no manual online and when I called Kodiak defence to ask about that, they said we don’t have a manual for it and it’s just like an AR 15 for breakdown well I don’t have an AR for breakdown and not everyone does so this is really unacceptable. Next problem was the gun literally fell apart when I was shooting it the screws in it require that you add Loctite or they will literally fall apart. I was shooting the gun and the hand guard fell off. The butt stock fell off, like it literally fell apart in every way and when you pay over $1000 for a gun and it falls apart while you’re shooting it that is completely unacceptable. They should either stop making it or fix that or find everybody who bought that weapon and return their money in full because it is the worst gun I’ve ever bought and it is definitely not worth $1000 or more. It might be worth 100 but probably not even that because if you’re in a fire fight and your gun falls apart while you’re shooting it you’re dead. This is the worst gun of all time that I’ve ever owned, and I will never own another Kodiak in my life and I suggest that you don’t either because it requires so much improvement in terms of self self work in terms of like putting the Loctite on the other screws and all sorts of upgrades it’s some is the cheapest made most expensive gun I’ve ever paid for and I regret it so much. I can’t believe that they didn’t include an owners manual that is standard. I know that a lot of guns come out of the box without sites anymore, and I can accept that, but to have no owners manual and to literally fall apart while shooting it after only having shot less than 100 rounds through it, I’m trying to be polite here, but this guy is a piece of crap and anyone who buys it will regret it if you’re not buy this gun or you will regret it and you should ask for your money back. Because of the horrible quality and ridiculous horrible customer service in that they told me they weren’t making a manual for it and there was no manual online. There’s no annual in the box and just do it like an AR 15 as if they assumed that everybody in Canada has an AR 15 when they should know very well that nobody is allowed to have an hour 15 anymore so I no longer renewed my license and I just can’t put up with shit like this. Excuse me I can’t put with absolute garbage like this so I I think I’m done with gotten this, but I no longer have a pal, and I think in order to restore their reputation Kodiak arms should find me and return all my money that I put on it I don’t expect them to put on the pay for the accessories, but I do expect them at least at least I would hope that they would return my money. I paid it over $1000 just over $1000 with taxes for it and it was a piece of garbage and it fell apart completely and if I had been in a fire fight, which probably will never happen and never happened never has happened and never will happen in Canada. They just totally drop the ball on this guy. This is the worst scan I’ve ever seen I’ve ever used I’ve shot SKS is I’ve shot guns that are hundreds of years old. I’ve shot antiques and they were all vastly superior to this piece of crap that they put out. It looks good. That’s why I bought it and it seemed like a good price, but you’re not be fooled by the looks and do not be fooled by the price you will be disappointed. You will have to put in thousands of dollars of upgrades if you wanted to work and not fall apart and also if you want to live if somebody start shooting at you and you have to fire back, you’re gonna need thousands of dollars of upgrades because this gun is the worst gun I’ve ever come across and there’s no question about it. They drop the ball they have horrible customer service and I just cannot say enough bad things about it. Please consider anything but this gun the canine is a piece of crap. It falls apart literally it falls apart, like pieces started falling off when I was shooting it and this was out of the box I had shot less than 100 pounds on it and I’d put a few accessories on it and I’d put them on properly. I could not believe how inferior this fire was and it is ridiculous that a fire like this is not even allowed to be put on the market because it’s gonna get someone kills and I don’t mean the person at shooting I mean the person that’s using it. I’m getting shot at shame on you, Kodiak arms and get better or start returning the money for the people who have had experiences like I have because you guys are giving yourselves a horrible game and I know at least three other people who have had the same experience I don’t care what UA-cam says about it. These people I just simply haven’t had the problems that I’ve had yet but they will this. This is Auto crap and you guys cut quarters everywhere is the cheapest most piece of garbage gun I have ever come across and to charge $1000 for it or more is Highway robbery a more appropriate price would be $20 or zero dollars at all you should give them a free give them away free or even better yet you should just scrap the whole thing altogether because it’s dangerous and it’s garbage and you should start all over in the drawing board and this time stop using such garbage partsand seriously take some pride and what you do