KAHR pistols
 

ANybody know anything on KAHR pistols? I was looking at the little .40 today at the gunshop for a concealed weapon. It is a perfect fit in my hand and is suprisingly very light. Buuut i don't know much of anything about the brand, anybody have any good/bad things to say about KAHR? thanks!

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It is the most concealable pistol on the market. Very thin and extremely solid guns very well thought out. If I were carrying that is the pistol

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I haven't heard much bad about the all steel guns, other than their weight. The polymer framed models seem to get mixed reviews. Lots of folks swear by them, but others complain of various problems with them. I owned a couple of the steel framed versions. They were reliable, just too heavy for my tastes.

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Kahr's mini pistols are good quality. About like Kel-Tec. Very concealable and reliable. I would carry one if I didn't have gorilla hands.

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I like the look and feel of them. I have heard of some problems, but without witnessing them firsthand, they very well could have been shooter error issues. Here is something you may not know about Kahr:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/march99/moon10.htm

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I had a Kahr K9 and I sold it. Dumb! It was a great gun. Thought maybe there was something better out there but I was wrong. I love Kahr's!

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The son of the founder of that church is evidently a brilliant gun designer so connections will be made.

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I have a Kahr P45 and it is a great gun. Shoots nice for a small polymer frame pistol, I have had no problems with it.

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I believe they are generally very good pistols. Yes, the steel frame models are quite heavy. For those, a good holster is key.

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Wish my stepson was here to tell you exactlyabout his. What I know about his is that it is a 40 cal polymar and he is waiting fora new gun to be shipped back to him now and he is going to sell it unfired when he gets it back. His Kahr 40 cal started having part of the slide guides (not sure if that is correct terminolgy) chipping off and the dealer he bought it from said they were glad he brought it back when he did that it was in a very dangerous state and at any time could have had the slide blow off of it when shot. They sent it back to Kahr and he is waiting to hear back from them now.

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These types of things can happen to any pistol.Sometime back I was issued a NIB.40 S&W(not going to mention the name here)to replace my old duty weapon which was approximately10 years old and was made by the same company. After unboxing the pistol, inspectingit and recording serial #'s,I was off to the range for a 50 round qualification course. Qualification went well and all was fine untila couple days later when I noticed a crack in the slide near the rear sight. The slide was cracked enough to allow me to slide the rear sight in and out of the dovetail by hand. The company replaced the pistol without reservation and stood behind their product. I have searched the web for any other issuessimilar to mine buthave yet to find any.

I have read and heard of some problems withKahr pistols, especially the early models. As I statedin a previous postmany problemscan be contributed to operator error but some were probably not the fault of the shooter. Regardless, I have heard enough thatit would takesome timefor me to have faith in a Kahras a self defense pistol.

I have zero problems and have completetrust in Beretta, Sig,and Glock. In fact, I carry or have carried thesethree brandsas a duty weapon or backup weapon for the last 12 years. I know there are other brands which have a reputations just as reliable that I did not mention, but I have significant time with thesethreeto have completetrustin them. I am personally a big fan of Glock as a CCWbut I am not here to hijack this thread. I will say this though, the beauty of Glock lies in its simplicity.

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An aquaintance bought a new Kimber 45 that was twice the price of the Kahr..It had a bad slide as well and had to be returned and gunsmithed and he got the same gun back. I had a beretta o/u silver pigeon NIB that had burrs on the cocking rod(s) and had to go back as well. Both cost significantly more then a Kahr pistol would cost.

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My wifes is a CW9 Great gun, over 200 rounds run through not a jam.

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I am at school and we have blocks on everything so I am unable to get any price right now. What are the prices of the 9mm and the .45 Kahr? Thanks

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Kahr's are a great CCW gun. If you buy a 40-say with lighter bullets-they don't recoil as bad as heavy bullets. Federal makes a load for short barrel guns and I would reccommend that load. the P9 is a very good gun as well.

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About $450.00