[twoblink]

Just wanted to know what the felt recoil is on the P40. Managable? a lot more then the steelframe?

Do you think my gf of 110lbs, 5'2" will be able to handle it?

[arinvolvo]

Depends on how comfortable she is with guns in general. However, 40 cal sometimes even makes big guys flinch....9mm is a perfectly acceptable self defense round, and 2nd shot target acquisitions is much faster.

[tomkatz]

I would say my friends K40 kicks about as much as my P9, while that doesn't exactly answer your question, it makes me think the P40 would kick alot . My wife(5ft7 !20lbs) carries a K9 and loves it, she shoots the P9 pretty well and I have been trying to transition her to that gun for the ease of carry(then I can justify a pm9 purchase) ;) ....tom

[Bikeguy]

Originally had the P40. I now have a P9. The recoil on the P40 was just way too snappy for me. Follow up shots were way too slow. I can't imagine your girlfriend being comfortable with it. It's just way to light and short for that caliber in my opinion.

My P9 is very managable, but whenever I shoot my buddy's Ruger P89 I'm amazed. It's almost like shooting a .22 in comparison to my Kahr.

[Kentucky Rifle]

Well, we have no Kahr's. However we have a Glock 27, which is also .40 caliber. Some people say it "kicks", but my wife loves to shoot it. >.40 caliber pistols aren't so bad.< On the other hand, shooting one of those light .357's makes my hand hurt the next day.

KR

[twoblink]

Kentucky,

Have you shot a 357Maggie from a Taurus Ti???!!! :cuss: :what:

I shot 1 shot, and that was enough to last me a lifetime. I can even tell you how big the gun is, as the marking are still on my hand!

Yeah, as much as I like the Kahr, I don't know about shooting 40's out of something that small and light..

I can just imagine a 155grainer...

Skunk says my Steyr M40 beats up his hand already; and that has less recoil then a grock 23!

[10-Ring]

twoblink, what are your requirements w/ this gun? Would a USPc 9 fit the bill? (I gotta find converts to the HK cult!)

[Onslaught]

My wife has a Kahr MK9, which she thinks is the greatest handgun ever. I let her shoot my P9 once, she handed it back and said it kicked even more than than my H&K USP45f. I don't know about all that, but it did have a little nip to it. Since the P9 literally fell to crud, I traded Kahr for a P40. Now THAT was a sharp recoil. My wife wouldn't come near it. Every one that has ever shot it has commented on the amount of "kick" it had. Most hand it back after a shot or two, and then decline subsequent offers to fire it.

I now have a K40, which is pretty much a Kitty compared to the P40. Even the MK40 has less "kick" than the P40.

[forquidder]

The P 40 has a very snappy recoil. I was shooting mine with a friend using medium powered 175 grain cast lead bullets and comparing it to his Glock 45 acp compacts (30 and 36 models). The P 40 had roughly 1/4 to 1/3 more felt recoil than the Glocks. I'm a fairly big guy used to shooting a 454 Casull and not recoil shy but getting the P40 back on target after a shot is definitely a challenge, being more difficult as the range increases.