Yep. I weighed mine and it does, too! (actually almost 19). I mixed apples and oranges. I got the PM9 data from an old chart of mine and it already had the mag weight added, then I added it again. Oops...I'll fix it later...wife is yellin right now.2cooltools. My kahr PM9 loaded with 124 grain gold dots weighs 18 ounces.
Glock pros
easier assembly/disassembly process, lower maintance......especially for the people who don't read an owners manual
Round count.......You can never have to many
More reliable, mainly because of no break in required and less prone to operator screw ups
Should read more reliable due to huge chambers that deform and wreck brass for reloading.
Polygonal rifling that increase speed, but means no cheap lead reloads for practice.
Generally undersprung for caliber, and, require new springs early on.
More holster options
I think the finish will hold up better....I have seen pics of worn Kahr's, but mine seems to be holding up fine. I've never seen a severely worn Glock
more options due to popularity, Interchangeable mags and such
Cheap to customize, but, for some of us, really needs customizing to shoot the gun well. Better trigger, replacement barrel, with standard rifling, and, tighter, better supported chambers.
Over-priced, but, high production and police trade-ins mean deals ARE out there.
Glock 30 has been known to shoot 45 Super easily, with minor modification, and, the Glock 29 is 10MM, the only out of the box service calibers that really gets the service calibers out of the marginal category.
Kahr Pros
accuracy is amazing for such a short barrel or even a long one
recoil is shockingly mild..... significantly less than my XD .40
concealment, due to smaller size......I pocket carry mine in carpenter pants
trigger is much better
Grip angle and general 'feel of the gun are the best I ever held
it isn't butt ugly.....couldn't help it
gun test | handguns 2009 buyer's guide, p. 32-37
by walt rauch
glock 36
the glock pistol is about as simple and user-friendly as a semi-auto can be. It is also extremely reliable and its durability second to none. The glock uses a tenifer finish on its primary metal parts and its frame is made from a variation of a polymer (dupont 66) which is equally as durable, if not more so, than metal. The glock is a 20th century version of the revolver. Load it, pull the trigger to fire and otherwise keep your finger off its safe action trigger the trigger is more double-action than single-action, but doesnít fit either technical definition. What it does provide, though, is a relatively heavy, 6 to 9 pound but short trigger pull. It moves further to fire than the single-action but less than the double-action trigger. In effect, you get the best of both (trigger) worlds in a carry pistol.
The glock 36 uses a dual recoil spring, but the glock system is longer (with matching slide configuration) than those used in the colt and kahr pistols. It, too, should be changed frequently.
An examination of the g36 magazine shows that much thought has gone into developing it. Technically, it is a staggered rather than a single-column magazine. While wider and longer than the colt and kahr magazines, it is set up to hold only six rounds. Its base pad encircles the magazine body, allowing a stronger and longer spring. It is apparent to me that mr. Glock made a deliberate effort to ensure reliability over super compactness.
Iíve tested one and found that it runs with all standard-velocity and the few +p loads i fired. Range accuracy is all that one could ask for. When i do my part and donít jerk the trigger, i get 2-inch five-shot groups at 20 yards from a seated and arm-rested position. This sample happens to have the original white dot front and white outline square notch rear sight changed to heinie straight eight night sights by its owner. Which are the better? My wife swears by glock factory sights, as do many others. I like them and the heinie sights too. Fortunately, the glock sights are dovetailed into the slide and are easily removed or adjusted for windage. The frame is stippled on its sides with raised cross-hatching on front and backstrap and, like all glocks, gives the shooter a good gripping surface.
kahr pm45
kahr pm45 with two groups of five rounds each, 2.5" and 2", at 20 yards.
The kahr pm45 has evolves from the full-sized version. Justin moon is the inventor and designer of the kahr arms pistol. He took features from the glock design and added his own. He has freely acknowledged his admiration for the glock design.
The kahr arms pistol uses a trigger mechanism similar to the glock, but moon figured out a way to give much more of a double-action trigger pull feel to it. The kahr pistols are quite slim and made from either all stainless steel or stainless steel slides on a polymer frame. Beginning with a compact pistol, moon both downsized and up-sized his design. Here, he did his work in further reducing the size of his p45 pistol into the pm45.
The kahr guns use the same dual recoil spring system as the glock and the colt new agent. I queried a kahr arms representative concerning the pm45ís spring life and was told replacing it every 1000 rounds is advised, assuming standard-velocity loads. Moon's answer to proper timing was very much correct by limiting magazine capacity to five rounds in a magazine body, which could well hold six, particularly if a hollow base pad were to be used.
Range work with the pm 45 was the same as líve experienced with all the kahr pistols in other calibers iíve tested, reliable, accurate, easy to use. And, they have no external manual safeties. Trigger pull weight runs in the 6 pound range and to use and it works like a double-action revolver.
Five rounds fired supported from a table rest will do 2-inch groups from 15 yards without much effort. The sights are three white dots or three tritium inserts surrounded by white in the ramp front and square notch rear and dovetailed into the slide. The frame is “checkered” and pebbled for gripping.