DT Guy
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So it looks like Kahr has updated their budget 'CW' line, adding three dot sights and a second magazine: Kahr S9
Certainly, they have to have been feeling the pressure from S&W Shields selling well below $300, Walther's price reduction on the PPS (I bought my M1 for ~$600, now they're on sale for $300 at times) and others. With those prices, the CW series probably stopped being the value it was for some people, and I'm sure Kahr is trying to get back into that game.
One interesting note (via this month's American Riflemen) is Kahr's assertion that their new gun no longer needs the much-discussed, much-reviled '200 round break-in' they used to state. Apparently, they've built hydraulic machines which cycle the pistols hundreds of times before shipping, which acts at the 'break-in.'
I like Kahr pistols; I've owned 6-8 over the years, and still own a CW380, which has been flawless. I got rid of my next-to-last Kahr, a CW45, after it took two trips back to the mothership, and still wouldn't cycle reliably.
I'd like to try a 9S, but that would be the key word; 'try.' I'd need a chance to shoot the one I was looking at for 2-300 rounds to see if it's one of the Kahr's that works (I've had several) or one of the Kahr's that won't (I've had a couple.)
Larry
Certainly, they have to have been feeling the pressure from S&W Shields selling well below $300, Walther's price reduction on the PPS (I bought my M1 for ~$600, now they're on sale for $300 at times) and others. With those prices, the CW series probably stopped being the value it was for some people, and I'm sure Kahr is trying to get back into that game.
One interesting note (via this month's American Riflemen) is Kahr's assertion that their new gun no longer needs the much-discussed, much-reviled '200 round break-in' they used to state. Apparently, they've built hydraulic machines which cycle the pistols hundreds of times before shipping, which acts at the 'break-in.'
I like Kahr pistols; I've owned 6-8 over the years, and still own a CW380, which has been flawless. I got rid of my next-to-last Kahr, a CW45, after it took two trips back to the mothership, and still wouldn't cycle reliably.
I'd like to try a 9S, but that would be the key word; 'try.' I'd need a chance to shoot the one I was looking at for 2-300 rounds to see if it's one of the Kahr's that works (I've had several) or one of the Kahr's that won't (I've had a couple.)
Larry