Anyone shot a Kahr P45?

[Mike RB]

once again, good shoot with my p45

Well, I promise I'm not trying to win anybody over to the Kahr P45, but today I went shooting again, and it worked flawlessly. I shot 230 Winchester White Box ball, 230 Federal Hydra Shok, and the new brand I haven't shot before was the 230 Speer Gold Dot HP Short Barrel. All worked good, and I was impressed with the milder, (somewhat), lighter recoil, of the short barrel ammo. Instead of getting 165 or 185 +P ammo, I might stick with the short barrel in 230, for a defensive round. I've read that +P in 165 or 185 would not give me a milder recoil that I was in search of, than that of the 230 grain, ball or hollow point. I'm still experimenting with ammo, so the search isn't over yet, but I am so much at ease with my pistol. I feel like I can trust it now. I have been keeping it kinda "wet", but not juicy wet. Just a good coat of gun slick. Just to let everyone know, just in case there's a thought about my loyalty to the Kahr, I have NO connection in any way to the company or the product, other that I own one. I am a huge Glock fan, so whether that matters of not, I don't know. I am still, and probably always will consider the Glock one of the best shooters, most reliable, and to me comfortable guns to shoot I have every fired. One of the things that impressed me about the Glock more than anything else, is the YOU TUBE video of the Glock 18, (full automatic), firing 298, without a hiccup. Awesome. Plus they are so damn easy to clean, and shoot. Another little note, I prefer the 1st generation glocks with no finger grooves, or no accessory rail. They feel better in my hand. The finger grooves don't match my fingers, and I will never need an accessory rail. I've owned a glock 17 and 22, 1st gen, and their great. Presently looking for a replacement, as I did some dealing, and now don't have one. Go figure. That's just me. Later...

 

[kowenjr]

Two trips back to Kahr for mine. I loved everything about the gun except for the fact it was not reliable. Could not get it to shoot more than 20-30 rounds without a FTE. Kahr replaced springs, followers, polished everything. Used every type of ammo imaginable. I decided not to send it back for a third time. Bought a HK45C and havent looked back. It is not nearly as compact but I can trust my life to it. With all of the guns I have bought over the last two years I have realized there is more to a carry gun then just the convienence of something small. With a good belt and holster many larger guns can be carried dailey with comfort and are much more suitable to defending ones life.

 

[CPshooter]

Two trips back to Kahr for mine. I loved everything about the gun except for the fact it was not reliable. Could not get it to shoot more than 20-30 rounds without a FTE. Kahr replaced springs, followers, polished everything. Used every type of ammo imaginable. I decided not to send it back for a third time. Bought a HK45C and havent looked back. It is not nearly as compact but I can trust my life to it. With all of the guns I have bought over the last two years I have realized there is more to a carry gun then just the convienence of something small. With a good belt and holster many larger guns can be carried dailey with comfort and are much more suitable to defending ones life.

Amen.

You could not have picked a better performing/more reliable gun than an H&K

I realized the same thing 3 years ago when my pm9 let me down from the get-go. I recently bought a Kimber Ultra Carry II, as a final attempt to find the "perfect" IWB carry gun. I have not shot it yet, and am waiting 3 months for this holster to arrive so I can carry it comfortably. However, if it doesn't prove to be reliable and trouble-free from the get-go, I will without a doubt sell it and depend on my USPc40 for all my carry needs!

Honestly, I'm tempted to sell my Glock 19 to fund another H&K. Every time I shoot my USPc I leave the range loving it that much more and come home to neglect giving my other guns attention. Anyone who doesn't own a H&K really doesn't understand what they are missing out on.

 

[ccwes]

Pm45 unplanned mag drops

I just purchased a new Kahr PM45. I've been carrying a PM40 for over 4 years and carried the PM9 from the time it hit the market till the PM40 came out. No reliability problems with either the PM9 or the PM40 after many, many rounds fired-including BUG matches. Yesterday I took the PM45 to the local indoor range to break it in. After 175 rounds of 230 grn. ball, no failures to feed; except I had several unintended magazine drops - all after firing the 4th round! Very few mags fired all five rounds without dropping after the 4th rd. At first I figured it was my grip causing me to bump the mag release, so I changed my grip (several ways) and even fired it one-handed. Still have the problem. I let another shooter try it and the mag dropped after the 4th rd. for him too. Has anyone experienced this particular malfunction?? {by the way - it was deadnuts on and shot remarkably small groups for a pistol this small. I did get a blister on the web of my right hand near the heel of my thumb.

 

[jocko]

does it

do it with both of your magazines??? If so, you have a bad magazine release. either send it back or call kahr and have them send you a new one, takes about 5 minutes to install. check the magazine release button when you insert a magazine to see if it is coming back to its original position (I. e. the position it looks like with no magazine inserted).

 

[boxingRef_Rick]

Love my P45. I carry it AIWB and I never know its there.
This is the fourth Kahr I've owned.

During the break in period for all of them - I've had only
a half dozon FTF's total. Maybe two, ot three per break'in.

I just wish they could magicaly hold, or 16+ rounds and still
weight and carry just as good - But I love'em just the same!

 

[Dan-O]

I have a PM45 that has been nothing but a sweet shooter, no issues whatsoever.

 

[jaysouth]

Just for full disclosure, the P45 has a polygonal rifled barrel. If you subscribe to the popular belief that you should not shoot lead barrels in factory barreled glocks, they you should not shoot cast or swaged bullets in a P45.

The 'value' version, CW45 has a barrel with traditional land and groove rifling. I am not aware about any controversy about shooting lead bullets in these.

 

[scotthsi]

I was bitterly disappointed in my PM9.....
I couldn't even get a round to chamber. Contacted the factory and they suggested the only way to chamber a round in a new pistol was to slingshot it. It worked.

Um, did you even READ the manual? And if you didn't have one, read one EASILY found on-line? Kahr distinctly says the way to chamber the first round is to drop the slide using the slide lock. This NEVER fails to work. After it's broken in, then the slingshot method may be used after it's loosened up a little. Pays to RTFM, folks.