Kahr PM9 Poll

[ABBOBERG]

My PM9 is reliable as a RANGE gun, but not as a concealed carry piece. Mine likes to "rim-lock" hollow point cartridges when the gun gets jostled around while being carried. The good news is that most people who buy this gun use it as a range gun. I have not read one instance where the PM9 was attempted to be fired in a self-defense situation.

 

[nate.45]

Nice pistols

It seems reliable and accurate so far 350+ rounds no malfunctions.

Overall it is a nice pistol.

Go to the gunstore and compare it to other sub compacts.

In my opinion it handles better than most of its counterparts.

 

[Rexster]

Tom Givens, of Rangemaster in Memphis, TN, really likes the PM9, and he is NOT bashful about commenting negatively on things that are not reliable. I heard his words myself at the Snubby Summit in December 2005, held in Titusville, FL, where he taught a class that gave a dissenting opinion rearding snubbies for CCW and back-up. I don't want to get more detailed than that, as I don't want to use my imperfect memory to put words in someone's mouth. My wife and I have had good experience with our Kahr K9 pistols, though I carried mine only briefly, and traded it off after finding I could not shoot it both fast and well, as it handled so much differently than my other carry and duty guns at the time, 1911 pistols. Now that I use a SIG P229 DAK with a short trigger for duty, I have thought about revisiting the Kahr for personal CCW.

 

[DHart]

My PM9 is reliable as a RANGE gun, but not as a concealed carry piece. The good news is that most people who buy this gun use it as a range gun. I have not read one instance where the PM9 was attempted to be fired in a self-defense situation.

I could not disagree more. THe PM9 is NOT a range gun (who would choose a PM9 for a range gun???). It is designed strictly as a very small, very light, highly concealable, close-quarters defense gun, period. And as such, they work wonderfully.

 

[BBsteel]

DHart, I was going to reply along the same lines. That gun was meant for carry and I wouldn't consider it a very fun range gun.

 

[DHart]

I might add that I almost always can carry and easily conceal my Glock 23 or Glock 30, so my PM9 is rarely used. But on those rare occasions when I want something really small, really light, with a decent punch, my PM9 is my go-to gun.