let me tell you all about the PM45. the 1st PM45 i bought had every issue FTF,FTE,mags. falling out of pistol while firing,4 mags cracked. i called the dealer whom i purchased the pistol from, he called his distributerer who is davidsons and they replaced the pistol.
PM45 #2 had issues FTF,FTE,4 cracked mags. again, no mags. falling out of pistol. called dealer again, he called davidsons, davidsons sent pistol back to Kahr. when i got the pistol back it still had all the same problems as before it went back to Kahr. so i called dealer again,he talked to davidsons, a rep from davidsons called me, left the option up to me, he would send it back to Kahr again or replace the pistol again. i chose another replacement pistol.
PM45 #3 so far 650 rds. down range,everything from 230 fmj to 185 gr jhp,200 gr jhp 230 gr jhp not a single issue the pistol has performed flawlessly. it is very accurate to. i finally have confidence in the pistol that is my main carry gun which is why i bought it.
now what is interesting from the 1st pistol to the 2nd pistol and the 3rd. pistol each time before having it replaced i took every possible measurement. Kahr had made a lot of changes to the pistol which led me to believe they had a design issue they knew about. the barrel length changed, the slide the muzzle end changed, the opening in the slide changed with 2 additional cuts at some interesting angles, inside the slide where the recoil spring sits there is a different cut. after my expierence with the PM45 every firearm i buy ,i buy through a dealer who uses davidsons as their distributer, it is easier to deal with davidsons than a manufacturer, any manufacturer.