My wife even let me buy it! I took it to the range and put 50 rounds through it. I really need to buy some reloading supplies so I can shoot some more.
The pistol comes in a little black plastic box with a felt cut out for the pistol, and the included spare magazine. There is the obligatory test-fire shell casing, manual, product cataloge brochure, and warranty card. Magazine capacity is 6.
Anyway, what a nice little pistol. it is very light, and very small. It is shorter than a G32 length wise, but about 1/4" taller. They are about the same thickness in the slide, but the P45s handle is thinner. It is aggressively checkered on the front and back strap. This is good because recoil is noticeable and the checkeing helps it stay seated in your hand.
The trigger is nice and smooth. The length is longer than a glock's pull, but shorter than a true DA pull, and much lighter. Break is clean with no stacking. Accuraccy was great for a short barrel pistol. I had no problem keeping respectable groups (for me anyway) all the way out to 15yds. Didn't try 25. I couldn't quite keep the group close shooting fast though. Recoil, while not terrible, was snappy enough that split times had to increase to get back on target. This may get better with practice - it was my first outing with the pistol.
Sights are Sig-like dot over box. I hope to get some of those Big Dot sights for this thing. I think it is the perfect application for them, since long range accuracy isn't in the job description for a pistol like this anyway.
In the 50 rounds there were no malfunctions.
Take down is 1911 like, but there is one thing I don't like. The slide stop pin, which is the only control on the entire pistol, has to be started out with some kind of strike. I had to grasp under the trigger guard and hold the slide at the take down notch with one hand, and use the plastic end of my gunsmith hammer to get it started. Then I could pull it out by hand. I talked to the guy at the gun shop, who owns ever 9mm Kahr made, and he said it does get easier with time. We'll see.
All in all, I love it. It'll be a great carry piece, once I live somewhere were I can actually carry. Now all I need to do is sit back and wait for someone to start selling an IWB holster for this thing, and track down a few more magazines.
-Brian
The pistol comes in a little black plastic box with a felt cut out for the pistol, and the included spare magazine. There is the obligatory test-fire shell casing, manual, product cataloge brochure, and warranty card. Magazine capacity is 6.
Anyway, what a nice little pistol. it is very light, and very small. It is shorter than a G32 length wise, but about 1/4" taller. They are about the same thickness in the slide, but the P45s handle is thinner. It is aggressively checkered on the front and back strap. This is good because recoil is noticeable and the checkeing helps it stay seated in your hand.
The trigger is nice and smooth. The length is longer than a glock's pull, but shorter than a true DA pull, and much lighter. Break is clean with no stacking. Accuraccy was great for a short barrel pistol. I had no problem keeping respectable groups (for me anyway) all the way out to 15yds. Didn't try 25. I couldn't quite keep the group close shooting fast though. Recoil, while not terrible, was snappy enough that split times had to increase to get back on target. This may get better with practice - it was my first outing with the pistol.
Sights are Sig-like dot over box. I hope to get some of those Big Dot sights for this thing. I think it is the perfect application for them, since long range accuracy isn't in the job description for a pistol like this anyway.
In the 50 rounds there were no malfunctions.
Take down is 1911 like, but there is one thing I don't like. The slide stop pin, which is the only control on the entire pistol, has to be started out with some kind of strike. I had to grasp under the trigger guard and hold the slide at the take down notch with one hand, and use the plastic end of my gunsmith hammer to get it started. Then I could pull it out by hand. I talked to the guy at the gun shop, who owns ever 9mm Kahr made, and he said it does get easier with time. We'll see.
All in all, I love it. It'll be a great carry piece, once I live somewhere were I can actually carry. Now all I need to do is sit back and wait for someone to start selling an IWB holster for this thing, and track down a few more magazines.
-Brian