New style slide is BETTER.

[mudfish]

Kahr changed the look of their PM slides recently. The new slides are about 1/4" longer and are beveled up front. My opinion, it looks great and does not hinder concealability at all. Plus you get the longer sight radius for additional accuracy potential.

Here are a few photos of my PM40.

[Bawanna]

Great pictures, nice looking gun! Night sights, looks like your all set.



Jocko! Be nice. Count to 10. Breath into a papersack. It's all really really good!

[garyb]

It's a beautiful thing...I agree. Are you certain it is 1/4". I measure it out to be a mere 1/8", but I also asked Kahr for accurate comparison and they failed to respond. I noticed another change. I see there is a shiny plate at/under the muzzle which looks to be a SR #. This was not on my PM40 which also has the beveled/longer slide. I am not sure I like that, but it could be covered if the owner did not like shiny parts. Not a big deal.
How do you like the way it shoots in terms of comfort, recoil and muzzle flip? What are you shooting for carry ammo? Why did you choose the 40 and the PM?

Look at the Crimson Trace Laser and the Agrips for her. You will be impressed indeed.

They are a beautiful gun. The more you shoot it, the more you'll be glad you selected the PM40. Good luck with her.

[DasFriek]

I cant decide if i like it better or not, But the longer specs could make a potential buyer look at another gun even if its a fraction of an inch.
That wasn't much of a worry until all these 9mm micro's have just been released, But yours in a .40 so Kahr is WAY ahead of the game still.
That fraction of an inch could possibly help accuracy as it would support the barrel out at a longer distance.
I dont like the s/n on the slide, That could mean a whole gun replacement when you only need a slide replaced so the s/n's stay matching.
I had to pull my MK9 out to look and see if it had the changes on its slide and mine is the older style.
I do like the all black on a polymer gun, Im definitely headed that way on a PM45 or a CM45 if that ever makes it to market.

[Bawanna]

I don't see the SN on the slide? What am I missing. That little plate on the dust cover is the way all the PM's I've ever seen are. Wheres your serial number garyb?

[hsart]

Those are great pics... how exactly did you take them... what kind of camera/lens, etc?

[ltxi]

I don't see the SN on the slide? What am I missing. That little plate on the dust cover is the way all the PM's I've ever seen are. Wheres your serial number garyb?

Don't see any s/n on the slide either. s/n plate on my PM9 frame is a bit less obvious...matte stainless.

[Tat2dman]

I`m sure Jocko know`s,but,I believe the BATF only requires the frame to be serialized???

[racuda]

Plus you get the longer sight radius for additional accuracy potential.

There is no significant difference in accuracy between two guns with a sight radius that differs by a fraction of an inch. The math is messy, but I'll do it if you insist.

[mudfish]

I enjoy every accuracy improvement I can get, even if it must be measured with micrometers.

[garyb]

Bawanna, I never said anything about the SR# being on the slide. ???? But I did say I saw it on the shiny plate under the muzzle (referring to the polymer frame) in the photos on this thread. To be honest, I've had my CTL on my gun for so long, I don't remember what is under it on my frame. I had a couple of Bud's tonight so I won't try to mess with it now. But the next time I have the CTL off, I will check to see if the SR# is on the frame under it. I simply don't remember it being a shiny plate. Perhaps it is matte black. Like I said, no mention of it on the slide....perhaps the SR# is in the same place on the frame as in these photos, but I know it is not shiny stainless on mine. That was my only point. Hopefully this clarifies.

[ripley16]

Excellent photos. I assume the new slide saves a tiny bit of weight? I wonder if this is the look of all Kahrs now?

[mudfish]

Those are great pics... how exactly did you take them... what kind of camera/lens, etc?

Thanks. I used a Canon G10 in full manual. Set the gun on a sheet of white paper in the garage with the door open for light. That created a strong shadow on one side so I held a sheet of white paper near the camera to bounce light onto the shadows. Camera on a tripod was about 2-2.5 feet above the gun. F4.5 and time was about 1 second exposure, slightly overexposed on purpose for effect to blank out the paper below and expose black details. No flash needed. Shutter release set for 2 second delay to eliminate shake even with the tripod. Then I used Photoshop to erase a few dust spots and do minor brightness and contrast adjustments just to darken the black a little. There's still a funny color in the shady areas under the gun but I was in a hurry so I just left that alone. This was just a quickie shoot.

[DasFriek]

lol I thought where it says "Stainless" was a s/n, Sorry my mistake.

[Riccardo]

It's a beautiful thing...I agree. Are you certain it is 1/4". I measure it out to be a mere 1/8", but I also asked Kahr for accurate comparison and they failed to respond.

I've measured 3 of the new PM9's and would say they are closer to 1/4". If you measure from front sight to rear sight, it is definitely 1/4" longer.