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I've been looking for a single pistol to serve as a concealed carry weapon in general and as a (open or concealed carry) personal defense weapon on my farm. My work gets pretty dirty at times, and I have to crawl in the dirt under machinery sometimes. And then there is plenty of chaff, dust, and grit when making hay, and sometimes sudden rain storms, and in the winter, intense cold and deep snow. So, I thought I needed a Glock.
Then I came across a Springfield Armory XD-S in .45 and loved the size and ease of concealment. It felt so trim and hid so easily compared to the baby Glocks. I could look past the problems people reported, but Springfield has just issued another recall, which is honorable of them but does not make their gun more appealing to me. So, I started looking again.
A retired highway patrol friend of mine asked me if I had considered a Kahr. I hadn't even heard of Kahr, so no. But I checked into the Kahrs and really like the looks of the CW45 and even more so the PM45, both of which look better on paper at least than the XD-S, and either of which should work for cc.
So, now I'm wondering how the Kahrs hold up to a dirty environment. Whatever I carry on the farm is going to get pretty gross from time to time, even though I will attempt to protect it, but I may really need it to work someday when it is dirty or wet or very cold. I hear that Kahrs are manufactured to very tight tolerances, which is great except that that could make them more vulnerable to dirt or water.
I wish I could afford a Glock 30S and a PM45, but that is not likely to happen in this lifetime. I would try to scrape together the money for the PM45 if I thought it would work even in the dirt the way a Glock is reputed to do. But if not, I may have to purchase a (comparatively bulky) Glock and forgo cc off farm much of the time.
So, do you have any experience or insights into the reliability of the CW45 or PM45 in a dirty environment, relative to the reliability of a Glock?
Then I came across a Springfield Armory XD-S in .45 and loved the size and ease of concealment. It felt so trim and hid so easily compared to the baby Glocks. I could look past the problems people reported, but Springfield has just issued another recall, which is honorable of them but does not make their gun more appealing to me. So, I started looking again.
A retired highway patrol friend of mine asked me if I had considered a Kahr. I hadn't even heard of Kahr, so no. But I checked into the Kahrs and really like the looks of the CW45 and even more so the PM45, both of which look better on paper at least than the XD-S, and either of which should work for cc.
So, now I'm wondering how the Kahrs hold up to a dirty environment. Whatever I carry on the farm is going to get pretty gross from time to time, even though I will attempt to protect it, but I may really need it to work someday when it is dirty or wet or very cold. I hear that Kahrs are manufactured to very tight tolerances, which is great except that that could make them more vulnerable to dirt or water.
I wish I could afford a Glock 30S and a PM45, but that is not likely to happen in this lifetime. I would try to scrape together the money for the PM45 if I thought it would work even in the dirt the way a Glock is reputed to do. But if not, I may have to purchase a (comparatively bulky) Glock and forgo cc off farm much of the time.
So, do you have any experience or insights into the reliability of the CW45 or PM45 in a dirty environment, relative to the reliability of a Glock?
. Last, if you want a Kahr, I'd probably recommend a steel model. Might be less likely do suffer damage with dirt or grit in the internals. My k40 seems to be less finicky than my mk9. 
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