Avg wait on a PM45

[RX7DOYLE]

Hey guys, I'm new here. I just bought a PM45 and was just wondering what is the typical wait time seen.

[Bawanna]

Hey guys, I'm new here. I just bought a PM45 and was just wondering what is the typical wait time seen.

I don't understand the question? Wait for what?

[kahrseye]

Or is it weight time. Time weighs heavy on my mind.

[at_liberty]

I could understand your question if you meant you would only buy a gun from a store, not mail order, gun auction, etc. I believe these guns are available immediately to whoever has the money and the motivation.

Wait time in terms of how long a dealer's special order would take, assuming distributors are sold out and you would be waiting on Kahr production, would be difficult to estimate. A quick call to Kahr might help, but I believe they talk only to distributor level vendors, guys with the volume accounts.

There are three up on gunbroker.com, all NIB, best buy-it-now price appearing to be $739 with night sights.

[Bawanna]

I read he already bought one, I guess he means he ordered one. Buds has them in stock 661 delivered for the stainless plain sight version. I'm not sure if the DLC flavor is in stock or not.
Davidsons distributors don't seem to have any and haven't for awhile.
739 with night sights would be a decent deal if they are the sights you want. I got a set of XS's coming for mine from one of my new best friends.

[RX7DOYLE]

...Yeah....sorry about that. I foolishly left out lots of details due to my rush.

Anyhow, I purchased a Kahr PM45 with night sights from a local dealer near Miami, FL. Since I'm fairly new to the gun world (I've recently REALLY gotten into firearms as of about 2 months ago) I was unaware of gunbroker.com and other alternatives on purchasing a firearm. I ignorantly just assumed the place to go was a dealer, all my time and research went into buying brand and caliber for a CCW and not in where to actually get one the quickest, Devil in the details. Since my peaked interest I’ve purchased two weapons. First was a Beretta PX4 Storm Sub compact 9mm which I absolutely love, better than my dad’s SIG P225, super accurate. I can EASILY group within a 4 in diameter from 7 yards. This one, however, stays with my GF at her place in case she would ever need it (she’s also a great shot). Second was what I carry with me every day, a Taurus 738 TCP, very nice little gun. Though, I’m not completely comfortable just having a .380 even with the golden sabers JHP rounds that I have and with the scarce ammo even worse.
I was introduced to Kahr at this dealer where they had a PM45. I instantly fell in love with it. My previous history with handguns were only with SIG (P225 9mm my dad owns) and Glock (M30 & 27, my brother owns). So, upon extensive research on various firearms I narrowed it down to the Glock 36 and the Kahr PM45, I think you all figured out that winner.
About two weeks ago I went back to get the PM45 and it was gone and none where left. So since the gentlemen who was helped me out on my Taurus purchase and was very very helpful I decided to keep giving him my business and asked him to order me one. He did warn me that it can take a while but I went with it anyways. So, my question to you fellow Kahr owners is…How long when you order a Kahr from a dealer would you ESTIMATE it would take to actually receive it. I ask this simply because reading threads I tend to see “My Kahr finally arrived” and “After a long wait” and such. So I was just curious, how long my actual can wait time be?

[hsart]

...Yeah....sorry about that. I foolishly left out lots of details due to my rush.

Anyhow, I purchased a Kahr PM45 with night sights from a local dealer near Miami, FL. Since I'm fairly new to the gun world (I've recently REALLY gotten into firearms as of about 2 months ago) I was unaware of gunbroker.com and other alternatives on purchasing a firearm. I ignorantly just assumed the place to go was a dealer, all my time and research went into buying brand and caliber for a CCW and not in where to actually get one the quickest, Devil in the details. Since my peaked interest I’ve purchased two weapons. First was a Beretta PX4 Storm Sub compact 9mm which I absolutely love, better than my dad’s SIG P225, super accurate. I can EASILY group within a 4 in diameter from 7 yards. This one, however, stays with my GF at her place in case she would ever need it (she’s also a great shot). Second was what I carry with me every day, a Taurus 738 TCP, very nice little gun. Though, I’m not completely comfortable just having a .380 even with the golden sabers JHP rounds that I have and with the scarce ammo even worse.
I was introduced to Kahr at this dealer where they had a PM45. I instantly fell in love with it. My previous history with handguns were only with SIG (P225 9mm my dad owns) and Glock (M30 & 27, my brother owns). So, upon extensive research on various firearms I narrowed it down to the Glock 36 and the Kahr PM45, I think you all figured out that winner.
About two weeks ago I went back to get the PM45 and it was gone and none where left. So since the gentlemen who was helped me out on my Taurus purchase and was very very helpful I decided to keep giving him my business and asked him to order me one. He did warn me that it can take a while but I went with it anyways. So, my question to you fellow Kahr owners is…How long when you order a Kahr from a dealer would you ESTIMATE it would take to actually receive it. I ask this simply because reading threads I tend to see “My Kahr finally arrived” and “After a long wait” and such. So I was just curious, how long my actual can wait time be?

I think that the only person who can answer this is your dealer who should call his distributor. You probably will hear that they cannot estimate, only guess. You may want to cancel and go with gunbroker.com if you cannot wait.

[Bawanna]

Or your dealer can order for you from Buds or anywhere else that has one. Your a good man to support your local dealer, they need our support. Long as he's fair with his pricing and most important honest I'd stick with him. It's anyones guess right now how long it would take to get one. Michael, where was that Florida dealer that had such good prices that didn't have any when you got your?
I was in precisely your same place a month ago, actually much longer than that. I was ready to go with the Glock 36, had one in stock locally , price was excellent, I've had one before but I was mesermized by the little PM45. Got it friday abused the crap out of it Sunday and absolutely no regrets. The 36 is a great gun but the size, grip shape and "looks" of the PM just blow my dress up completely around my neck.
I'm the king of impatience so in your shoes I would be the proverbial squeaky wheel. The I have money, I want my gun now proverb would be well applied. It rarely works but I still stick with it. Good luck, hope you don't wait too long. Keep us posted. You can read the manuals and the proper prep of your new kahr right here on this site while your waiting.
We're wide open to talking about things to come, anywhere you want to go. Now we're all aching with anticipation nearly as bad as you, so your not alone.

[deadhead1971]

I got my PM9 in June 2009.

When I went in, they only had PM40s. I got on a waiting list and waited 2 weeks. This was in June, and they only got 2 in. I got one of em. I asked them when had they had any before that, and I was told about 4 or 5 months. I lucked out.

[hsart]

I agree that supporting your local dealer should always be the top priority. Unfortunately the few dealers in my general area all stick to manufacturers retail pricing on in stock or orders.

[Bawanna]

There's suppose to be one big shop down there that deals big quantities, caters to LE and has super prices. I can't remember the name. Michael and a couple others went there. They were out 3 weeks ago or so, so they may not be any help but the prices were phenomenal. Michael was gonna put my name on one too if they had any. Maybe Wynn knows of it too, he's down in that corner of the world.

[Bawanna]

Found it!!!! B&H Gunrack. Suppose to be a kahr distributor down there. He didn't mention what town it was in but Florida ain't very wide on the map, just drive north and south and you should be able to see the sign.

[wyntrout]

I'm in NE Florida... Jacksonville.

Check this link/post for latest most popular problems and fixes for the PM45 and others:

http://kahrtalk.com/general-discussi...html#post17700

It's abbreviated and I attempted a bit of humor, but it covers some problems some of us have had with the PM45 and others recently.

A good way to shop for guns is to Google whatever you're after and look at some of the big and reputable sites like GunBroker.com. There are many others with good security and reputations. Use their FFL listings to shop for an FFL dealer to receive your gun for you. You can shop by proximity and fee, which can really vary.
The Gun Shop/Range I frequent wanted $50 fee to receive a gun for me, $5 instant check and tax on all of that... close to $60!
I found a dealer for $25 out the door for my PM45 and then switched another standing order to him as well. Had the other dealer been more reasonable with the fee, I would have stuck with him. I guess he was trying to make up for not having the gun to sell me.
You can shop the whole country as well or better than your local dealer who may just use certain distributors.
Wynn

[Bawanna]

I'm in NE Florida... Jacksonville.

Check this link/post for latest most popular problems and fixes for the PM45 and others:

http://kahrtalk.com/general-discussi...html#post17700

It's abbreviated and I attempted a bit of humor, but it covers some problems some of us have had with the PM45 and others recently.

A good way to shop for guns is to Google whatever you're after and look at some of the big and reputable sites like GunBroker.com. There are many others with good security and reputations. Use their FFL listings to shop for an FFL dealer to receive your gun for you. You can shop by proximity and fee, which can really vary.
The Gun Shop/Range I frequent wanted $50 fee to receive a gun for me, $5 instant check and tax on all of that... close to $60!
I found a dealer for $25 out the door for my PM45 and then switched a standing order to him as well. Had the other dealer been more reasonable with the fee, I would have stuck with him. I guess he was trying to make up for not having the gun to sell me.
You can shop the whole country as well or better than your local dealer who may just use certain distributors.
Wynn

Or just order the Bawanna Special. It comes with no problems other than shortage of ammunition and range time. Hope rx7 gets one soon, the wait is already getting brutal for me. Holding one in my had or mentioning that I'm holding one in my hand is probably salt in an open wound but it's nice. Having recently suffered on his end of the waiting game I can relate to the pain and discomfort this causes. Course not everyone is impatient as me, actually I don't know anyone impatient as me. Are we there yet?

[at_liberty]

Don't be bashful about canceling that order, especially if no one, even Kahr, will give a delivery date. You are in charge as the person with the money and who is supposed to be happy. I don't see how there could be any hard feelings about it. Just make sure you have a bird in hand first...something lined up with an open Buy-it-now on an auction.

p.s. have you shot anything as hefty as a .45 before? Messing around with pocket guns and then stepping to the line with a sawed off .45 could be quite a shock.