What changes would you make to Kahrs...

[JFootin]

It may be sacrilege on this forum, but I'd like to see a Kahr the size of my PM9 with a light, short SA trigger and a manual safety. Before you suggest it, I don't care for Kimbers.

Except for the size, it sounds like you are talking about the Para Ordinance LDA guns. One of the best competitive shooters uses one with a super trigger job and about 1.5 lb release to trounce the competition.

[O'Dell]

Except for the size, it sounds like you are talking about the Para Ordinance LDA guns. One of the best competitive shooters uses one with a super trigger job and about 1.5 lb release to trounce the competition.

I've never had a Para, so I'm not personally familiar with the LDA trigger. I did have a SIG P220 with a DAK trigger, but didn't like it, so I sold the gun. Anyway, size is important which is why I got the PM9 and LCP in the first place.

[jocko]

trust me the Para lda triggers are totally awesome..

[JFootin]

The LDA is a strange piece. The hammer is just kind of there for show. It is striker fired. The trigger is about 5.5 lb, but a trigger job can put that wherever you want it to be. (You don't have to worry about light strikes on the primer because the trigger just releases the striker.) The travel is short, so you would still need to use the thumb safety.

But what is the point? It is still a single action gun (with no second strike capability, ala Taurus.) So, why not just stick with the single action, get a trigger job on it, and forget about it?

But can the LDA be an even better trigger than the single action, with a little work?

[balok1701]

It's not that I want Kahr to copy the rest of the market. It's that I love what Kahr is doing now, and would also like to add a larger capacity model with the exact same controls and operation for consistency. I think having all of my guns operate the same way is safer in an emergency. No fumbling with levers missing or in different places on different gun designs.

[balok1701]

Another two guns I would like to see Kahr build would be a cw380 and a cm380.

[Foggy]

Kahrs are awesome guns. They fill a niche in the market quite nicely. My hats are off to them for that. I dearly love my K9. With that said I only lust for one small design change. I think the only plastic that should come near a gun is a credit card. So where is the aluminum frame model? Come on, with today's technology, I know they could do this ...

[O'Dell]

It's not that I want Kahr to copy the rest of the market. It's that I love what Kahr is doing now, and would also like to add a larger capacity model with the exact same controls and operation for consistency. I think having all of my guns operate the same way is safer in an emergency. No fumbling with levers missing or in different places on different gun designs.

You know, I've heard that opinion expressed a lot and for a long time. I now have 13 pistols in my active collection and they include S&W's with and w/o safeties, SIG's with and w/o, Kahrs, HK's, Springfields with and w/o, an STI and a Ruger. The other night I heard a noise in my house - it woke me up, so it could have been real or a dream. I grabbed the HK 40 that I keep outside the safe and the first thing I remember was looking across that green dot on the front night sight down the hall from my bedroom. I had swiped off the safety w/o even thinking about it, and that is odd because I have only shot that gun once. I think basically the same thing would have happened with any other of my pistols, with or w/o safeties.

[ripley16]

Kahrs are awesome guns. They fill a niche in the market quite nicely. My hats are off to them for that. I dearly love my K9. With that said I only lust for one small design change. I think the only plastic that should come near a gun is a credit card. So where is the aluminum frame model? Come on, with today's technology, I know they could do this ...

What would be the gain, what difference would there be in performnce between a polymer frame Kahr and a alloy frame Kahr? Both offer lower weight versus steel frame, but other than screw on grip panels, I can't think of a major advantage to be gained by the use of a alloy frame. What am I missing?

[JFootin]

IMHO, the ability to add Bawanna Super Thin wood grip panels to my Kahr would be FANTASTIC! Also, the alloy would not flex and deform like polymer, which causes mis-feeds, mags not dropping free, and stuff. It would add a little to the weight, softening recoil, and it would improve the balance of the gun.

[Bawanna]

Thats a good thought jfootin, thanks for thinking it.

Nice wood on any gun is a plus in my book. Not sure it's worth a material change to make it happen with the MK's and K's out there but a plus.