How many Lawmen use Kahr for back up or off duty.

[Bawanna]

I've found myself wondering recently just how many officers, agents, LE folks of all flavors are using Kahr products either as back up on duty guns or off duty primary guns.

Any detectives carrying a Kahr as an on duty primary?

[Chowser]

I just ordered a CM9 to use as a back-up gun on duty and off duty. I currently carry a Glock 33 as my back-up/off-duty (we are issued the Glock 31).

With summer approaching, I decided I wanted a true pocket gun so I ordered the CM9. I really like all the pocket .380s, but .380 is no longer an approved caliber for off-duty use. We are allowed 9mm, .40, .357, .45.

[Longitude Zero]

CW45 off duty gun and PM45 on duty and off duty backup.

[kb2wji]

PM9. Both for on duty backup, and off duty. he he he... duty

[ultratec1]

CW45 some of the time, the other part of the time is XDM 45.

My on duty is a Sig 229.

[Goldstar225]

I use my K40 as an off-duty weapon. Around here most officers don't even know that Kahr exists.

[Narkcop]

I frequently carry a K-40 in my narcotics assignment. I also have a P-40 that I will use once I have a few more rounds thru it.

[Knuckler]

I carried a PM9 when I did UC work.

[bonjorno2]

p380 off duty in the pocket and when I get my new cm9 i'll carry that iwb. right now my glock 27/36 is my iwb gun.

[jocko]

very impressive here guys,
the more that some people larn and see about kahrs I think in time will be even more popular with LEO for off duty carry or BU. I would tend to think most leo depts, lean towards 15-17 round double stack semi's. Probably why kahr is not even more popular. I hope kahrs stays out of the double stack contest to...They shoiuld continue to work hard in making their single stacks reliable, and keep the quality there, and let the double stack boys fight it out some where else..

[Bawanna]

Kahrs would have no place in a uniformed duty officers holster but they sure make a good off duty or on duty backup gun.
I was mostly curious about plain clothes and detective types that may carry them. Some departments allow more flexiblility to those types.
I just had an officer yesterday ask me to get him a Taurus 738SS, little 380. Couple of the guys have those and they shoot good, but taking one apart friday (the guy threw the manual away of course and couldn't figure it out they are the not great quality level. Not bad but not great.
I think my guy will be getting a CM9, he doesn't know it yet but I can feel it.

[jocko]

u should not have any problem lureing him away from that taurus to a CM9, just two total quality guns. Do u realize that to date we hv enot have one cm9 that had to go back to kahr and about 2 that even needed some tweeking and smoothing uip alittle. To me speaks highly of what kahr is sticking in the boxes today. I always put the taurus in about the same class as the kel tecs and I have been told that today taurus is now a better gun than kel tec...

[Longitude Zero]

Bawanna my dept has just under 1200 officers and I am aware of at least 2 dozen plain clothes officers that carry Kahrs as their primary duty weapon.

I agree that a Kahr is woefully inadequate as a on duty uniformed primary weapon. As good as the Kahrs are there are SOOOO many far superior weapons for uniform carry.

jocko you are right. Kahr has a nitch market where they are. They could not hope to successfully compete in the full sized uniform carry market. Glock, Springfield Armory, S&W, SIG have that market locked up tight.

[Bawanna]

Holy Moly, 1200 officers! We have 26 ? including 5 sgts, and 3 detectives. 1200, I'd be insane in a week. Course you probably got a ton more office pukes to deal with all the stuff too. That's big!

[CS534]

just picked up the Cm9 for back up/ off-duty use. If my new holster comes in by Friday I will be using it for my Off-duty security detail