There is no comparison in the thickness of the respective grips. 08 inch, which isn't much in the overall scheme of things. The Officer's Model has a little thinner slide than the Kahr by approximately. The magazines for each gun, the new Kahr and the older Colt design, sport the same capacity: six rounds. However, this is a little misleading because the P45 magazine uses a plastic baseplate that also acts as a bumper pad during the reload and does not fit flush against the bottom of the polymer grip. In terms of its height, as measured from the top of the slide to the bottom of the grip or the magazine, the Kahr P45 is actually a little taller than the Officer's Model by about two-tenths of an inch. Just about everyone else uses four equal-size steel pads at the same relative height to carry the slide.

This is a distinct departure from most every other polymer design. It utilizes a polymer frame with two short but thick steel pads at the rear of its polymer receiver to carry the slide and two much longer rails located lower in the dustcover portion of the polymer frame to carry the front of the slide.

As mentioned, it is a DAO pistol like all the other products in the Kahr line. 45 Auto, let's examine its main characteristics. 45 ACP caliber would be something only a few would attempt.īefore getting into the actual dimensions of this new self-defense. All are relatively slim guns, and they have all established a good reputation for reliability, but designing one in. Kahr handguns are all characterized by a double-action-only trigger action that is both smooth and easy to operate. Its size in terms of height and length is not extraordinary, but it is lighter by a wide margin, thinner and among the most comfortable. But here Kahr has achieved what many thought impossible. Nope, not at all this gun is a continuation of the brilliant Kahr design. It is not a reinvented cut-down, 'I hope it works,' super-short, radical modification of the venerable 1911 pistol, which has been the vehicle for most of these.

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