The Kahr PM9 excels in both the NPE and backup gun roles. I’m not sure if this was intentional by Kahr but it wasn’t a big deal. Some pistols are setup with different holds based on what the manufacturer wants to do. I have seen this in Kahrs in the past so I expected it. This occurred while the pistol was rested and offhand. The gun did shoot a few inches high of point of aim. This PM9 was also equipped with Trijicon night sights which I consider to be an excellent choice. Make sure you bring a speed loader for the mags and plan on buying a few extras since the range can get tedious jamming mags by hand every 6 rounds. The gun also came in a nice hard case with three magazines, two 6 round magazines that sat flush with the frame and a 7 rounder that extended a bit below. Certainly it was snappy, as all small guns are, but nothing truly noteworthy in that department. The gun was also relatively controllable. If you can’t shoot a double action only trigger well do two things: take some fundamentals classes and actually work on them to get better.
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Do I prefer it? Not really but it does provide a measure of safety and allows the gun to not have a manual safety which is a good thing. Many people have a hard time with a double action trigger, I don’t. This is great since small size it what makes this gun so attractive. Some guns are smaller or the same size but in 9mm this is the smallest reliable gun I have encountered. First off it is the smallest of its type that actually works. Now, let’s talk about the unique characteristics of this gun. Is this gun going to outrun my Glock 34? No, but that is not what this gun is for. I only shot 500 rounds because that is about as much as I will put through the gun in a year if I was using for NPE or backup duty. Some of you will want a higher round count to test the pistol and some of you will be ok with 500 rounds. The gun grouped well out to 15 yards with this premium defensive ammo. Rounds used were Speer gold dot 147gr, Federal HST 147gr, and Winchester Defend. I also shot around 50 assorted hollow points for accuracy. Once again, I could not, much to my surprise.
I wanted to run the gun harder and faster than the average user to see if I could get it to choke. I shot these rounds in a few dynamic drills at a pistol class I was teaching, along with some standard static range stuff. Through 500 rounds the gun cycled as designed and experienced zero malfunctions. I anticipated this would happen immediately since that is what happens with most pistols in this size and caliber. I intended to clean the gun when it malfunctioned. I set out to put 500 rounds through the gun in only two sessions to check the gun for reliability. This gun checks both of these boxes through initial evaluation. I need a gun of this type to do two things: The gun needs to be reliable through a realistic round count for a pistol of this size and weight, and I need to be able to group well out to 15 yards with it under normal range conditions.
A smaller gun setup to be accessed with the offhand can prove decisive in a fight under many circumstances. Some people carry two guns this practice has been around as long as people have been using guns.
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These places can be gun free zones under any type of circumstance.Ī Backup gun. If there are major consequences for getting caught with a gun a small gun may be the ticket. However, I will talk about what a micro gun is good for:Ĭarrying in a NPE or non-permissive environment. That is another article for another time. This is the case because these guns are not utilized for the correct mission. 380 pocket guns and 9mms are the bane of my existence. As an entry-level firearms trainer and gun counter guy, single stack. It’s reliable under normal conditions, mechanically accurate, and it has a distinct size advantage over its competition.Īnybody that knows me will tell you I am no fan of micro pistols.
I received a Kahr PM9 for testing and review. You can read their reviews of gun gear both here and at Editor’s Note: We’ve provided gear to the experts guys at SpotterUp to test out for us.