Comments on: New Kahr PM4544 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-khar-pm4544/ Firearms not Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:38:33 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Don http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-khar-pm4544/#comment-8914 Don Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:25:56 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6034#comment-8914 Paul, As crazy as it sounds, Jeff Quinn tested the pt145 with both .45 acp AND .45 gap and found that it fired both... now he surely wasn't promoting it as standard practice, but I had never heard of such a thing before and found it interesting. -D Paul,

As crazy as it sounds, Jeff Quinn tested the pt145 with both .45 acp AND .45 gap and found that it fired both… now he surely wasn’t promoting it as standard practice, but I had never heard of such a thing before and found it interesting.

-D

]]> By: Rivrdog http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-khar-pm4544/#comment-8907 Rivrdog Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:48:32 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6034#comment-8907 Sounds too pricey by almost half. Check out this Star PD in .45 ACP. A good Spanish copy of a JMB design, it is light and handy. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=127434771 Sounds too pricey by almost half.

Check out this Star PD in .45 ACP. A good Spanish copy of a JMB design, it is light and handy.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=127434771

]]> By: Paul_In_Houston http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-khar-pm4544/#comment-8884 Paul_In_Houston Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:30:33 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6034#comment-8884 I wonder if it would have been advantageous to have designed it around the .45 GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) round. I love .45 ACP, but know that some people with smaller hands find the the few millimeters saved by the GAP round make quite a difference in a pistol that WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED around its' dimensions. - I wonder if it would have been advantageous to have designed it around the .45 GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) round.

I love .45 ACP, but know that some people with smaller hands find the the few millimeters saved by the GAP round make quite a difference in a pistol that WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED around its’ dimensions.

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]]> By: Roughedge http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-khar-pm4544/#comment-8879 Roughedge Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:53:05 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6034#comment-8879 Wow. A non-two tone version of a two tone handgun. That’s not NEW. That’s redecorated. Wow. A non-two tone version of a two tone handgun.

That’s not NEW. That’s redecorated.

]]> By: Don http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/21/new-khar-pm4544/#comment-8877 Don Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:38:48 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6034#comment-8877 These Kahrs are nice so far as I can tell in the store. I can speak to the format of these little 45s being not nearly as bad to shoot as people claim. On a similar format piece (taurus pt145) accuracy was very good for me with an autoloader, between 3 and 4 inch "groups" (not rested) at 25 yards once I got the hang of it. If you are into this kind of thing it would be worth looking at the 3rd gen Taurus millennium pro pt145 or pt745. I picked up a pt145 for $220 (some guy's wife said 'no' and he had to sell it fast, and it was dropped once, marring the finish on the slide) and (due to skepticism) proceeded to fire 200 rounds of Winchester factory ball (white box) and 260 rounds of reloads through it over the course of 2 weeks without cleaning it (intentionally) in between. I didn't have any problems with factory ammo. I had 4 malfunctions with semi-wadcutter reloads, three of which were failure to make it up the feed ramp, and one which binded in the magazine. Maybe it was because it was dirty, maybe not? These Kahrs are nice so far as I can tell in the store. I can speak to the format of these little 45s being not nearly as bad to shoot as people claim. On a similar format piece (taurus pt145) accuracy was very good for me with an autoloader, between 3 and 4 inch “groups” (not rested) at 25 yards once I got the hang of it.

If you are into this kind of thing it would be worth looking at the 3rd gen Taurus millennium pro pt145 or pt745. I picked up a pt145 for $220 (some guy’s wife said ‘no’ and he had to sell it fast, and it was dropped once, marring the finish on the slide) and (due to skepticism) proceeded to fire 200 rounds of Winchester factory ball (white box) and 260 rounds of reloads through it over the course of 2 weeks without cleaning it (intentionally) in between. I didn’t have any problems with factory ammo. I had 4 malfunctions with semi-wadcutter reloads, three of which were failure to make it up the feed ramp, and one which binded in the magazine. Maybe it was because it was dirty, maybe not?

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