Kahr Arms

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Kahr Arms is a small arms manufacturer with a 22,000 sq. ft. plant in Worcester, MA.

Kahr Arms
Type	Private
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Worcester, MA
Key people	Kook Jin "Justin" Moon , CEO/President of Saeilo
Industry	Firearms

Kahr Arms is known for it's well made and concealable semi-automatic pistol line. It markets compact and mid-sized frame pistols in 9mm, 40 and 45 calibers. Kahr offers polymer, aluminum and stainless steel framed pistols made to a fine tolerance, that feature single stacked magazines, and double action striker firing actions.

[edit] History

Kahr has offered it's line of pocket pistols at a time that has seen a liberalisation of concealed weapons laws, in many U.S. states. In the 90's, 31 states passed laws, promoted by the American National Rifle Association, that allowed people to carry concealed weapons. In 1994 the U.S.federal government banned manufacture of pistol magazines with more than a 10 bullet capacity (hi-cap mags). This rendered popular full size pistol models, some with 21 round magazines, obsolescent in the American market. They were now overly large in light of their newly mandated 10 shot limit. ^[1] Kahr was at the forefront at offering small well-made pistols that fire eight or fewer relatively large 9mm and .40-caliber bullets. There single stack magazines enable a slender compact pistol that have proved popular with the buying public.

[edit] Kahr design

The Kahr action is a Browning locked-breech design and has a striker operated firing pin with a passive firing pin safety. It is a true hammer-less action. When the trigger is pulled, the double-action mechanism draws back and then releases the striker. The Kahr trigger is similar to a double-action revolver, with a short 3/8 inch trigger travel. The Kahr slide travels on four steel inserts. Kahr pistols are thin. Kahr pistols have their feed ramp offset to the left, which allows the trigger draw bar to lie flatter against the right side of the frame. This design feature helps the Kahr pistol line to achieve slide width of .90 of an inch, A Glock 26's slide is 1.25 inches thick. A Kahr frame is just as narrow as the slide. ^[2]

[edit] Company Background

In 1999, Kahr Arms bought Auto-Ordnance Corp., the maker of Thompson sub-machine guns. Now Kahr manufactures Auto-Ordnance's line of semiautomatic weapons , including a semiautomatic version of the famous tommy-gun.

Kahr Arms is owned by the Saeilo corp. Kook Jin "Justin" Moon is CEO/President of Saeilo. He is the son of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church.