Kahr Arms
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Kahr Arms is an American small arms manufacturer with headquarters in Blauvelt, New York and a manufacturing facility in Worcester, Massachusetts.
| Kahr Arms | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Blauvelt, New York |
| Key people | Kook Jin "Justin" Moon , CEO/President of Saeilo |
| Industry | Firearms |
| Website | kahr.com |
Kahr Arms is known for its 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 and stainless steel framed pistols made to a fine tolerance, that feature single stack magazines, and double action striker firing actions.
[edit] History
Kahr has offered its line of pocket pistols at a time that has seen a liberalisation of concealed weapons laws, in many U.S. states. Since the 1990s, many states passed "shall-issue" laws, promoted by the American National Rifle Association and other gun rights organizations, that required state authorities to issue permits to carry concealed weapons to law-abiding citizens who met certain conditions set forth by state law. In 1994 the U.S. federal government banned manufacture and importation of pistol magazines with more than a 10-round capacity (so called "hi-cap mags", which again became legal to manufacture and import in most states in September 2004 after the relevant federal law expired). 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. Their single-stack magazines enable a slender compact pistol that has 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. It is worth noting that the Auto-Ordnance Corporation that Kahr acquired had no relation to the original Auto-Ordnance Corporation that developed the Thompson. The Auto-Ordnance Corporation that was acquired by Kahr was formed in 1980's as an attempt to capitalize on the history of both the Thompson style of firearm and the "Auto-Ordnance" name.
Kahr Arms is owned by the Saello corporation. Kook Jin "Justin" Moon is CEO/President of Saeilo. He is the son of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church.
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