And so did his next, down-sized version, the Micro-Kahr 9mm MK9. My first stainless K9 proved to be a keeper, too. I bought the test sample, had it refinished, and suggested he make it in stainless. When I was able to put five Federal 9BP rounds into 1-3/8 inches off the 25-yard bench, I was hooked. Its blue steel finish wasnвЂ™t the best, but everything else was exactly as IвЂ™d seen on the prototype. Justin Moon and Kahr Arms proved me wrong. He canвЂ™t mass produce a gun that smooth and that cool, that actually works, at the low price heвЂ™s quoting.вЂќ I asked him to send me a gun to test, and left thinking, вЂњThis is vaporware. He called it the Kahr K9.Д¬ynic that I was and am, my BS alert went off.

With a double-action trigger pull so smooth and light it felt as if it didnвЂ™t have a mainspring. And what he had was special: a striker-fired 9mm pistol, super-slim for concealed carry thanks to his patented offset feed ramp. The guy behind the booth, Justin Moon, was the designer and at that time pretty much sole proprietor. which is why I still remember that day at the SHOT Show in the mid-1990s when I found myself at the tiny booth with a new name in the Industry: вЂњKahr Arms.вЂќ

You go to an industry show, look at all the new stuff, and moan, вЂњGood Lord, is this all thatвЂ™s new?вЂќ For us old guys whoвЂ™ve been in the business for a while, thatвЂ™s not a new thing.

Work as a gun writer for a while, and it wonвЂ™t be terribly long before you get jaded. In the time of the single-stack, striker-fired 9mm pistol, we review two of the guns that started-and still maintain-the paradigm.

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