Kahr Arms
Type	Private
Industry	Firearms
Founded	1995; 26 years ago in Blauvelt, New York
Headquarters	Greeley, Pennsylvania
Justin Moon, CEO/President
Parent	Kahr Firearms Group
Website	kahr.com

Kahr Serial Number
Kahr Pm9 Serial Number Lookup
Kahr Serial Number Lookup
Kahr P380 Serial Number Lookup

Kahr MK9

Retain your tracking number when shipping firearms for repair. This will allow you to track the status of your firearm shipment either by phone or the website of the carrier. Please allow three weeks for the return of a handgun. Kahr Arms and Magnum Research ships repaired firearms via Fedex “Adult Signature Required”. The biggest problem with Kahr is that the company has been bought/sold and moved a few times. Those disruptions can cause quality issues. There are some models and/or serial number ranges where the guns were less well made.

Kahr CM9 subcompact 9×19mm

Kahr Arms is an Americansmall arms manufacturer specializing in compact and mid-size semi-automatic pistols chambered for popular cartridges, including .380 ACP, 9mm Luger, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. Kahr pistols feature polymer or stainless steel frames, single-stack magazines, and double-action-only striker firing actions. Kahr Arms is part of the Kahr Firearms Group, a US-based firearms manufacturer, which also includes Thompson Auto-Ordnance and Magnum Research. The Kahr Firearms Group company headquarters is in Greeley, Pennsylvania, with a manufacturing facility in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Kahr Arms was founded by Justin Moon, who is CEO and president. He is the son of Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church.^[1]^[2]

History[edit]

From the age of 14, Justin Moon enjoyed shooting guns.^[3] At age 18, Moon got a license to carry a handgun, co-signed by one of his older brothers, but he was not satisfied with the small calibers available in compact handguns. 'I had been licensed to carry in New York State since I was 18 and had looked for an ultra-compact 9mm pistol,' Justin later told American Handgunner. 'To my chagrin, I could not find a pistol with the quality of construction and features in design which I felt were appropriate for a carry gun. Therefore, I decided to design an ultra-compact 9-mm pistol that I could carry.'^[4] By his junior year of college, he decided to design one himself.^[3]

In 1999, Kahr Arms bought Auto-Ordnance Company, not associated with the original AOC, maker of Thompson submachine guns, then owned and operated by Numrich Arms who had bought the crated assets of Auto-Ordnance started by General John T. Thompson and his investors. Now Kahr manufactures Auto-Ordnance's line of semi-automatic weapons, including a long-barreled rifle version of the famous 'Tommy Gun'.^[5]

Kahr offers its line of compact pistols at a time of significant liberalization of concealed weapons laws in many U.S. states. Since the 1990s, many states have passed 'shall-issue' laws, as promoted by the American National Rifle Association and other gun rights organizations. Such laws mandate that state authorities must issue permits to carry concealed weapons to all law-abiding applicants who met certain conditions set forth by state law, including passing a comprehensive background check.

In 1994, the U.S. government banned manufacture and importation of pistol magazines with more than a 10-round capacity. These were the so-called 'high-capacity' magazines, which again became legal to manufacture and import in most states in September 2004, after the relevant federal law expired. This change in federal law rendered many staggered-magazine pistol models (commonly with magazine capacities of 15 or more rounds) less popular in the American market. They were now overly large in light of their newly mandated 10-shot limit.^[6] Kahr was at the forefront, offering relatively small, well-made pistols with magazine capacities of up to eight rounds of 9mm or .40-caliber ammunition. These single-stack magazines allow for slender, compact pistols that have proven popular with the buying public.

Since late 2003 or very early in 2004, Kahr has changed from offering a Limited Lifetime Warranty on their pistols to one of only five years' duration.^[7] In 2003 the New York Daily News reported that the Kahr K9 was popular as a back-up weapon with New York City police officers, who called it the 'Moonie gun'.^[4]

Find new and used Kahr firearms at Guns.com. Shop Kahr Arms handguns made using advanced computer applications and precise manufacturing technologies to.
PM9 Barrel Recall: Kahr has posted information regarding a specific range of PM9 barrels to be recalled and have some finish machining done. The specifics as to whether your barrel requires service should be gotten by contacting Kahr. Models involved: PM9093A, PM9093NA, PM9094A, PM9094NA Serial number ranges: VA0003 - VA9999, VB0004 - VB0999.

In June 2010, Kahr bought Magnum Research, which markets the Desert Eagle.^[8]

During the Shot Show in January 2015, the Kahr Arms company changed its name to the Kahr Firearms Group. Kahr Arms is currently under the Kahr Firearms Group as a private firearms manufacturer, alongside Magnum Research and Auto-Ordnance. The company's trademarks include: Kahr Arms, Thompson, Auto-Ordnance, Magnum Research, BFR, and Desert Eagle.^[9]

In September 2019, Kahr Firearms Group donated eight Thin Blue Line PM9's to the NRA Law Enforcement Division, two of which were used as special Firearm Awards at the National Police Shooting Championships.^[10]

New location[edit]

On July 1, 2013, the Kahr Arms company announced that it was leaving New York state because of New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act (NY SAFE Act) of 2013. Kahr purchased 620 acres (250 ha) in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and said it will move its corporate staff after building offices in 2014 with plans to build a new factory by 2019.^[11] The firearms group ceremoniously cut the ribbon at the grand opening of their new 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m²) headquarters on August 11, 2015, in Blooming Grove Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.^[12]^[13]

Beginning September 17, 2018, all Kahr Firearms Group repairs and product returns must be sent prepaid via UPS Air or FedEx Overnight to the company's new location with a mailing address of Greeley, Pennsylvania, instead of to the old service/repair address of Worcester, Massachusetts. An RMA number is required for all returns or repairs.

Kahr design[edit]

Polymer-frame Kahr CM9 field stripped for routine cleaning

The Kahr action is a Browning locked-breech design featuring a striker-operated firing pin with a passive firing pin safety, making it a true hammerless action.^[14]^[15] When the trigger is pulled, the trigger bar begins to rotate a double-lobed cocking cam. This cam simultaneously begins to draw the striker to the rear, compressing the spring behind it, while depressing and deactivating the firing pin block. At the end of the trigger's travel, the lobe contacting the striker slips off the striker and releases it; the other lobe has, by this point, completely depressed the firing pin block and permitted the striker to snap forward and strike the primer. This single piece takes the place of more complicated and fragile designs employed in other pistols. It is similar in principle, though very different in execution, to the action design of Glocks. It also allows the firing pin block to be located further to the rear of the slide and therefore further from possible contamination by combustion gases and powder fouling. For this innovation, Justin Moon was awarded one of the five patents he owns on the Kahr pistol design. This system is employed on all Kahr pistols, regardless of frame material, size, or caliber.

Kahr's trigger is similar to a double-action revolver, with a short 3⁄8-inch (0.95 cm) tr

Kahr Serial Number Lookup