Range Report
Just received my new Kahr P40 covert. It has a full length slide (3.5") and shortened grip. (5+1).
Day one. Went to the range with 200 reloads and 50 rounds of Remington Golden Saber 165gr. While it did not like my round nose reloads, it fed all of the GS perfectly. The instruction book stated that there is a break in period of 200 rounds and the gun should not be considered reliable until then. I was surprised to see the warning as I have never heard of a gun that needed a break in period. I assume that it is because the frame is polymer, and unlike the Glocks, the slide runs along the frame without any imbedded metal in the frame. I found the 2 finger grip of the shortened grip a little hard to handle with fast shooting, but found the grip with the extended mag to be fine. I have ordered an "Agrip" (spongy rubber) to enhance the shortened grip and expect that to solve the issue.
I found the trigger to be very smooth as per Kahr normal, however, I detected a slight snap at the end that I did not feel on their full steel guns when dry firing. I found the trigger to be much better than other double action autos such as the SIGs, Walthers, and HKs. Just last week, I fired the Walther P99 in .40 and found it quite snappy and difficult to follow up on fast firing. The small Kahr was much easier in recovery than the much larger Walther.
Day two. Cleaned the Kahr and headed out to the range with 100 hollowponts, 100 jacketed and another 35 rounds of Remington GS. The gun fed everything I fed it with one exception. I had one failure to feed at about 200. Re racked the slide, and fed it the last of my rounds with no problem. It fed the 35 GS after feeding the other 200. The one failure to feed may have been because it was so dirty. I don't think a small polymer gun was designed to, nor made to, feed the large amount of ammo over the short amount of time that I did.
Conclusion. Found the gun to be highly accurate. The max distance so far was about 25-30 feet and I was able to shoot one inch groups. Reliability was excellent especially considering that the test was the break in. Would I depend on it the protect my life?… yes.