I just picked up a CW45

I have been in the market for a single stack compact 45. I narrowed it down to the Glock 36, the Springfield XDs and the Kahr CW45. After handling all three pistols and shooting a friends XDs, I decided on the CW45 last week. As a guy that grew up shooting DA revolvers, the CW45 trigger was the deciding factor...it's great!

Over the two range trips I have put 300 (100 Federal FMJ, 100 rounds Blazer FMJ and 100 rounds of Fiocchi JHP) virtually trouble free rounds through the pistol. The only issues I encountered were two light primer strikes on some older Fiocchi JHP that I had lying around for ~a half dozen years. Both rounds fired on the second try. When I tried a newer box of Fiocchi JHP, all 50 rounds fired without issue.

After doing some searching over at Kahrtalk, I read that ACT 7 round 1911 officers mags are a low cost alternative to Kahr factory mags (two ACT mags cost less than one 7 round Kahr factory mag). So for my second range session (150 rounds) I used two ACT 7 round mags. They locked the slide back every time and ran with 100% reliability.

As far as accuracy, this pistol is more than adequate for it's intended CCW job. At 30 feet I kept all rounds within a 5" shoot and see target. When I stretched the distance's out to 25 yards all shots remained in the COM on an IPSC target.

My only negative comment are that after the first 50 rounds with the pistol, I developed a blister at the base of my thumb from rubbing on the rear corner of the Kahr backstrap. For my second range trip, I put a band aid on my thumb so that the blister could heal. I think I'm going to get the sandpaper out and do a little re-contouring. I also put a Hogue Handall Jr. on my pistol to minimize the "cheese grater" feel of the front and rear back straps.

All in all, I'm very happy with with the CW45 and look forward to carrying and shooting it for years to come.

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