{"id":2017,"date":"2020-03-05T08:26:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T08:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2020-06-29T17:33:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:33:47","slug":"kahr-ct9-compact-pistol-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/kahr-ct9-compact-pistol-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Kahr CT9 Compact Pistol Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kahr CT9 Review: More Of The Same (Great) Stuff<\/span><\/h1>\n

Kahr Arms has carved out a niche for themselves in today\u2019s gun culture. They are known for making small, lightweight, easy to carry guns. The 9mm CT9 continues to build on that tradition. It\u2019s a thin, lightweight 9mm pistol that holds eight rounds. At just over 18 ounces in weight without a magazine, it\u2019s an easy gun to carry around with you all day long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kahr CT9 is a single-stack compact 9mm pistol with a polymer frame. The frame is aggressively textured to give you a better grip. The texturing, though, is not so aggressive that it starts to rip up your hands during a long range session. The single magazine that\u2019s included with the gun holds eight rounds. The pistol has an MSRP of $449, but you\u2019ll probably find it for sale for less than that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kahr CT9 is a little bit taller and longer than most other guns in our test. The longer slide allows a little more separation between the front sight and the rear sight, which helped me maintain a better sight picture under rapid fire. Surprisingly, this doesn\u2019t affect concealability all that much. The reason for this is that when we carry a gun using a holster on our waistband, it\u2019s the slide that gets tucked into our pants and is hidden away. The result is that, unless we\u2019re carrying something ridiculously long (<\/span>like, say, this from Cimarron<\/span><\/a>), a pistol\u2019s length has little effect on how easy it is to conceal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First Impressions<\/span><\/h3>\n

The pistol’s height, however, does affect how easy it is to conceal. The outline of the grip is what shows up first when we move about. This is also known as \u201cprinting\u201d and it can lead other people to ask if you\u2019re carrying a gun on you. Taller guns, like the Kahr CT9, have longer grips. That, in turn, makes them easier to spot when carried concealed. This problem can be solved with holster selection and by paying more attention to your choice of cover garment. The fact still remains, though, that the shorter the pistol, the easier it is to conceal.<\/span>
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