Glock vs. Kahr: Don't trust manufacture's creative measurments

[PlayboyPenguin]

I took these pics to prove a point in another thread and thought others might find it interesting.

The question was from someone looking to pick up a Kahr MK series pistol to replace their sub-compact Glock. They were asking if the MK would be easier to carry and conceal than the Glock. I answered that the Kahr MK series is not that much smaller than the Glock and also heavier. I told them the Kahr PM series would be better if they were looking for an easier to carry gun than the sub-compact Glock.

Then someone challenged that by stating the Kahr PM series and MK series are the same dimensions. They used the Kahr website as their reference. I told tham the Kahr website was misleading because they only measure the slide and not the frame. On the PM series the frame is polymer and very streamline. In the MK series the frame is stainless and the grips are mounted onto it. That makes the gun much closer to the Glock in width and easy of carry/concealment. This is especially true if you get the wood grips on the MK series gun.

Here are the pics that show the widths at the grip of each gun. You can see that the Glock and the MK are more similar than the MK and the PM.

Kahr MK40 w/polymer grips


Kahr MK40 w/wood grips


Kahr PM40


Glock 26

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[cyclesarge]

Hmmm, it would be interesting to see what the difference in total displacement between the guns would be.

 

[Gunner3456]

Hmmm, it would be interesting to see what the difference in total displacement between the guns would be.

Get a 3 gallon plastic bucket. Put a mark about 2/3 of the way full and fill with water to that mark. Submerge each gun in the water and measure the distance the water level rises in the bucket.

 

[Wallygator]

Get a 3 gallon plastic bucket. Put a mark about 2/3 of the way full and fill with water to that mark. Submerge each gun in the water and measure the distance the water level rises in the bucket.

Or if you really cared, you could use oil

 

[Gunner3456]

Or if you really cared, you could use oil

But I don't care since they aren't my guns.

 

[d1esel]

What's with the commie calipers PbP? Ain't you got a inch button on that thing? I'll have to hand it to ya though, 25.4 is more impresive than 1.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

What's with the commie calipers PbP? Ain't you got a inch button on that thing? I'll have to hand it to ya though, 25.4 is more impresive than 1.

European measurements suck...especially when trying to show precise differences.

 

[Deavis]

Not exactly for this thread... on size but on the performance end of things. I have a P40 3.75" barrel I recently chono'ed against my Gen III G-22 Glock 4.49" barrel with Winchester RA40TA 165 grain...... 6 rounds each gun and they BOTH AVERAGED 1139 fps!


Odd that I thought... .75" barrel difference and NO difference in velocity