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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
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