Trying to resist buying a pistol I don't really need. Kahr CT40 $198.

[MikeInOr]

I received an e-mail flyer from Sportsman's Warehouse advertising a Kahr CT40 for $198. I don't need it, I don't have a use for it but darn it is tempting at that price. I have a subcompact Kahr CM9 which is one of my favorite carry guns. The CT40 is a mid size 7 + 1 .40 S&W with the same design, action, and trigger pull of my subcompact CM9 (Which is probably my best striker fired trigger).

I own many .45acp's, 9mm's, .380's, 32acp's and even a 25 acp plus the odd 7.62×25mm Tokarev, 7.62x38 Nagant, 44mag and 50ae. I have always stayed away from .40's because they are a pain in the rear... a .40 case slips perfectly inside a .45acp case and a 9mm slips perfectly inside a .40 case... a major progressive press jammer and I always miss one or two 40's when sorting through a large lot of brass. But lets face is a .40 S&W IS a good defense round and $198 is cheap... it would be a good truck gun to keep locked in the gun vault I keep hidden and cabled to a strong point in the truck. I don't know where else you can get that much gun NEW for two C notes? Used guns come with that transfer fee which is $50 on top of the $10 background check here in Central Oregon which means most people are asking above retail for their used guns.

Trying to resist!

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[jim97701]

Why resist, you know you want it

 

[StacattoP]

Shoot....... No pun intended but at that price for a decent truck gun can't get no better! But if you're really on the fence you can never have enough ammo/reloading supplies

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

You have my permission to buy it

 

[Medic!]

Don't let a good price on a gun prevent you from getting one you find later that you always wanted.

Now if you have the cash to blow? Go for it.

 

[Mikej]

Don't let a good price on a gun prevent you from getting one you find later that you always wanted.

Now if you have the cash to blow? Go for it.

I never put it in words but I think this ^^ is how I do it.

 

[nammac]

Got the same email... For $210.00 w/ the transfer fee, might make sense as a car/truck gun. Great price, decent capacity, respectable caliber. What's not to like

 

[Medic!]

One factor I use to ''Just buy a gun''.
Is there any meat on the bone?

I will slap down $1500 in a hot minute for a nice 1911A1 worth $2200.
But a $200 handgun?

That's gona give you about the same return as my wife's shoes.

 

[41mag]

My own enthusiasm to buy such otherwise unwanted/unneeded models/calibers gradually shifted to the reality such detracted from acquiring higher priority stuff.

Good luck in any case

 

[808hondacrguy]

My own enthusiasm to buy such otherwise unwanted/unneeded models/calibers gradually shifted to the reality such detracted from acquiring higher priority stuff.

Good luck in any case

Higher priority than a new gun? Who are you, and what did you do with Jack?

 

[41mag]

Higher priority than a new gun?

yes, there IS a happy-days-life after cutting 'lower priority' squandering of my limited (sorry to use the word) funds....

what other items do we follow the theory of 'it was a GOOD DEAL' purchase imperative, for items neither wanted nor needed?

The alteration of my own theory on such purchases resulted in far greater satisfaction over longer periods of time. Oddly enough, this was related to my purchase of a Kahr 40 some years ago. YMMV

EDIT TO ADD: similar to limiting choices to the instant potatoes & jello line at the 'eat all you want buffet' when prime rib & smoked brisket are right next door at another place .....

 

[Mikej]

EDIT TO ADD: similar to limiting choices to the instant potatoes & jello line at the 'eat all you want buffet' when prime rib & smoked brisket are right next door at another place .....

Now THERE'S an analogy I can wrap my mind around!

 

[Mikej]

My own enthusiasm to buy such otherwise unwanted/unneeded models/calibers gradually shifted to the reality such detracted from acquiring higher priority stuff.

Good luck in any case

yes, there IS a happy-days-life after cutting 'lower priority' squandering of my limited (sorry to use the word) funds....

what other items do we follow the theory of 'it was a GOOD DEAL' purchase imperative, for items neither wanted nor needed?

The alteration of my own theory on such purchases resulted in far greater satisfaction over longer periods of time. Oddly enough, this was related to my purchase of a Kahr 40 some years ago. YMMV

EDIT TO ADD: similar to limiting choices to the instant potatoes & jello line at the 'eat all you want buffet' when prime rib & smoked brisket are right next door at another place .....

Dayumm you talk pretty. I need to read it reeeaaal slow, but it is pretty!

 

[41mag]

I need to read it reeeaaal slow,

can you read it without moving your lips?

 

[Mikej]

can you read it without moving your lips?

Yes. I follow with the cursor on the PC.

 

[jbett98]

Buy two, jack up the price on one of them and list it here for sale as special and rare.
And don't forget to shoot a couple of hundred rounds through it and claim it's as new in box.

 

[titsonritz]

 

[Ownerus]

Grampa used to say "don't buy a lot of stuff you don't need just because it's cheap".
Yeah, I didn't listen either. Figured he didn't really mean it to apply to guns or other tools

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Low price and you desire it.. get it!
If I had money for guns Id be buying like crazy right now.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Buy two, jack up the price on one of them and list it here for sale as special and rare.
And don't forget to shoot a couple of hundred rounds through it and claim it's as new in box.

Ah yes, the Sportsmans Warehouse Black Friday sales tactic. Hahaha