Wouldn't recomend the Kahr .380
Hi, I saw someone above recommending the Kahr .380, and that is one gun I would advise against. I am a member of the Kahrtalk Forum and have 2 of the bigger CW series pistols, that work great, but the P380 is a problem child, and there are more posts about troubles with that gun, then there are the rest of the Kahr line combined. People are sending them back to to factory for all kinds of things, and are waiting MONTHS to get their weapon back. I guess the factory is backlogged with P380's to fix. I just posted an open letter to Kahr on the Kahrtalk forum that they should quit selling the P380 until they can get it to work reliably. There are quite a few very peeved P380 owners on Kahrtalk that have been waiting a long time to get their gun back, and even then some still have problems with it and have to send it back again. I wish they could get the .380 as reliable as the other Kahrs are, but until then, I would avoid it like the plague. I don't see spending over $500 for a pistol that will spend most of it's first year of ownership back at the factory. I'm looking for a .380 also, to replace my .32 Beretta Tomcat that I am selling, and am definately not going with the Kahr. I was thinking about buying the Hellcat, just to see if a $200 pistol will outperform the P380, as far as being a reliable shooter. I think a good running P380 will be much more accurate than the Hellcat, but if it doesn't go bang when you pull the trigger, it's not much use.
I did have to send my CW45 back for repair and they had it back to me in exactly 7 days, and I couldn't be happier with the customer service and the functioning of the pistol now, but there are so many P380's to work on, it takes them at least a month or two to even start working on it. One gentleman sent his P380 back to Kahr at the beginning of June or July and is still waiting on it to come back.
The P380 is a great pistol, if you can get one that runs right, but I don't think I'd take the chance, and I'm a loyal Kahr customer. Something is messed up with that pistol's design, and until they fix it, I will recommend ANYTHING ELSE but a Kahr.