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Customer Reviews for Kahr Arms CW40 Standard 40 S&W Pistol


Kahr Arms CW40 Standard 40 S&W Pistol Buy Now

33 Reviews. 4.4 out of 5 Stars!
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Donovan J on 07/27/2023
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

nice pistol functions like it should would buy again always grew service from buds

Chris G on 03/30/2022
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

I found the Kahr Arms CW40 to be a great purchase and reliable range or carry firearm. I will use almost any ammunition that will go boom; the cheaper the better. That being said, I never experienced misfires or jams. At my local range, I have shot from 7 to 25 yds and my experience is that it is a pretty accurate pistol using the stock sights. As a comparison, I had the opportunity to fire the Glock 23 and prefer the Kahr. On any given range visit I will shoot 100-200 rounds depending on guests and other firearms available. A day at the range with just the Kahr tends to get uncomfortable for me. I carried regularly in my waistband. Break down and cleaning is similar to most polymer frame "clones".

James P on 03/24/2019
Rating:   4 of 5 Stars!

The Kahr CW 40 is a nice addition to my collection but breaking in of the Kahr is needed to make it a reliable pistol.

Scott F on 12/28/2018
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Great fun overall. The trigger isn’t very good but was a nice low cost option to burn up all this 40 s&w ammo I have laying around. Shoots accurately and for the price I’m very happy! Excellent value for the price I got it for on sale plus my buds coupon.

Louis G on 06/14/2018
Rating:   4 of 5 Stars!

It's a great gun. Light and thin. The slide is stiff but I'm sure it will break in.

Joseph B on 05/13/2018
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Second round, FTF, fifth round, FTF . Not a single problem after that. The gun performed great, felt good, I loved the bar and dot sights. The trigger pull was kind of long, but unbelievably smooth, that will just take a little getting used to. Overall, I'm THRILLED that I bought this gun. The price was great, and, as always, Buds was fast and their service was attentive.

Cornelius A on 05/12/2018
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

I purchased this firearm about a week ago after watching many YouTube videos. I took it to the range today and it ran flawless right out of the box. I ran 180 grain Blazer Brass and Midwest Ammunition. I had no FTF or FTE. I will say that it is a bit snappy being such a lightweight firearm, but it was still easy to handle. My wife was even able to shoot it without an issue as well. I am very happy with my purchase and the service I got from Bud's. This is my first Kahr firearm, but definitely not my last. I absolutely love this compact 40!

Francisco D on 05/01/2018
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

great gun , parts are high quality , machine work is awesome . grip is just superb . you wont be disappointed . buying from buds guns is so darn easy. and made simple for buyer. highly recommend buying from Buds Gun shop.price are best anywhere you look. buds will beat anyone !!

Phillip S on 07/11/2017
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Love the size and weight of this pistol. Perfect size for carry. I have put 120 rounds through it without any issues. I am a true believer in 40 as the best autoloader round for self defense. It may not be good for the less experienced shooter but this gun handles it well, even being so light. I think it has a lot to do with how stiff the recoil spring is. It seems to absorb a lot of the recoil. Overall great little gun! Buds got it here fast and as described.

Lance D on 03/06/2017
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Got this pistol for concealed carry and really like it. Had issues with the magazine being dropped but I contacted Kahr and they sent out a new magazine catch with rush shipping, put the new one in and haven't had a problem since. Only improvement I would want on it would be the grip being flush and seamless with the clip vs the clip hanging down, but still a great gun, especially for the price. I would recommend.

William G on 03/30/2015
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

The cw40 is my 6th Kahr , I paid $288. I love my cw9 and cw45. The cw45 is the best carry 45 on the market. It's shoots better and kicks less than the p45 I paid over $600 for. Kahr makes guns that sell at HK prices. They shoot well and are light, I carry a Glock 26, a HK ups compact 9mm. But 75 percent of the time is a Kahr CW. Some complain about the trigger, I like it a lot, perfect trigger for a carry gun, the trigger is the best thing about it.

Michael S on 03/18/2015
Rating:   4 of 5 Stars!

I received the CW-40 ten days after placing my order. I went to the range that day and with the first shot, my mag dropped out. I tried another mag but it did not help. The most shots I could get off before mag came out was seven. I contacted Kahr and they made arrangements for me to send it back to them at no cost to me. I got the gun back a week later with problems fixed. It now works great. Thanks to Buds for quick service and a great price and thanks to Kahr for standing behind their product and fixing the problem in a quick and courteous manner.

Blake M on 01/30/2014
Rating:   3 of 5 Stars!

Buds service was impeccable as always but the weapon itself is only ok. First day at the range I fired around 200 rounds of various ammo, from FMJ to JHP and no malfunctions however on the second trip the trigger spring and trigger bar snapped, Kahrs customer service was great and they repaired it at no charge, but I would still save up a little more and go with a higher quality Kahr K40 as this one is the extreme budget gun. In the end I guess you get what you pay for.

Ruben C on 01/30/2014
Rating:   4 of 5 Stars!

Got my khar cw40, pistol is high quality and is so slim and tiny perfect for conceal carry. came with 1 6rd magazine, trigger lock,manual in a cardboard box. Shot 200rds without a single malfuntion 100rd FMJ and the other 100rd JHP. The only negative thing i have to say about this pistol is the rear sight, its a bar sight or an i sight. I dont know how to use them and i couldnt hit a thing not even close to my target, but thats my fault not the guns. The manual does not tell you how to use the sights properly and ive been searching online and still no luck in how sight picture should look like with those weird sights. the cw40 its beautifully crafted and feels great , To be honest the recoil is not bad coming from a 40sw tiny pistol. Very reliable. I recommend it to anybody as a ccw handgun. The trigger is long but very smooth, nothing compared to my keltec P11 wich is hard and hurts your finger when you pull the trigger. 4 stars because khar did not include instructions in how to use sights for this old school gunner.

Joshua I on 07/01/2013
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

fantastic little ccw peice. love the feel and look. easy to acquire sights. the mag release is a little stiff at first and so is the slide lock. so far the only complaint i have is the single magazine it ships with. bud's transaction was smooth. painless. the layaway program is great. i am thoroughly impressed with thier online transactions. range time. first outing. 100 rounds. white box and federal. no hiccups. also did 5 rounds of federal HST. second outing no hiccups either. 100 rounds of winchester white box and 5 more hollow points. 15 yards was a breeze. ran a few quick acquisition drills at 3 and 5 yards. very easy to do follow ups and rapidly acquire the sights. magazine capacity isn't a issue. i am a huge fan of the very positive ejection of the mag. if you are a fan of DAO, this trigger really doesn't need to be staged. its smooth enough to be pulled staight through. almost as smooth as a sig p250. that has my favorite DAO trigger. this is a very close second. can recommend it. great gun for ccw duty and open carry. so all in all, grab a few spare mags from here and let her rip. will update when i reach the 500 round mark.

Alan S on 10/30/2012
Rating:   1 of 5 Stars!

New out of the box, total junk. I used 8 different types of factory ammo, trying to get the pistol to work properly. Turns out the frame was broken. Sent back to KAHR, they would NOT fix under warranty. Claimed I used bad ammunition, total garbage. After several calls arguing that the pistol was bad out of the box, they refused to honor the warranty. Last KAHR I will ever own, be forewarned, they will not honor a warranty.

Jerry D on 09/02/2012
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

I saw Kahr CW 40 at a gun show. It now resides in a very nice holster on my belt. I never looked at Kahr pistils before dew to the price. But at $368.00 and FREE SHIPPING So check it out I know a fast horse when I see one. FFL-CCW for a while!

Jeff L on 03/21/2012
Rating:   2 of 5 Stars!

After owning this gun a little over a year and having put well over 1,000 rounds through it I am selling it to a friend for 200.00 who is confident he can get it to work. THE GOOD: When a round is ALREADY in the chamber, if you pull the trigger on a good round it will fire, the casing will eject properly, and a new round will load. Only maybe once or twice did I have a failure to feed under these circumstances. THE BAD: If you're a civilian who does not like to carry with one in the chamber, this gun is probably not for you. First, I found out after I bought this that instead of just using the "slingshot" method to chamber a round from the magazine, the manufacturer recommends the following method: 1) Eject the loaded magazine, pull the slide back and lock it into place with the slide stop, insert the magazine, release the slide using the slide stop. If a bad guy is running at you such an arduous loading method is obviously not practical. 2) When I try to use the slingshot method to chamber a round 90% of the times the round will get stuck 1/2 way up the feed ramp. (this happens with FMJ's and not just HP's). 3) If you pull back the slide to eject a round, it will get stuck in the ejection port and you will have to pry it out. I noted that the ejection port is only a hair longer than the length of an unfired cartridge. 4) The first time I tried to reassemble the gun after cleaning I found out how easy it is to bent the slide stop spring. (you can google this; it's a known issue. That wasn't a huge deal because I bent it back and figured out how to re-insert the slide stop lever consistently without damaging the spring. 5) Last but not least, after reassembling the gun and having the slide travel "roughly", I took it to my FFL who showed how unlike other guns like Glocks and Springfields, the slide spring has to be oriented a certain way. As he put it, "the end of the pig tail has to be on top (towards the slide) and facing forward. Putting in the spring back in any other way may result in sub-optimal function. Before anyone starts telling me how I'm an idiot or didn't do this or didn't to that; 1) I know about the hundreds of rounds one is supposed to put through the gun before the warranty even kicks in. I have put over 1,000 rounds through this. 2) I know how some people say you've got to polish the hell out of the feed ramp, the slide, etc. Basically polish everything on the gun. I clean the gun regularly and I use good brass-case ammo. BUT I WILL NOT POLISH A GUN THAT SHOULD ALREADY WORK. My Glock doesn't give me these problems, nor does my S&W Bodyguard 380, nor does my Springfield XDM. I'm not trying to universally bash Kahr, I've heard nothing but great things about the "K" (steel frame) and "P" (polymer frame) guns. Before I bought this gun though I had read reviews that indicated the CW40 can be "hit-or-miss" in terms of quality and relability. Apparently I got one of the lemons. I give this two stars because if you carry with a round in the chamber and never worry about storing it with a round in the chamber then this gun might be fine for you. But for a civilian who is constantly chambering a round upon leaving the house, then clearing the weapon upon returning home, this was a bad choice. (PS even if you carry with a round in the chamber what happens if you get a bad round and have to eject it? Better get ready to use the gun as an impact weapon when that bad round gets stuck in the ejection port.)

Amir H on 03/02/2012
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

All i can say is This Firearm is worth every bit of its cost. Im still trying to figure out why are their some bad mouthing this Kahr? I ran 150 through it, didnt have one issue. Winchester PDX1 and Hornady ran like a champ. The PMC didnt hiccup once. Buds You Guys Rock! Thank You Gurney and Derek.

Lawrence M on 10/10/2011
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Although I have many years experience target shooting, I did not have a concealable weapon. My favorite pistol is a Belgian Browning Hi-Power and there is really no way to conceal it. I saw a CW9 at my local gun shop and since they didn't have a CW40 in stock, I decided to make my first purchase from Buds and the transaction went well. I picked up some 180 grain FMJs and went to the range to break it in. The recoil was a little more that I expected and the grip is a little rough on the hands but for a personal defense weapon it is acceptable. The gun itself is very impressive. The design, engineering and worksmanship is flawless. The gun shot a little high and to the left but after I adjusted the rear dovetail sight (with a hammer, punch and a leather pad) the groups were all dead center and half-dollar sized at 7 yards. For me, the gun is a little too big and heavy to carry around all the time, but the benefit is having a hand cannon available if the situation requires it. I ended up ordering a Ruger LCP from Buds for when I don't want to carry the Kahr, but that's just my preference. In summary, the CW40 is a very serious weapon at an incredible price.

Richard K on 06/19/2011
Rating:   2 of 5 Stars!

You need to clean the gun before you shoot it. I had trouble removing the takedown pin. I resorted to tapping it out with a punch and hammer. The slide release spring is easy to damage. You need to replace the slide release spring so that the spring sits on top of the slide release. I damaged the spring before I even shot the pistol. When the spring is damaged, it shoots in one-shot mode. You have to release the slide after each shot if the slide release spring is not on top of the slide release. My first 200 rounds with the CW40 was basically in one-shot mode. I repaired the slide release spring. I then shot 50 rounds of Winchester white box from Walmart. The slide still locked open twice when the magazine was not yet empty. The CW40 also jammed two or three times when loading a new magazine. I am not a bad shot, but I often could not hit a 13"x13" target at 25 feet with my CW40. During the same shooting session, I was getting a 3" to 4" group with my Ruger SR9c. Maybe it was the CW40, maybe it was the ammo, but it wasn't me. In the manual for the pistol, they say the that you should provide resistance to the pistol, not act as a shock absorber. The gun seems to be better behaved when you hold it loosely. Why should I have to adjust my grip to shoot the CW40? Also, they CW40 seemed to behave better with a 165-gr. target round than a 180-gr. defensive round. Weird. I am an average size guy. This pistol almost seems too small in my hands. There's little room for my left thumb on the frame (I shoot righty). Again, I don't want to adjust my grip drastically to shoot the CW40. I am going to try different ammo. I am going to call Kahr to get some suggestions. However, I have no confidence in this weapon for concealed carry.

Robert C on 05/02/2011
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Great gun at this price...Some people write that they have troubles with chambering a round..The mag is stiff at first and I only had a problem when I had one chambered and a full mag (6+1) but it was a problem with the mag not feeding,until I ran about 300 rounds thru it...Gun performs awesome,just needs broke in... have been getting good groupings from 10-15 yards and have had decent results from 30-40 yards too...If your in the market for a consealed carry firearm,this is a great piece for the dollars you'll spend...And of course"Buds" is the place to buy from.....

Jason S on 03/16/2011
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Took 7 days to get it shipped, still worth it considering local price was $100 more. That said, the 200 round break in is a must, after 200 rounds it just works. The grip is a little rough on the skin, I put a Hogue Jr. sleeve on mine and it solves that problem. The grip is my only complaint and I typically put sleeves on my handguns anyway - so no big deal. The gun itself is awesome, accuracy is comparable to my Glock 26. I'm a big guy, 6 - 3, 300lbs and this gun fits in my hand perfectly.The magazines are really stiff when new, I still have mine loaded in the case just to compress the springs a little. I've shot Blazer, Winchester Value Pack (from Walmart) and Winchester Law Enforcement Ammo - it all goes fine after the break in. The 165gr Law Enforcement Ammo is comfortable to shoot and feeds great. The only FTF's I've had are with new magazines - I've had zero FTE's. It is a comfortable gun to carry in my front pocket in a basic Desantis holster, I also have an IWB that I wear in my back that is comfortable.

Willem V on 09/25/2010
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

I am very pleased with my CW40. Wasted no time going to the range and I must say it definitely a potent, accurate to 15yds CCW small package rocket

Earnest R on 02/21/2010
Rating:   5 of 5 Stars!

Great gun and great deal. Low recoil and shoots anything I put in it; including reloads. Bud's can't be beat on price or service.

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