04-04-2016, 10:28 AM
FWIW, the Kahr is made at a plant in Worcester MA just 7.5 miles from me. I've been through it, and in terms of machining the parts they're definitely "old school." I don't all manual machines though there are some. The CNC machines they have are all 1980's vintage and compared to current stuff, slow as molasses. The name "Kahr Arms" doesn't appear on the sign outside the building at all. It reads "Seilo Machine Co. Inc."
They got into big trouble in 1999 when a couple of workers smuggled out enough parts to make a few non-serialized handguns. One ended up being used in a murder outside a local nightclub. It remains unknown how many receivers, slides, barrels and other parts made it out the door. They also have lost track of shipments of 15 and 17 guns that never made it to the shops buying them. As far as I can tell, there's still no security at the plant.
Highly rated little guns though. A good motorcycling frind of mine was their head of customer service and quality control for a couple years and did straigten out some issues. I wish them well.
They got into big trouble in 1999 when a couple of workers smuggled out enough parts to make a few non-serialized handguns. One ended up being used in a murder outside a local nightclub. It remains unknown how many receivers, slides, barrels and other parts made it out the door. They also have lost track of shipments of 15 and 17 guns that never made it to the shops buying them. As far as I can tell, there's still no security at the plant.
Highly rated little guns though. A good motorcycling frind of mine was their head of customer service and quality control for a couple years and did straigten out some issues. I wish them well.