MK40 Still Being Made?

[Gun1]

Is the MK40 still being made by Kahr? I know it’s still listed on their website, but none of the distributors seem to carry it anymore. The MK9 is out of stock everywhere, but it's listed, just out of stock. The MK40 is only listed in 1 store, but not at any distributors, and it's out of stock and only 1 version, the standard matte one, so it might just be that this particular store doesn't delete items that it doesn't carry anymore.

[O'Dell]

I hope it's still being produced. It's my favorite Kahr.

[JohnR]

Kahr seems to be one of the more secretive companies. No one online can answer any of these questions.

[Bawanna]

I have it from a reliable source that Kahr dropped all 40's awhile back. Lack of demand compared to 9 and 45. Also added that this is not to say they won't make them again in the future but right now focusing on the models in demand.

[O'Dell]

I have it from a reliable source that Kahr dropped all 40's awhile back. Lack of demand compared to 9 and 45. Also added that this is not to say they won't make them again in the future but right now focusing on the models in demand.

Amen on the MK45 !!!

[Gun1]

Yeah, it's officially confirmed, all 40S&W Kahrs, except the P40 (for the time being) have been discontinued.

[dustnchips]

Interesting. Speculation in other threads here have Kahr going under due to lack of innovation and new products. Now it comes out that they are discontinuing production of some guns to up production of others. I guess the company is not dying yet. We all have products and changes we would like to see from them, but they must be making money the way they are doing things now. That does not mean that their future is guaranteed without change though.

[DavidR]

Interesting. Speculation in other threads here have Kahr going under due to lack of innovation and new products. Now it comes out that they are discontinuing production of some guns to up production of others. I guess the company is not dying yet. We all have products and changes we would like to see from them, but they must be making money the way they are doing things now. That does not mean that their future is guaranteed without change though.

I didn’t read Bawanna’s post that way. I read it that there simply isn’t enough demand for 40 to keep making them, not that because of increased demand for other calibers they shifted production.

[Gun1]

I didn’t read Bawanna’s post that way. I read it that there simply isn’t enough demand for 40 to keep making them, not that because of increased demand for other calibers they shifted production.

From what I was told that's correct. The 40S&W was dropped because the demand was lower than the threshold that Kahr uses to keep making that particular firearm.

[Gun1]

Interesting. Speculation in other threads here have Kahr going under due to lack of innovation and new products. Now it comes out that they are discontinuing production of some guns to up production of others. I guess the company is not dying yet. We all have products and changes we would like to see from them, but they must be making money the way they are doing things now. That does not mean that their future is guaranteed without change though.

Really? Just recently or for a number of years? I'm wondering because part of the reason why I'm looking at buying a Kahr is because if their lifetime warranty. But if they go under shortly after buying my MK9, then there goes my lifetime warranty.