A Review of the Kahr PM40
My Kahr PM40 has been unreliable with hollow point self-defense ammuntion; because of that I am sending the pistol to Cylinder and Slide for the “Concealed Carry Package” at a cost of nearly $1K before shipping. This is a considerable expense to insure that this stock $700 dollar pistol is completely and totally reliable using the ammunition of my choosing.
I like the pistol that much.
The Kahr’s DA trigger is smooth and the moderate pull length is just right for me: it’s not too long or too short and the trigger resets where I expect it to. The PM40 is completely accurate at normal self-defense ranges (<25 feet) and acceptably accurate at much greater distances. With Federals 165 grain Expanding Point Full Metal Jacket ammuntion - which my Kahr will feed reliably 100% of the time - the recoil is stout, but not completely unpleasant. It is not unusual for me to shoot 100 rounds through the PM40 at the range once or twice a month.
The PM40 may be the perfect concealed carry hand gun - at least for me. I have two IWB and three pocket holsters (Pocket Concealment Systems, Tomahawk and Harpoon and a DeSantis Nemesis) for the Kahr. In my experience even the polymer framed PM40 is too heavy and the pocket holsters to bulky to be an every day carry combination.
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
I found this all very much by accident. A friend forwarded me an email that contained photographs of families with a week’s supply of groceries. She no doubt thought that i would find this book and ‘photographic essay‘ interesting from a photographic and creative point of view—and I do. But more interesting to me, is what these families eat over the period of a week and just how incredibly different their diets are.
This family from the North Carolina seems to have spent half of their weekly budget on fast food. The photo features prominently their pizzas, soft drinks and snack foods and I suspect this isn’t too far from the ‘average’ American’s diet, where convenience and fast food are common. It also shows how much it costs to pay for the convenience of fast food.
Compare this to say the photo of the family from Ecuador and the contrasts are startling. It seems obvious that as a nation we are spending more money on food that is less healthy than the food our “third world” neighbors are eating. Are we deluding ourselves when we think that America is the greatest and most advanced country in the world? Look at the photos; you be the judge.
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