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The concealed-carry Kahr CM9 is a small, striker-fired, 9 mm 6+1 semi-automatic from Kahr Arms of Greeley, Pennsylvania. Kahr positions the single-stack CM model subgroup as the smallest guns within their “value” series guns, but this belies the fact that the CM9 and its siblings such as the CM45 are feature-rich firearms.

The CM9 has three models. The standard model has a stainless steel slide, white 3-dot sights and a matte black polymer frame. A second model is the same, but has a night sight in front. The third model has white 3-dot sights and a Cerakote black slide. But most eye-catching is its camouflaged frame. The pattern is one of irregular polygons inspired by artillery nets and was designed by Kryptek Camo.

The CM series of guns are less expensive than, for instance, Kahr’s PM series of semi-automatics, because they have the following differences:

The slide lacks front serrations, the slide markings are rolled onto the slide instead of engraved and the black polymer frame lacks under-muzzle Picatinny rail. The CM series has only one magazine instead of the three that come with the pricier PM series and it has conventional rifling instead of the PM’s match grade polygonal rifling. The slide stop is injection molded instead of being machined. And finally the front sight is pinned instead of adjustable.

Those are the differences. Now let’s cover what the CM9’s assets. The CM9 is small, thin and, thanks to its polymer frame, very light. It’s powerful yet still retains a low-felt recoil and it’s comfortable. An attractive touch are the eight chiseled rear serrations per side that align with the grip below.

Height is 4.0” while overall length is 5.42". Thanks to the single-stack magazine, width is amazingly only .90”. The CM9 is practically feathery, weighing only 14 ounces unloaded while the empty magazine adds another 1.9 ounces.

The .90” wide slide is made of 416 stainless steel. Inside is a 3.1” barrel with a 1 to 10” right-hand twist.

We already covered the front sights but the rear sight is dovetailed into the slide.

The slide stop lever is molded. Both it and the circular magazine release are on the gun’s left hand side. The standout design element is the near figure 8 trigger housing around the forward tilted crescent trigger. The housing has two indents above the trigger into the frame and a slight indent in the bottom of the trigger guard.

The gun’s safety comes from its double-action trigger and its firing pin safety. There’s no thumb safety.

The frame is polymer. The flattened pyramid grips on the frontstrap and backstrap are convincing and molded directly onto the grip. The two grip sides are textured with the K (for Kahr) logo in the middle and are also molded directly onto the grip.

The Kahr CM9 comes standard with a solitary flush-fitting stainless steel 6-round magazine.

The Kahr CM9 is Made in USA.

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