downrange72
Grandmaster
Cannot disagree more strongly. Go ahead and recommend guns to women that need "break in" periods. Your contention that flawless performance out of the box is nonsense is ludicrous. You seem to expouse a self-defense gun should not work properly when new. That, sir, is outrageous, and will get someone killed who takes your advice. You also do not know that muscle memory, like "hydrostatic shock" is a misnomer. Memory is not in the muscular system; it is in the neurological system. What you call "muscle memory" is, actually, neural adaptation creating new neural circuits.
There is no way in the world I will ever recommend guns that are known to experience stoppages and malfunctions when new, and no one knows when, or if, those unacceptable events will cease. I will only recommned firearms known to function flawlessly right out of the box. Kahr firearms fail that test in every instance I have observed, and I strongly recommend against them.
Just a quick . I know someone that has a "single shot" Kahr in 9mm as well. Only one example, but even with my limited sample size, I couldn't trust one. If we were lucky, we were able to get 5 shots off before a malfunction. Rarely, did we get a full mag. This was primarily rapid fire at about 7 feet. Others Kahr's maybe flawless, but I've heard too many stories to purchase one.
The only experience I had, when working in the ER, was with a gunshot was a 22 that lodged in a sternum. He was observed overnight and released the next morning. I've heard tales of 9mm hitting the brow line, and never penetrating the skull. Granted, I worked in a small town ER, so gunshots were not common at all. I personally know of one person who tried to commit suicide with a 38 and is a walking, talking, thinking member of society today. I've also seen a kid walking around without a face who tried to commit suicide with a shotgun. Granted, I don't know what load, but he is alive walking, talking, thinking.