(GunReports.com) — Kahr’s new CT40 and CT45 are the company’s first value-priced full-frame firearm offerings. Kahr’s larger-frame CT Series is new for 2014 and shipments will be available beginning February 2014.
Both the new CT4043 and the CT4543 feature full-size polymer frames with stainless-steel slides and white bar-dot sight configurations. Both models feature 7+1 capacities and ship with one 7-round stainless-steel magazine.
The CT4043 has a 4-inch barrel, overall length of 6.5 inches, height of 5.13 inches, and a slide width of 0.94 inches. It weighs 21.8 oz. with a magazine.
The CT4543 has a barrel length of 4.04 inches, overall length of 6.57 inches, height of 5.25 inches, and a slide width of 1.01 inches. It weighs 23.7 oz. with the magazine.
The two models will retail at $499 for both .40 S&W and .45 ACP configurations. Both the CT4043 and CT4543 feature Kahr’s seven patents. CT-Series versions of the T9, TP40 and TP45 are expected to debut later in 2014.