Kahr collectability?

[queevil]

I have a k40 Covert that I'm thinking of having some custom work done on. Specifically, l am thinking of having it magna ported although the recoil is far from unbearable and maybe some kind of hard coat like duracoat or cerakote. I understand that my particular model which was made in July of '98 is somewhat hard to find. I understand that modding any firearm can decrease it's collector value. Do any of you think that my Kahr or any of them would be of interest to a collector in the future or do you think they're to much of a niche product to the point that only a Kahr enthusiast could appreciate them? To mod or not. Thanks.

[RRP]

You can have your cake and eat it too, if you're willing to spend the money. Buy a new slide and barrel and have them ported. Keep the original to preserve the value of the pistol, if that is a concern. I would not spend that much money, but it is an option.

[Short Bus]

IDK, but maybe you could get a T40 barrel and have it ported like the ported barrels that Kahr sells.

[jocko]

not really any collectablevalue in kahrs. they are service guns,certainly not works of art or anything like that. If u like the K40 covert, then I would do exactly as ur wanting to do. Magna porting it will make a nicer shooter for u to andif u wantto spend some extra bucks a different finish wold makeit look very nice.. I wouldnot buy an extra slide or barrel, just go for it..

[muggsy]

There was no collector value in the war surplus 1911 A-1. My old man sold a steamer trunk full of them for $35 a copy. Wish I had a trunk full of war surplus 1911 A-1 pistols today. Just sayin'.

[Bawanna]

Nice analogy. People collect everything. I myself kept every single staple I pulled from paperwork in 2012. Quite a sizeable pile. Put them in a plastic box and display it on my desk.

That being said I'd probably do what you want to do. The way things are any gun might become collectable, might as well have what works for you today and don't worry about tomorrow until it gets here.

[jocko]

There was no collector value in the war surplus 1911 A-1. My old man sold a steamer trunk full of them for $35 a copy. Wish I had a trunk full of war surplus 1911 A-1 pistols today. Just sayin'.

then, more than likely $35 was a good tidy profit. Hindsight is always 20-20. If one thinks its gonna be worth sumpin then keep it. no harm no foul.

course u can also save staples to. thats where the real bucks are. Just sayin:amflag:

[queevil]

Yeah, I'm just gonna do what I want. Unlike my first kahr that I sold, this ones gonna stay with me for while. I really like it. A new finish can wait. I was just thinking ahead in the future when it gets surface scratches from wear what I might want to do with it.

[Bawanna]

Actually the staple collection is a two pronged exercise. Most folks are slobs and toss used staples in the general direction of a waste recepticle, usually missing.
I often times pick those up with my tires and either cut, puncture or otherwise inflict pain on my wheel pushers (hands) or on a couple occasions had to lose a lap, pull into the pits and fix a tire.

You laugh, when I'm president that staple collection might just be priceless.

[muggsy]

[QUOTE=jocko;216350]then, more than likely $35 was a good tidy profit. Hindsight is always 20-20. If one thinks its gonna be worth sumpin then keep it. no harm no foul.

course u can also save staples to. thats where the real bucks are. Just sayin:amflag:[/QUOTE

I think he made about 10 bucks a gun which wasn't bad money back in the day. Hind sight is always 20/20.

[jocko]

just think if he had saved staples back then up to today, He wold be a zillion aire. Just sayin

percentage wise about 40% profit, not bad in todays workd that would be stealing to some..

[Longitude Zero]

not really any collectablevalue in kahrs. they are service guns,certainly not works of art or anything like that.

What jocko said. also they have been produced in suffecient numbers that the ONLY way they will become collectible is if Kahr quit making them and you happened upon one in about 200 years in the future.

[jocko]

not all thngs are collectable, it is just knowing which ones are not. I bet there are alot of Longaberger basket people who thought back 15 years ago (wife and I ) thought the early longaberger retired baskets would be highly collectable. WRONG. U can't hardly give um away today, at any age of make and condition.

Being a life long Bow hunter and a passing fried of Fred Bear and a one time direct Bear Archery dealer, I thought alot of his stuff would be higly collectable. WRONG again. Todays youger hunter hae no clue as to who Fred Bear was, let alone want to ay good bucks for any of his collectables either. don't ask me how I know that either. Justsayin

[Longitude Zero]

Collectibility is all about timing. Know when to buy in and when to sell. I know folks who mistakenly thought they would finance a kids college education on baseball memorabilia. Then the market collapsed and they were lucky to get there original money back.

[JFootin]

...That being said I'd probably do what you want to do. The way things are any gun might become collectable, might as well have what works for you today and don't worry about tomorrow until it gets here.

Nothing to do with the recent rush, but Walther has turned my PPQ with paddle mag releases on the trigger guard into an instant collectible with their decision to introduce a new version with typical push button mag release on the left side (reversible but not ambi like the paddles are :crazy:) and, though the original one will probably still be marketed in Europe, not import the original here. Another problem is that the mags are not compatible between the new model and the original PPQs and P99s. This has made a lot of people very angry. About a week ago, a NIB one sold on Gunbroker for more than twice what I paid for mine, $1105! That happened while there are still a few available here and there. Once those few are gone, I will be very interested to see where prices go. I may have struck gold! :wof:

[queevil]

I'm not worried about it. If I thought it was going to be collectable I wouldn't be shooting it but if that were the case then I probably wouldn't even own it. I'm not the kind of person that buys firearms not to shoot them. Every firearm that I've ever owned got shot on a regular basis.

[jocko]

the factthat you have a K40 covert, makesit kinda rare,butthis is a gun u certainly ain't gonna hurt by shooting it either. U can't shoot out tht K40.

Thatis just a dandy steelkahr IMO. I have never seen one and I am ot a 40 fan either. I am gonna assume kahyr made a covert K9 back then to.now I would love to have one of those andit would beshoot like thereis no tomorrow if I owned it.

Whats to hurt on a K40 covert??? I see nuttin except tieing it behind ur car and dragging it for milsesto prove how duralbe it is, .

Keep it, shoot it, be damn proud of it to..

[eltee]

Hey Jocko, I had one of the first k9's, back in the 90's, made with carbon steel. I've followed them pretty closely since and have picked up a few along the way. Don't think they made a steel k9 covert. The k40 covert was a transitional answer to the MK9, until they figured out how to make the MK40 work. That's the way I remember it anyway. Maybe you could marry a MK9 grip with a K9 slide.