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  • #1

    ...and now THIS

    Man, the Gun Gods are really not looking out for me when it comes to my beloved and treasured K40. I just get it back from replacing the cracked slide, then just get it back from porting, then just get it back from replacing the barrel, then get it back from re-porting the barrel...now this.



    It is almost unimaginable to me that this particular part would ever fail fr any reason--it doesn't DO anything but retain the striker and spring assembly. What the hell is going on????
    “If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.” T Bankhead
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    Bizarre! I've never seen that before. I agree with you, that part doesn't do much of anything cept hold a couple little springs inside.

    Send off a pic to Kahr and have them get a new one enroute.
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    • #3
      That stinks... more down time
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      • #4
        send the photo to kahr, attn. Jay, they will sendu a newone. Thatis a first thatI have ever seen. Bad part no doubt.
        . My PM9 has over 34,000+ rounds through it, and runs much better than an illegal trying to get across our border


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        • #5
          Maybe I'll just JB Weld it...I bet it would last for years.
          “If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.” T Bankhead
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          • #6
            ur photo to kahr wll get u a new one pronto. ur jsut one unlucky owner.. do it right..
            . My PM9 has over 34,000+ rounds through it, and runs much better than an illegal trying to get across our border


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            • #7
              I wouldn't say he's unlucky. He looks just like that guy on Rat Patrol, probably a chick magnet in his home town.

              Definitely a few stumbles with the beloved K40 but just bumps in the road.
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              In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
              Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
              Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
              Cue sound of Head slap.

              RIP Muggsy & TMan

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              • #8
                yea that is what they called me back in my home town. I know how he feels..Just sayin
                . My PM9 has over 34,000+ rounds through it, and runs much better than an illegal trying to get across our border


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                • #9
                  It's called 'Kahr a la carte'.
                  “If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.” T Bankhead
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                  • #10
                    Dang! You do have some luck... but BAD!! I'm sill waiting on my replacement .45 mags... maybe tomorrow. I'll email Jay if they don't get here in the mail.

                    Bongo, you're really having a bad run! I hope it lets up soon. I don't think that ANYONE has ever heard of the backplate breaking!

                    I'm about ready to let you take over the "Franken" prefix!

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                    • #11
                      why a new barrel? im missing that part.... and how did the slide crack.... and now this....jeeze

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                      • #12
                        Load of reading.... but I saw the cracked slide.

                        This is the same pistol? Maybe what you got used had a rough prior life. Not sure what it might have gone thru, but maybe there was a case blowout at one time in its past. That would account for a problem on the slide, and a problem at the rear. Doesn't have to destroy a frame and all. Usually a case blowout will blow the magazine out and or grips will crack, or... gas gets where it shouldn't be and you get a cracked slide or other weirdness.

                        Just sayin... it was a used pistol, yes?

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                        • #13
                          I just cannot fathom that part breaking like that! Did it do that while at the range or did it come back to you looking like that?
                          Very interesting...

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                          • #14
                            Kahr!!!!!








                            Sorry your having such a run of bad luck. You're due some good news now.
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                            • #15
                              Yes, I DID get some good news today. After waiting 2 weeks for a Glock 29 to ship, I got an email saying it was backordered. Oh well, life could be worse.

                              The back plate blew while at the range after a magazine or two of moderate handloads. I first thought the slide was not going into battery--it just looked like the whole slide was sitting back 1/16" inch. Then finally--a gaping chasm, a door open to another dimension. That too could have been worse, I suppose--given I didn't take a striker to the face or get hit with that nasty shrapnel of a back plate.

                              The barrel was lost due apparently to firing a number of Longshot loads--near max but not at or above max. That even could very well have been what got the back plate started. I can't imagine any other explanation. But, I brought the remainder of the Longshot loads home and pulled 'em and weighed 'em...all were at least 0.2 gr if not more under the Hodgdon max. The only explanation there might be the remote possibility that, mixed in with the 135s I was intending to load, some 165s got mixed in. That is at least possible. It's a better explanation than evil spirits, anyway.

                              I'm right on the threshold of going with the evil spirits explanation, however.
                              “If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.” T Bankhead
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                              US Air Force 1975-1996

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