Barrel Hood Gap

[Flieger]

I now have two K40's. My new one has a gap on the barrel hood where it meets up with the end of the rear slide.

My first is tight and no gaps, but this new one is a cresent cut hole. Before I start using it, I wanted to ask if this is normal or at the very least safe?

Should they all fit completely with a gap or hole?

[muggsy]

Send pics to Kahr Service and ask them.

[kerby9mm]

I'm not sure but that could be a loaded chamber indicator.

[CJB]

Pictures!!!!!

[Flieger]

The first 3 are of the K40 purchased on Monday.
The other 2 are of my 1st K40.

Big difference between the 2 of them. Please let me know what you think.

[jocko]

SSHOOT THE FOKKERS!!!~ IMO its the front part of the breech \hat locks up, not that back portion. Fokk My PMJ9 looks like that. I actually never paid a bit of attention to it until u posted this, and now I still am paying zero attntion to it.

[muggsy]

There is no gap in either of my Kahr pistols. I'd have several concerns were it my gun. Like I said, send the pictures to to Kahr Service for their determination. Better safe than sorry.

[leftysixty]

Yup, what Jocko said!

[Flieger]

Kahr emailed me back and told me it is normal.

I guess they meant to to say that it's normal that one day we fit them tight and others we leave a hole.

[berettabone]

Kahr emailed me back and told me it is normal.

I guess they meant to to say that it's normal that one day we fit them tight and others we leave a hole.

I'd get rid of it immediately. You need to get a new Les Baer, hand fitted, tight, beautiful......oh yeah, that's what you get with a $3000 firearm. A $500 firearm, not so much.................................

[Flieger]

A health dose of sarcasm is a good thing. They are a bit more than $500 new though.
I just wanted to make sure it was safe to shoot beretta. As I found out, so far so good.

[Bill K]

I'm curious as to why such a noticeable difference. I just wouldn't have guessed that with CNC machining that amount of difference would show up when the parts were put together - one gun compared to another. Is it that there are two parts on either side of their allowable tolerance and then when put together you get that gap? Which is more the norm, what we see in the first 3 pics or what we see in the last 2 pictures? My PM9 is like what I see in the last 2 pictures.

Thanks...

[muggsy]

To those of you who never machined a piece on metal, tolerances are measured in thousandths of an inch. .001 is finer than the thickness of a human hair. If the barrel was at minimum spec and the slide at max spec you still shouldn't see a gap like that. Having said that we need to be our own inspectors when purchasing a product. I've ground metal to a tolerance of + or - .0001 on a curved surface. That's one ten thousandth of an inch.

[kerby9mm]

One of the most valuable things that I have learned by reading this forum for 3 years now is what muggsy stated. If the dealer won't let you inspect everything the way you want short of test firing move on. I have found out that kahrs guns can vary in some things even being the same model. My mk9 is slightly different in slide to frame fit & trigger pull/reset. Good thing is even though different they both function as designed.

[jocko]

yup

Kahr emailed me back and told me it is normal.

I guess they meant to to say that it's normal that one day we fit them tight and others we leave a hole.

I expected that response. ow shoot the fokker.