Here's my K40 pics

[eastenn]

Picked up my used gunbroker K40 today and went straight to the range for some shooting. I looked over the gun then shot one mag to make sure everything was working correctly. All went well so I then field stripped it to inspect things (very clean) and went ahead and cleaned and lubed everything anyway. Then proceeded to shoot 100 ball ammo and about 30 hollowpoints and everything fed and ejected perfectly. Brought it home and field stripped again. The barrel and chamber had some discoloration so I went and head and polished it down some, not to a mirror finish but a clean uniform sheen. Well here are a few pics I snapped today with my cell phone.





Here is how the barrel was before polishing (picture actually makes it look a little worse than it was).


After polish.

[eastenn]

compared to a j-frame

I found this pretty surprising, the footprint of the K40 is very similar to my airweight. I don't plan on attempting to pocket carry the K40 but it was very surprising to see.

[PaiN]

You are so in.... "Men of Steel"...

Glad to hear its a shooter and from the looks of the target, seems to be a natural fit for you right off the bat.

[Ol'coot]

Very Nice Gun, and from the look of the target in the background you shoot it very well I have a K40 as well they are great guns

[eastenn]

anyone can look like a good shooter when they only take a picture of the center of their target

[JohnR]

May I ask what kind of phone took those pics? An iPhone 4? Very good pics for a phone.

My gunbroker K9 should arrive this week, and I'm about to pee in my pants in anticipation.

[eastenn]

Samsung flipshot, next month will make 3 years I've had it. It has a 3.0 mp camera and I hate to "upgrade" to a lesser quality.

[eastenn]

did you get the black or stainless?

[JohnR]

Samsung flipshot, next month will make 3 years I've had it. It has a 3.0 mp camera and I hate to "upgrade" to a lesser quality.

Nice! I had a Sony Ericsson phone with a fantastic camera and "downgraded" to an iPhone3. Everything is way better except the camera, but the iPhone4's camera is great.

[eastenn]

You are so in.... "Men of Steel"...

Glad to hear its a shooter and from the looks of the target, seems to be a natural fit for you right off the bat.

hey pain I caught you posting over on taurusarms.com, do the other members on kahrtalk know about this? i was thinking about a pt709 slim for my wife, do you have one?

[PaiN]

hey pain I caught you posting over on taurusarms.com, do the other members on kahrtalk know about this? i was thinking about a pt709 slim for my wife, do you have one?

Don't hurry out and get one....I'm off too work and will elaborate later.

[JohnR]

did you get the black or stainless?

Mine's stainless. I'll need it for the Florida humidity, plus it looks awesome.

[eastenn]

Mine's stainless. I'll need it for the Florida humidity, plus it looks awesome.

Good news..I like how the stainless seems easier to clean also

[Bawanna]

hey pain I caught you posting over on taurusarms.com, do the other members on kahrtalk know about this? i was thinking about a pt709 slim for my wife, do you have one?

What! Pains wandering. Duly noted. I'll add him to the watchlist.
Naah scratch that, it's ok to look just don't touch anything, you don't know where it's been.

[PaiN]

The skinny low-down on my Taurus PT709 Slim
I carried a PT709 for almost a year, it was fine until @ around the 600 round mark it started to FTE on every mag..So I sent it to be repaired when I got it back the FTE's were repaired but it soon developed very frequent light strikes(on ammo it ran fine in the past) That was it....I lost confidence in the 709, also its sights were cheap and need to be glued and the spine on the the slide had a chip out of it ...I sent it back once again for repair and sold it promptly on return...in fact, the 709 made me swear off inexpensive and low quality guns for life...no more giving up quality to save a dime. I replaced it with the Kahr K9 and will never look back.
That said, I've had a few Taurusi in my life..(don't tell Bawana )
An M66 .357mag...which also developed issues. A very sweet PT92 Combat and a PT845 which I only owned for a few weeks, bought and sold off..I no likey its feely. Plus I wanted a real .45 Sig P220