CW45 owners

[Buzzard45]

clock is ticking...

dropped off the cw45 yesterday at lgs to send back to kahr.
Sigh...The wait begins.

[Southerngunner]

I shipped mine back 6-14-2014 and got an e-mail from Kahr service this morning wanting dealer info to send my replacement to. I will update when it gets here, so far I'm happy with turnaround time.

[adooley]

Just got back from a week in San Jose (business) and got a call that my CW45 was ready to be picked up at my FFL. It was hard coming back to rain and flooding but it was a bright spot to the day.

In the box was a slip with that said:

Problem Reported:
PLEASE INSPECT SLIDE TO FRAME FIT. K625

Action Taken:
REPLACED FRAME, NEW S/N:SGXXXX. REPLACED COCKING CAM. REWORKED SLIDE. TEST FIRED (25 ROUNDS), TESTED GOOD. CLEANED AND LUBED.

Sure enough, the previous frame was stamped 'B' as it was purchased as a blemished pistol. They replaced it with a brand new non-blemished frame. Everything was clean and it wasn't dry as I've seen others report.

All in all kudos to Kahr for making my situation right and to DK Mags in New Brighton, MN for taking care of the transfer. Now I've got to find a time to go out and feed her some ammo and see how she purrs.

[marcinstl]

Shipping----
ya learn something new everyday.....
an FFL dealer can ship a gun via the USPS(the US post office) for the weight of the package, etc.
a private citizen can ship a gun via UPS (next day air) and (AND!) can also ship via FedEx(next day, 2 day, ground, whatever). FedEx would have been about half of what I spent at UPS.
(if your FFL isn't going to squawk to much or punish you with big fees, let the FFL do the work.)

[tony k]

tony k,
Thanks for the update

While I think you'll be proved correct that "It should work even better once the slide wears down the high spots in the plastic frame", I would ask if
you have checked the slide for burrs (especially around the slide stop, take down, and disconnector cut outs)?

Regards,
Greg

yep. there are burrs in all the places you mentioned. I'm just gonna shoot it untill those burrs are gone. I put another 75 rounds through it yesterday. Shot flawlessly with hornady xtp bullets loaded to 1.225 , but had a couple nose dive jams with the seven round mags and xtreme rn bullets that were loaded to 1.260.

I'm gonna put a couple boxes of hornady SD ammo through it with the six round magazine. If it functions flawlessly, it will probably be my edc.

[b4uqzme]

I think you might have missed Greg's point Tony. Burrs on the metal slide are going to continue to damage the plastic frame. You should file or sand those down.

Good luck.

[Buzzard45]

cw45

Just got off the phone with kahr, "the frame rails were about .05 too short", should be shipping tomorrow to lgs. with a new frame/sn.,should be in my grubby little hands in a few days. two week turn around, not bad at all!

[tony k]

I think you might have missed Greg's point Tony. Burrs on the metal slide are going to continue to damage the plastic frame. You should file or sand those down.

Good luck.

Oh...yes...the burrs are on the polymer frame, not the slide. I guess i need to work on my reading compresion skills. I checked the slide. No burrs on it.

The burrs on the frame have worn away over the past few weeks. It is now shooting really well.

Buzzard45

cw45
Just got off the phone with kahr, "the frame rails were about .05 too short", should be shipping tomorrow to lgs. with a new frame/sn.,should be in my grubby little hands in a few days. two week turn around, not bad at all!

.050" too short. that's exactly what they told me. good luck Buzzard

[Buzzard45]

cw45 is back home

Just got back from lgs, the cw45 is back with new frame & sn. If i had still been at home on the 3rd i could have picked it up then, but i was working on my sister-in-law`s cabin up north. Most surprising thing is, it didn`t cost me anything, shipping both ways, and even the nics check was graciously given by the lgs!!!!!!!
couple of pics for proof
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The rails aint too short no more
Need to clean and lube, then shoot like i stole it,repeat many times

[2tango2]

I'm going to check my CT45 when I get home today. I've put 300 rounds through it and the slide to frame fit feels noticeably sloppier than the beginning of the session .

My CW9 feels a lot tighter

[marcinstl]

from the last email from Kahr--- "WE HAVE SWAPPED YOUR FRAME ON YOUR CW4543 DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE FIREARM HAS BEEN REBUILT AND TEST FIRED.."
so I picked up the gun from the FFL today and had to do the paper work again (new frame, new serial number). (thanks to Greg and Tim at Trail Creek Trade Co. for not charging me $35 for the paperwork, etc.)
so. there ya have it, MANUFACTURER DEFECT. no recall, no reimbursement for shipping. the new frame has longer front rails that engage the slide, so it's fixed. would have been nice if they would have paid the freight an tossed in a free magazine for doing their damn R&D.
moral of the story-- buy a Glock thru Davidson's. if there's a problem it goes back to Davidson's and you get a new gun, no dicking around with the factory.

[Photoman]

moral of the story-- buy a Glock thru Davidson's. if there's a problem it goes back to Davidson's and you get a new gun, no dicking around with the factory.

When Glock makes a true single stack .45 worth owning, I'll buy one!

[Bawanna]

I assume you asked and were denied having your shipping cost reimbursed?

[shlike]

from the last email from Kahr--- "WE HAVE SWAPPED YOUR FRAME ON YOUR CW4543 DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE FIREARM HAS BEEN REBUILT AND TEST FIRED.."
so I picked up the gun from the FFL today and had to do the paper work again (new frame, new serial number). (thanks to Greg and Tim at Trail Creek Trade Co. for not charging me $35 for the paperwork, etc.)
so. there ya have it, MANUFACTURER DEFECT. no recall, no reimbursement for shipping. the new frame has longer front rails that engage the slide, so it's fixed. would have been nice if they would have paid the freight an tossed in a free magazine for doing their damn R&D.
moral of the story-- buy a Glock thru Davidson's. if there's a problem it goes back to Davidson's and you get a new gun, no dicking around with the factory.

I called Kahr today to arrange to return my recently-purchased CW45 for this same defect. They gave me a RA# and said they would be sending me a prepaid shipping label. An hour later I had the prepaid shipping label. I didn't even have to ask for it. The only expense I may incur is if my FFL charges me to do the transfer because of the new frame & serial number. I have a CPL, so in Michigan that makes transfers very easy and quick so maybe he won't even charge me. Either way, I'm happy so far.

[marcinstl]

I'm glad your happy and somehow got treated right. maybe there's enough 45's coming back that somebody at Kahr finally woke up? when Springfield had a recall on the XDs, they paid the freight and gave back the fixed gun and free magazine, that's acting like a company that wants continuing customer business.
I was half way joking about getting a Glock, could have said any gun company. Davidson's, I wasn't kidding about, read the Davidson's Guarantee. any FFL can mail a gun with USPS for cheap. so the broken gun goes to the post office and back to Davidson's, you get a replacement.
I can shoot a Kahr, but never been a fan of the trigger, this experience has lost them any repeat business from me.
(next time I want a .45 it's going to be steel, with a hammer and an on/off switch. hehehehe. )