CW45 owners

[Southerngunner]

Sorry to read that yours needs to go back.
On a positive note, it seems that the ones coming back are performing well

I had some reservations about mine prior to receiving it back.
For one, my XD-S filled in admirably during the CW45's absence.
Then, my "Old" CW45, even with the "short rails", had been reliable (after some initial problems) and accurate. I was concerned if that would be the case with the post repair gun.
To their credit, Kahr returned my CW45 (as per request) with all the parts that it went in with (sans the frame).
Reliability "post repair": I've not had a single issue (admittedly, round count is low at the moment, but so far outstanding).
In the accuracy department, if I do my part, the CW45 will do it's (shooting to right above the front sights at 10 yards, which I like).
Here are the first two rounds I put through it with the new frame:

That's at ten yards standing; unfortunately, I can't say the rest of that session went as well, but that was on me not the pistol
I'm back to carrying the CW45.
Regards,
Greg

Thanks Greg, Good shooting, and my short rail CW45 had no other issues and had broken in nicely but once I realized that pressure on the dust cover would impare slide movement that bothered me enough to send it back. My Kimber tactical ultra is once again on my hip until my Kahr gets back. I didn't request the old parts be returned with a new frame which may be an oversight on my part, hopefully I will get a good one back because other than the short rails it was a great gun.
The up side to this is its way too hot here for desert plinking right now and thats where I go shooting. It was still 106 degrees at 10:30 p.m. tuesday night.
There is always good useable info and great pics in your post's and youre a valuable asset to the forum Thanks again.
Terry

[Bawanna]

106 Degrees at 10 at night!

Sweet Mary and Joseph, that's bloody hot mate.

[Southerngunner]

106 Degrees at 10 at night!

Sweet Mary and Joseph, that's bloody hot mate.

True story Boss. It was 112 that day and at 6:00 am the following day it was still 95. I actually can tolerate the heat better than cold.
I figured in case I end up going to Hell someday I should go to bootcamp first

[Southerngunner]

[Bawanna]

Must be plumb warm down in GB's part of AZ then to I reckon.

I used to handle the heat way better than I do now. Used to handle the cold and snow better than I do now too.

There's a pattern here I should probably try and get a grasp on first chance I get, maybe right after my nap.

[gb6491]

Must be plumb warm down in GB's part of AZ then to I reckon.....

[tony k]

GOT MY GUN BACK YESTERDAY! havent shot it yet. Frame rails extend almost to the end of the polymer frame. much easier to rack the slide (no binding or catching). There's no up and down play in the slide, but I'd venture to guess that some will develop after i break in the new rails. Not sure if that's relevant anymore, but it was part of the original post.

Old serial number was SG14XX. New serial number is SG42XX

Gonna put 100 rounds though it on saturday. will post results

[gb6491]

GOT MY GUN BACK YESTERDAY! havent shot it yet. Frame rails extend almost to the end of the polymer frame. much easier to rack the slide (no binding or catching). There's no up and down play in the slide, but I'd venture to guess that some will develop after i break in the new rails. Not sure if that's relevant anymore, but it was part of the original post.

Old serial number was SG14XX. New serial number is SG42XX

Gonna put 100 rounds though it on saturday. will post results

That's excellent news sir!
I look forward to reading of how the shooting session goes.
Regards,
Greg

[Southerngunner]

Hey Brother, You left off one more dot off on the sun side of Yuma. Lake Havasu

[Buzzard45]

another cw45 heading back

It appears that another cw45 has to head back to kahr for a new frame.
Mine is showing the same malfunction as AFDoc`s slide stop pin being able to slip out from under the slide without lining up the marks.
This is apparently due to the metal rails in the frame not engaging the slide at lockup.
This was shown by GB6491 that when holding the slide down snug to the frame it becomes difficult if not impossible to push the slide back.
Upon removing the slide I found the metal rails have been damaged by the slide hitting the end of the rails, on mine I see damage to the under side of the rails, both left and right.
Not to worry though, I`ll just carry the pm45 or the p45 with ctl.
Now if I can save enough $$ for a Thompson I`d be one happy camper!
Will be sending e-mail to kahr shortly.
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[tony k]

put 125 rounds through my CW45 with the new frame. First 75 or so worked flawlessly. The new polymer frame is dragging a bit on the slide, which was putting black flecks of plastic all over. Also, the ammo was dirty, and I started to get failures to go in to battery because of excessive residue. Between the plastic and the residue, it was nasty. I bet If i would have stopped and cleaned it up a bit and lubed it the failures would have gone away. Other than that it worked better than it did before. I'm cautiously satisfied. It should work even better once the slide wears down the high spots in the plastic frame. The drag from the metal on plastic was noticeable, and probably contributed to the failures later in the shooting session.

I guess I'll just "shoot the fokker like I stole it," as someone on this forum likes to say.

[marcinstl]

6/16/14, shipped

go back to about page 5 of this thread and look at the "Greg test". my CW45 failed that. I wanted to see what happened when a few others sent their guns back to Worcester(pronounced Wuustah). anyway, I took the gun out to UPS and for $78 got it on a plane, supposed to be there by 10am. tomorrow. hope it passes the test when it comes back.

[gb6491]

put 125 rounds through my CW45 with the new frame. First 75 or so worked flawlessly. The new polymer frame is dragging a bit on the slide, which was putting black flecks of plastic all over. Also, the ammo was dirty, and I started to get failures to go in to battery because of excessive residue. Between the plastic and the residue, it was nasty. I bet If i would have stopped and cleaned it up a bit and lubed it the failures would have gone away. Other than that it worked better than it did before. I'm cautiously satisfied. It should work even better once the slide wears down the high spots in the plastic frame. The drag from the metal on plastic was noticeable, and probably contributed to the failures later in the shooting session.

I guess I'll just "shoot the fokker like I stole it," as someone on this forum likes to say.

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

[gb6491]

go back to about page 5 of this thread and look at the "Greg test". my CW45 failed that. I wanted to see what happened when a few others sent their guns back to Worcester(pronounced Wuustah). anyway, I took the gun out to UPS and for $78 got it on a plane, supposed to be there by 10am. tomorrow. hope it passes the test when it comes back.

Sorry to hear about the shipping fees. I take it Kahr CS didn't want to do a return tag?
Regards,
Greg

[marcinstl]

response to email about shipping--
"Hello, No, I am sorry, we do not reimburse for shipping. Thanks, Kahr Arms/Auto Ordnance"
(suspect they think/hope most people would just take it to the local pawn shop and dump it). I did the UPS tracking and it's there. I'll let you know how it works when it comes back.