CW40 Explodes after 250Rds

[Kahrgoesboom]

I tend to steer clear of cheap ammo, Winchester White Box is #1 to stay away from had many problems in my S&W with that one.

[h2ohhh]

I've had one FTF on my CW45 since break in and it was Winchester white box. Blazer and American Eagle ball ammo has been flawless. I don't reload and I'm not trusting reloads done by anyone. Men make mistakes. I ain't paying for them.

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[muggsy]

I'm not getting in on this one, fellas. My spider senses are tingling.

[muggsy]

Aw, what the hell. As the slide comes forward on a kahr pistol the striker is captured and retracted to preloaded position and prevented from going forward by the striker block. It is virtually impossible for a slam fire to occur. In addition, if the slide is out of battery by as little as 1/8 of an inch the trigger will not release the striker. We've been over this before. I'm betting on the ammunition as being the cause of the kaboom and not a defect in the firearm. If the firearm had been defective Kahr would have replaced it. See the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYRHp...e=results_main

[TenorTim]

Pics of the gun, casing and injury would all be very helpful in this investigation... Please post.

[CJB]

Muggsy is correct. Its virtually impossible for a slam fire.

The original poster got a NEW pistol from Davidsons for $263.99.... seems too low for a new one.

I checked with Davidsons. Their replacement covers DEFECTIVE firearms for the life of the original end user the firearm was transferred to. It does not cover kabooms clearly caused by defective ammo. Please do not knock Davidsons for not taking the pistol back. Davidsons has no policy about sending the firearm to the manufacturer voiding their own policy. The original poster is defective in his assertion that sending the pistol to Kahr voided Davidson's policy - which also happens to be the best in the industry (for a price of course).

This is clearly an ammo related problem. I doubt seriously that it happened on a "slam fire".

The original poster also claimed that a hospital took pieces of the gun out of his hand, but it was a bad scratch on his trigger finger. Well... which was it?

And, the original poster clearly has an agenda, based on his user name and subject matter of his posts.

Sorry your gun went kaboom, sir. Don't blame Kahr. Don't blame Davidson's. Blame the ammo.

[kerby9mm]

Isn't this situation something like the guy who's k9 did the same thing? Kahr wanted x$ to fix it & he sent the ammo to the maker. My mk9 firing pin broke while dry firing & was protruding through the breechface the trigger no longer pulled the striker back to release the pin. When I pulled the slide off I had to push the firing pin in because it was stuck forward. Kahr fixed it but odd things can happen. If it broke while firing & was stuck forward could it not slamfire?

[muggsy]

It's highly unlikely that just the unsupported tip of a broken striker could cause a slam fire. If the tip was protruding from the breech face it's unlikely that the cartridge would be able to feed from the magazine properly.

[kerby9mm]

That makes sense. It would be hard for the base of the round to slide up the breech face.

[CJB]

Even if it did, the striker relies on its own momentum to fire a round. That is, if the striker was sticking out, its spring is much less powerful than the recoil spring and the striker would retract on slide closure.

No slam fire here. There is an essential piece of evidence as of yet unrevealed.

There was a guy once, who insisted - and I mean INSISTED that his squib was not discernable, and that the empty case from the squib ejected, and a new round fed into the chamber as well. We know, that this is not possible. Under scrutiny, that poster finally admitted he hand racked the damaging round into the chamber. Human nature being what it is, he is commended for coming forth with the truth. Sometimes its hard to swallow.

[Kahrgoesboom]

[jocko]

no way a slam fire, never been one incident that ever proved that the gun was responsible. Bad round certainly. Buyt WTf lets blame davidsons or lets blame kahr, certainly no owner can ever be responsible.

[CJB]

Yup, thats pretty much was a knocked out sideplate looks like when pressure from a seperation on a defective round hits the innards.

So, which one of those pieces did the hospital remove from your hand? Or was it a scratch?

[jocko]

not certain of

Isn't this situation something like the guy who's k9 did the same thing? Kahr wanted x$ to fix it & he sent the ammo to the maker. My mk9 firing pin broke while dry firing & was protruding through the breechface the trigger no longer pulled the striker back to release the pin. When I pulled the slide off I had to push the firing pin in because it was stuck forward. Kahr fixed it but odd things can happen. If it broke while firing & was stuck forward could it not slamfire?

that for #1 the round i the magazine wold not feed up correctly behind the extracor with that pin sticking out. It woould have to jam pronto. Certainly "anything" could happen but in this case 99.995% will tellyou no way . so do we hold Davidson liable or do we hold Kahr liable, or doe sthe owner hav esome involvement in this to. If its a reload, then it is a mute poit. If it is a new round I would save the box and contact the maker to see what they think about it. the phoots will show them what they need to see also. these ammo makers certainly know the inner workings of kahrs and how that possbility of a slam fire can or cannot happen, so they will have to consider it could be their ammo thaty did it.

I did not read all the posts, so have no clue is this was new or reloads in ammo, sorry abut that.

[ESAFO]

Yet just another reason why i will not shoot reloads, every time i read about somebody's gun blowing up I pat myself on the back for spending the few extra dollars to buy factory loads.