CW380/P380 Broken Strikers/pin

[shadohh]

I had the same problem as the rest of you today. I purchased my gun 1/5/2015. I have been racking the slide and dry firing the entire month. I have been alternating between snap caps and not using them. I have no yet fire the gun using live rounds.

I have the same striker break.

I bought this as a CCW and I am seriously having doubts with it now.

[gun papa]

Damn, pretty sad with no live rounds fired. Exact same beak point.

[topgun1953]

Dang! That's three of us here in the last 30 days. Just got my P380 back Thursday after breaking striker number 3. Kahr turned it around in a couple of days and also called me to ask about ammo. I put about 140 rounds through it today. I hate to hear about your failure, especially not having fired a round. When you call Kahr, tell them you know of several others with broken strikers on kahrtalk.com and that there is a lot of concern. When I talked to them I mentioned how the striker looked very minimal at the point of failure and suggested beefing it up. Oh, what does your serial number start with?

[shadohh]

Dang! That's three of us here in the last 30 days. Just got my P380 back Thursday after breaking striker number 3. Kahr turned it around in a couple of days and also called me to ask about ammo. I put about 140 rounds through it today. I hate to hear about your failure, especially not having fired a round. When you call Kahr, tell them you know of several others with broken strikers on kahrtalk.com and that there is a lot of concern. When I talked to them I mentioned how the striker looked very minimal at the point of failure and suggested beefing it up. Oh, what does your serial number start with?

RJ4***

The design looks very weak.

I was using tipton snap caps at the time. Basically I ran 3 snap caps then when I dry fired without the caps I noticed it didnt feel right. So it must have broke on the last snap cap.

[RRP]

Damn, pretty sad with no live rounds fired. Exact same beak point.

This kills the speculation that the problem is somehow related to ammo, doesn't it?

Based on the anecdotal evidence presented on KT, I'm now convinced that the failing strikers are a result of poor design/manufacture.

[gun papa]

It seems like an easy redesign of the striker. Beef up that area.

[topgun1953]

This kills the speculation that the problem is somehow related to ammo, doesn't it?
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Yes, 'shoots' it down.

[timboy]

As CW380 owner I am not sure what is more frustrating,knowing the striker could fail at anytime or knowing there is a problem with the strikers and Kahr is boldfaced LYING to their customers about it!

[RRP]

As CW380 owner I am not sure what is more frustrating,knowing the striker could fail at anytime or knowing there is a problem with the strikers and Kahr is boldfaced LYING to their customers about it!

I can understand your frustration. I, too, would not find much comfort in carrying a gun I thought might fail when I need it the most. However, I don't think it's fair to say that "Kahr is boldfaced LYING" about it. They have not ignored the problem. They have responded quickly to replace broken strikers.

Without knowing how many of these guns they produced, we don't know the statistical significance of the problem. If enough broken strikers surface, they may offer replacements proactively. But if the number of complaints is 1 in 100,000, why push the panic button? They may still be gathering data to determine what's going on. Several owners have said Kahr surveyed them for information. That sounds to me like they are looking into the problem.

[sharpetop]

I took a good look at my RH model CW380 yesterday. It's got roughly 300 rounds through it. The striker and everything else look good so far.

[gun papa]

I agree that a specific ammo is disputed. It appears that the cause of the breakages is using the pistol as intended. Design, material, and production method, should be examined.
The striker in each case appears to break in the same spot.
I love the gun. I hope that when this is resolved, there is a redesigned, forged, heat treated striker available.