I joined the broken striker club

[RRP]

Reply from Kahr customer service

Jay D'Andrea
Customer Service
508-795- 3919

Good evening. I am not aware of any problems with the strikers nor am I
aware of any changes. We will have one sent ASAP. I apologize for any
inconvenience.

Well that confirms my prediction in post #22, which I pasted below.

Kahr has always been good about replacing parts and fixing problems with their guns--often without regard to the warranty period. I expect they will provide the same good service for broken strikers. But, I don't expect they will publicly acknowledge the problem, nor will they issue a recall. Just my opinion, of course.

[gun papa]

If that is true, it is a shame. The Kahr 380 has potential, mine at least, to be an exceptional pistol. I would buy an upgraded striker if that is what it took.

[Pointblank]

With thousands of these 380s being sold and only a handful of complaints here I am wondering if this is only happening to people who detail strip their pistols.

[topgun1953]

I have sent them an email asking them to report just what is going on and what corrective measures they are taking. I sent it to 'service' and 'sales'. Heck, I've experienced 4 failures.

[dbracin]

With thousands of these 380s being sold and only a handful of complaints here I am wondering if this is only happening to people who detail strip their pistols.

Detail stripping shouldn't cause a part to break.

[topgun1953]

I had a failure in my CW before I knew what detailed strip was and two in my P before I had detailed stripped. Don't see why that would be a factor.

[Whaleman]

My P380 striker broke about round 400. Sent in and 500 rounds later it is running perfect. Dan

[Pointblank]

Detail stripping shouldn't cause a part to break.

The more you take something completely apart and put it back together, the more you invite Murphy in. I believe in field stripping and leaving the rest to certified gunsmiths. This system has worked for me for over fifty years.

[gun papa]

The more you take something completely apart and put it back together, the more you invite Murphy in. I believe in field stripping and leaving the rest to certified gunsmiths. This system has worked for me for over fifty years.

There is no stress placed on the striker when stripping or assembling the slide.

[gun papa]

In my 36 years of shooting, and owning more guns in my lifetime than I could count, I have only had one other striker/ firing pin fail, and that was a Ruger MKII that had maybe 30K rounds through her.

I was formerly my agency's armorer for 8 years. Most of our guns were conversions from the Sheriff department's case destruction list. Every gun pulled and converted was detail stripped and certified for use. I have replaced worn parts, but I only remember a broken extractor in all of that time, and many guns.

That breakage was not from detail stripping, but from fatigue through use.

[aferguson27]

This is the email I got back from kahr.


Good evening. We have not seen a lot of strikers breaking nor should you have to worry about reliability. I hope this information helps.

Jay D'Andrea
Customer Service
508-795- 3919
www.kahr.com
www.tommygun.com
www.magnumresearch.com

[dbracin]

The broken part looks to be a defective part, most likely from the manufactoring process. Not disassembley and cleaning.

[topgun1953]

This is the email I got back from kahr.


Good evening. We have not seen a lot of strikers breaking nor should you have to worry about reliability. I hope this information helps.

Jay D'Andrea
Customer Service
508-795- 3919
www.kahr.com
www.tommygun.com
www.magnumresearch.com

i guess then, I can expect a similar response. I ordered new springs from KAHR last week. I had a striker in the shopping cart, but took it out because I didn't think It should fail. Sure enough, as posted earlier, it failed Friday. As a reminder...number 3 for this particular P380 during a year's ownership. Everything is fine, nothing to see here. I agree with gun papa, these 380's can be a great gun but...

[aferguson27]

Looks like a smith or ruger soon for me. Hate the trigger on both but they will work when I need them.

[gun papa]

Can someone post a picture of a striker from another Kahr model caliber? Curious to see the difference.