I joined the broken striker club

[topgun1953]

Kahr just sent me a shipping label today. No response to my question regarding reliability and redesign of the striker. Dropped it off at FedEx with the broken striker in a baggy. Hope they don't mind that I removed it. With the storm up there, they probably won't get it until Thursday/Friday.

[Baklash]

Are these striker break problems specific to the 380 or are other models also breaking?

[aferguson27]

Just the 380. I've got cw 9 and cm9 with over 800 rounds without a problem

[gun papa]

I received and installed my new striker, which arrived quickly from Kahr. If it were not so crappy outside, I would go shoot it. I have have to content with snap cap dry fire.

[2tango2]

Is there a specific serial# range for CW380s with this issue or will all eventually fail? I've been carrying it lately and would like hell for the striker to break when I need it if the shtf

[sharpetop]

Is there a specific serial# range for CW380s with this issue or will all eventually fail? I've been carrying it lately and would like hell for the striker to break when I need it if the shtf

So far I think serial numbers beginning with RH are the culprits.

[aferguson27]

As far as I know it's the RH.

[2tango2]

Awesome just checked mine....RH.....so I guess I won't be carrying this anymore.....not knowing when it's going to crap out isn't building confidence.

Is this one of those cases not a matter if it's going to break. Just a question of when?

[aferguson27]

I'm in the same boat ur in. I've got over 300 rounds through my cw380. It may never happen or it might.

[RRP]

Is this one of those cases not a matter if it's going to break. Just a question of when?

We, the customer, don't have enough information to make that determination.

All the striker failure reports I've seen posted here have involved RH series guns. But, we don't know how many RH guns were manufactured, what percentage of those have failed already, what the round count of those failed guns was, whether the RH series involved a redesign that is contributing to this problem, whether striker failure has occurred in guns other than RH, etc. We simply do not have sufficient data to make an informed determination. We can have an opinion on the matter, and there is no shortage of those expressed on KT. But, no matter how convincing some of our posts may be, they are not grounded in real data. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions based on emotion or based on the opinions of others.

Kahr has not acknowledged a problem with strikers. We know some have failed. Each practitioner will have to reach their own conclusions on whether or not the failure rate is statistically significant, and decide for themselves whether or not their gun is reliable.

[topgun1953]

We, the customer, don't have enough information to make that determination.

All the striker failure reports I've seen posted here have involved RH series guns. But, we don't know how many RH guns were manufactured, what percentage of those have failed already, what the round count of those failed guns was, whether the RH series involved a redesign that is contributing to this problem, whether striker failure has occurred in guns other than RH, etc. We simply do not have sufficient data to make an informed determination. We can have an opinion on the matter, and there is no shortage of those expressed on KT. But, no matter how convincing some of our posts may be, they are not grounded in real data. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions based on emotion or based on the opinions of others.

Kahr has not acknowledged a problem with strikers. We know some have failed. Each practitioner will have to reach their own conclusions on whether or not the failure rate is statistically significant, and decide for themselves whether or not their gun is reliable.

yes, very true. This practioner however, had a RH CW that experienced a failure and he currently has a RD P380 on its way to Kahr to have its THIRD striker replaced...purchased 1/14 with failures in May, June, and last week. I love the gun, but it's on its way to becoming a 'range' gun only

[BuzzBomb414]

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the manual say it's ok to dry fire? Or is it better to be safe than sorry and use snap caps?

[RRP]

yes, very true. This practioner however, had a RH CW that experienced a failure and he currently has a RD P380 on its way to Kahr to have its THIRD striker replaced...purchased 1/14 with failures in May, June, and last week. I love the gun, but it's on its way to becoming a 'range' gun only

We are in full agreement. That is precisely what I meant when I posted this:

~ Each practitioner will have to reach their own conclusions on whether or not the failure rate is statistically significant, and decide for themselves whether or not their gun is reliable.

[gun papa]

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the manual say it's ok to dry fire? Or is it better to be safe than sorry and use snap caps?

In my case, I never dry fired the pistol without a snap cap, still got a broken striker.

[BuzzBomb414]

In my case, I never dry fired the pistol without a snap cap, still got a broken striker.

Is it possible that the snap caps are the problem or contributing? I checked and according to Kahrs website, dry firing is ok.